Teranga Huber gen. n.

Pholcus kerinci group: Huber 2011a: 166.

Pholcus domingo group: Huber et al. 2016b: 34.

Type species.

Pholcus kerinci Huber, 2011.

Etymology.

The name is derived from the Malay word terang (bright, light), and refers to the light colouration of the spiders. Gender feminine.

Diagnosis .

Medium-sized, long-legged spiders (body length ~3.5-4.5, leg 1:~30-40) with slender elongate abdomen that is slightly elevated posteriorly (Huber 2011a: figs 606-609, Huber et al. 2016b: figs 131-139). Easily distinguished from similar relatives in other genera ( Panjange, Tissahamia, Apokayana, Paiwana) by unmodified or barely modified male chelicerae Huber 2011a: fig. 722; Huber et al. 2016b: fig. 142); also by combination of: eight eyes, triads only slightly elevated; male palpal trochanter with long ventral apophysis (Huber 2011a: figs 720, 737; Huber et al. 2016b: figs 141, 158); male genital bulb without uncus but with massive appendix (Huber 2011a: figs 719, 736; Huber et al. 2016b: figs 140, 150, 157); epigynum weakly sclerotized, with numerous transversal folds, with ‘knob’ (Huber 2011a: figs 733, 739; Huber et al. 2016b: figs 143, 156, 159).

Distribution.

Known from Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) and the Philippines (Mindanao) (Huber 2011a: fig. 718, Huber et al. 2016b: fig. 1).

Composition.

The genus includes the four species originally described in the Pholcus kerinci and domingo groups. They are all newly transferred from Pholcus: T. cibodas (Huber, 2011); T. domingo (Huber, 2016), T. kerinci (Huber, 2011); T. matutum (Huber, 2016).