Genus Sason Simon 1887

Sarpedon O. P.- Cambridge 1883: 353. Preoccupied by Bonvouloir 1870 under the Coleoptera . Sason Simon 1887: 195 . Replacement name; Raven 1986: 49; Schwendinger 2003: 197. Satzicus Simon 1888: 286.

Oecophloeus Pocock 1892: 49.

Chrysopelma Roewer 1963: 113 (see Raven 1986 for full synonymy). Type species: Sarpedon robustum O. P. – Cambridge 1883.

Diagnosis: The genus Sason differs from the genera Paracenobiopelma and Cosmopelma in not having a clypeus; from Sipalolasma, Cosmopelma and Sasonichus in having the ocular group rectangular, and from Cosmopelma and Sasonichus in having strong and linear cuspules on labium of females (Raven 1985, 1986).

Distribution: Seychelles; India: Andaman Islands, Tamil Nadu, Kerala; Sri Lanka; Mariana Islands; Thailand, peninsular Malaysia and an Indonesian Island east of Sumatra; New Guinea; northern Australia (Raven 1994, Schwendinger 2003).