Rathalos Lin & Li, 2022

Lin, Yejie, Zhao, Huifeng, Koh, Joseph K H & Li, Shuqiang, 2022, Taxonomy notes on twenty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia, Zoological Systematics 47 (3), pp. 198-270 : 200-201

Rathalos Lin & Li , gen. nov.

Type species. Anyphaena xiushanensis Song & Zhu, 1991 from China Diagnosis. The new genus can be easily distinguished from Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833 and Sinophaena Lin & Li, 2021 by the following characters: male palp with a cymbial apophysis; epigyne triangular, longer than wide, and copulatory duct almost straight.

Description. Medium-sized. Body length 5.08–6.82. Carapace oval, covered with white setae. Male palp basal apophysis well developed; ventral tibial apophysis long, retrolateral tibial apophysis terminus bifurcated. cymbial apophysis triangular. Median apophysis irregular polygon shaped. Conductor arc shaped distally and cone shaped mesally. Embolus filamentous. Epigyne longer than wide, triangular; copulatory opening inconspicuous; copulatory duct almost straight. Accessory gland at middle of copulatory duct. Spermatheca inconspicuous, oval.

Distribution. China (Hainan, Sichuan, Hubei).

Etymology. The specific name is an arbitrary combination of letters; masculine in gender.

Species included. Rathalos treecko ( Lin & Li, 2021) , comb. nov. and R. xiushanensis (Song & Zhu, 1991) , comb. nov.