Liphistius Schioedte , 1849

Aung, Khin Pyae Pyae, Xu, Xin, Lwin, Wai Wai, Sang, Men Zing, Yu, Long, Liu, Hao, Liu, Fengxiang & Li, Daiqin, 2019, Two new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Liphistius Schioedte, 1849 (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) from Myanmar, ZooKeys 882, pp. 29-39 : 29

Genus Liphistius Schioedte, 1849

Type species.

Liphistius desultor Schiödte, 1849

Diagnosis.

Liphistius can be distinguished from all other liphistiid genera by the male palp that possesses a tibial apophysis ( Fig. 4D, E ), and by the presence of a poreplate and a median receptacular cluster in female genitalia ( Figs 3 B–E , 5 A–F ).

Distribution.

Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia (Sumatra) and Thailand.

Figures

Figure 3. General somatic morphology (taken after fixed by ethanol) and female genitalia of Liphistius hpruso sp. nov. A female (XUX- 2018 - 151, holotype) B, D XUX- 2018 - 151 C, E XUX- 2018 - 152 B, C vulvae, dorsal view D, E vulvae, ventral view. Scale bars: 10 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B-E).

Figure 4. General somatic morphology (taken after fixed by ethanol) and male palp of Liphistius pinlaung sp. nov. (XUX- 2018 - 164, holotype) A, B male: A dorsal view B ventral view C, F, H palp distal view D palp ventral view E palp retrolateral view G palp prolateral view. Scale bars: 10 mm (A, B); 2 mm (D, E, G); 0.5 mm (C, F, H).

Figure 5. Female genitalia of Liphistius pinlaung sp. nov. A, D XUX- 2018 - 167 B, E XUX- 2018 - 169 A C, F XUX- 2018 - 169 J A-C vulvae, dorsal view D-F vulvae, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, D); 1 mm (B, C, E, F).