Sason Simon 1887

Siliwal, Manju & Molur, Sanjay, 2009, A new species of the genus Sason (Araneae: Barychelidae) from Rameshwaram Island, Tamil Nadu, India, Zootaxa 2283, pp. 60-68 : 61

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.275283
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6218072
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Genus Sason Simon 1887 View in CoL

Sarpedon O. P.- Cambridge 1883: 353. Preoccupied by Bonvouloir 1870 under the Coleoptera View in CoL . Sason Simon 1887: 195 View in CoL . 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).