Cyphonetria Millidge, 1995

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Cyphonetria Millidge, 1995

Type species. Cyphonetria thaia Millidge, 1995 .

Taxonomical remarks. The genus Cyphonetria Millidge, 1995 was established for a single species and based on a single female from Doi Inthanon Forest (= Doi Inthanon National Park), Thailand, above 1,500 m a.s.l. ( Millidge, 1995). Millidge did not specify which subfamily this genus belonged to, but correctly brought it closer to two other Oriental genera, Labullinyphia van Helsdingen, 1985 and Emenista Simon, 1894 . These two latter genera together with Cyphonetria are characterised by an epigynal structure similar to the Mynogleninae-type, namely, helicoid copulatory ducts, but lacking clypeal sulci. In the absence of a described male, van Helsdingen (1985) assigned Labullinyphia to the Linyphiinae , noting that no erigonines were known with such a structure of the copulatory ducts. Benjamin & Hormiga (2009), after a detailed analysis of the genitals of both sexes of Labullinyphia tersa ( Simon, 1894) , the type species, hypothesised that this genus belonged to the subfamily Erigoninae . I agree with that opinion for the time being. It seems highly likely that Cyphonetria and Emenista , the genera with the rather similar genitalia, could also be assigned to the subfamily Erigoninae .

Distribution. Known only from Thailand.