Sphingius Thorell 1890

Tso, I-Min, Zhu, Ming-Sheng, Zhang, Jun-Xia & Zhang, Feng, 2005, Two new and one newly recorded species of Corinnidae and Liocranidae from Taiwan (Arachnida: Araneae), Acta Arachnologica 54 (1), pp. 45-49 : 48-49

Sphingius Thorell 1890

Sphingius Thorell 1890 , p. 284; Deeleman-Reinhold 2001, p. 488.

Type species. Sphingius thecatus Thorell 1890 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Species of this genus can be distinguished from other liocranid spiders by anterior spinnerets conical and juxtaposed, abdomen of male with entire dorsal, epigastric and postgenital scuta. In female, only the epigastric scutum present. Tibiae I and II, metatarsi I and II spineless. Embolus of male palp filiform, conductor membranous or absent, median apophysis compact. Epigynum usually with an anterior depression ( Deeleman-Reinhold 2001).

Remarks. Small genus composed of 18 species distributed in the Southeast and South Asia ( Platnick 2004). No species have been reported from Taiwan or mainland before.