Taibaishanus, Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006, On some Linyphiidae of China, mainly from Taibai Shan, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 1325, pp. 277-311 : 300

Taibaishanus gen. n.

Type species. Taibaishanus elegans sp. n.

Etymology. The generic name is a combination of two words designating the area where the new species was found. Gender masculine.

Diagnosis. Rather large Erigonine, total length 2.50–3.00. Male carapace slightly modified, carrying a peculiar arrangement of bristles. Chaetotaxy 2.2.1.1. All metatarsi with a trichobothrium. TmI––0.65–0.67. The genus is characterised by the following combination of characters: a special shape of palpal tibia, a hypertrophied radical extension of embolic division and a long embolus with a sigmoid apical part.

Taxonomic remarks. The taxonomic position of this genus is completely unclear, especially so in view of the highly peculiar genitalic characters.

Species included. Only the type species.