Synagelides Strand, 1906

Wang, Cheng, Li, Shuqiang & Pham, Dinh-Sac, 2023, Thirteen species of jumping spiders from northern Vietnam (Araneae, Salticidae), ZooKeys 1148, pp. 119-165 : 119

Genus Synagelides Strand, 1906

Type species.

Synagelides agoriformis Strand, 1906 from Japan.

Comments.

The ant-like genus Synagelides is placed into the tribe Agoriini with the genus Agorius and is represented by 67 species mainly distributed in East and Southeast Asia ( WSC 2023). The genus is unique for the male palp has a triangular femoral apophysis, an enlarged patella and a well-developed median apophysis retrolateral to the embolus. Most species of Synagelides can be further categorized into several groups according to their morphological features ( Wang et al. 2020). The highest diversity of the genus occurs in China, but many undescribed species have also been found in our additional samples, indicating that the true diversity of the genus will increase. To date, only one species has been recorded from Vietnam.