Psechrus argentatus, Doleschall, 1857

Bayer, Steffen, 2014, Seven new species of Psechrus and additional taxonomic contributions to the knowledge of the spider family Psechridae (Araneae), Zootaxa 3826 (1), pp. 1-54 : 8-9

argentatus- group

Diagnosis (after Bayer 2012): Males with very long, filiform embolus, which is at least 2x as long as tegulum. Conductor long (ca. as long as tegulum), narrow, sclerotised and with slightly broadened base ( Bayer 2012, figs 2a–c), the latter ca. three times broader than median section.

Females with very large, distinctly broad and flat copulatory ducts ( Bayer 2012, figs 2h, 5c). Spermathecal heads upon long ‘stalks’; spermathecal heads including stalks ca. four times longer than broad.

The argentatus -group includes the two species Psechrus libeltii Kulczyński, 1908 and P. argentatus (Doleschall, 1857) and is distributed in Indonesia (except Java), Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and (Southern) Thailand.