Sinocranum

Sinocranum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Liocranidae
Genus: Sinocranum
Chu & Li, 2023
Species:
S. menghai
Binomial name
Sinocranum menghai
Chu & Li, 2023

Sinocranum is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae containing the single species, Sinocranum menghai.

Distribution

Sinocranum menghai has been recorded from Menghai County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, where one male and two females were caught in leaf litter by hand.

Description

Body length is between 8-11 mm. The eight eyes are in two rows. The species resembles the genus Agroeca.

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of "sino" ("China") and related genus Liocranum. The species is named after the type locality.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chu, C.; Li, S. Q.; Yao, Y. B.; Yao, Z. Y. (2023). "One new genus and four new species of Liocranidae Simon, 1897 (Arachnida, Araneae) from China and Vietnam". ZooKeys (1181): 219–240. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1181..219C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1181.108822. PMC 10576239. PMID 37841029.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Sinocranum Chu & Li, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.