Ananeon, Richardson, Barry J., 2013

Richardson, Barry J., 2013, New unidentate jumping spider genera (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia, Zootaxa 3716 (3), pp. 460-474 : 461-462

Ananeon n. gen.

Type species. Ananeon howardensis sp. n.

Etymology. The name reflects the fact that it is not Neon , to be treated as male in gender.

Diagnosis. This Australian genus of very small unidentate spiders can be distinguished from other genera by the morphology of the heavily built embolus which lies across the palp and has an anticlockwise curve. There is a distal tegular lobe and a bifurcate medium sized apophysis. The fossae are large, with strongly delineated guides and the gonopores are centrally placed. The insemination canals lie across the ventral surfaces of the spermathecae giving the appearance of diverticula externally, however, unlike Neon and Frewena , the origin is on the lateral edge of the spermatheca. The spermathecae are subdivided internally, though this is not apparent externally. The fertilization canals are relatively long and distinct and are placed anterior to the insemination canals. PLE and ALE are situated on separate prominences on the cephalothorax. On the basis of its morphology, the genus is referred provisionally to the subfamily Euophryinae .