Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980

Lin, YeJie & Li, Shuqiang, 2023, On nine ground spiders from Xishuangbanna, China (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), including two new genera and seven new species, ZooKeys 1174, pp. 141-174 : 141

Genus Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980

Type species.

Nodocion syntheticus Chamberlin, 1924, from USA.

Diagnosis.

See Marusik and Omelko (2018).

Comments.

This genus remains unassigned to any subfamily or tribe of Gnaphosidae , belonging only to the informal Echemus group of genera, includes 37 species, see World Spider Catalog, 2023.

Species groups.

Five species groups: the Synaphosus syntheticus group, the Synaphosus gracillimus group, the Synaphosus kakamega group and the Synaphosus femininis group. Here, we report a new group: the Synaphosus dubius -group with two species: Synaphosus dubius Marusik & Omelko, 2018 and S. lijun sp. nov. This group can be distinguished by the male embolus originating at 9 o’clock position and females have long, stick-like and inflexible scape and spermathecae with 6-10 turns.

Distribution.

Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.