Trogloneta Simon, 1922

Li, Ya & Lin, Yucheng, 2019, Taxonomic review of the Asian Trogloneta species (Araneae, Mysmenidae), ZooKeys 817, pp. 41-60 : 43

Trogloneta Simon, 1922

Type species.

Trogloneta granulum Simon, 1922.

Diagnosis.

Trogloneta differs from other mysmenid genera by the following combination of features: AME (or absent) smaller than ALE, all eyes gathered at apex of carapace; one femoral spot on leg I on both sexes (none on leg II); carapace height dimorphism (male carapace higher than female); anterior booklungs reduced; males with shorter, but stout and straight setae comprising the tarsal prolateral row on leg I; male palp huge (at least as big as half carapace), embolus tubular, its tip simple; cymbium with intricate decorations, and cymbial terminal acting as conductor; tegulum broad, usually having a apophysis; epigynal area elevated ventrally, with a scape, accessory glands on valve, and smooth uniform proximal copulatory ducts of increased diameter ( Brescovit and Lopardo 2008, Lopardo and Hormiga 2015).

Composition.

T. canariensis Wunderlich, 1987, T. cantareira Brescovit & Lopardo, 2008, T. cariacica Brescovit & Lopardo, 2008, T. granulum Simon, 1922, T. madeirensis Wunderlich, 1987, T. mourai Brescovit & Lopardo, 2008, T. nojimai (Ono, 2010), comb. n., T. paradoxa Gertsch, 1960, T. speciosum Lin & Li, 2008, T. uncata Lin & Li, 2013, T. yuensis Lin & Li, 2013, T. yunnanense (Song & Zhu, 1994), comb. n. (= T. denticocleari Lin & Li, 2008, syn. n.).

Distribution.

China (Chongqing, Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan), Japan (Honshu), Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia), USA (Utah, Oregon, California), Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, San Paulo, Santa Catarina, Espirito Santo, Parana), Canary Island, Madeira.

Key to Asian species of Trogloneta Simon, 1922