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Sanmenia Song & Kim 1992

Description

Sanmenia Song & Kim, 1992

Type species: Cupa zhengi Ono & Song, 1986, by original designation.

Diagnosis: This genus is similar to Cupa Strand, 1906, but can be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: body smaller than in Cupa spp.; opisthosoma nearly as long as wide [longer than wide in Cupa]; chelicerae with three (Song & Kim 1992) or four retromarginal teeth (this study), [two in Cupa]; tibiae I–II each with ventral spine 2­2­2­2­2 [2­2­2­ 2 in Cupa], metatarsi I–II each with ventral spine 2­2­2­2 [2­2­ 2 in Cupa]; male palp with RTA and VTA separated (Song & Kim 1992) or combined basally (this study) [single/simple RTA in Cupa]; embolus long, originating medially on prolateral side of bulb or proximad on retrolateral side (Fig. 7­9), [short and originating prolaterally to distally in Cupa]; epigynal sclerotized plate absent [present in Cupa].

Distribution: China, Japan, Singapore (Fig. 10).

Remarks: The known single male specimen of Sanmenia kohi with one promarginal tooth may be an abnormality, considering the fact that the female specimen of this species and the other specimens of the genus all have three promarginal teeth.

Other

Published as part of Yang, Zi-Zhong, Zhu, Ming-Sheng & Song, Da-Xiang, 2006, A new species of the genus Sanmenia Song & Kim, 1992 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from Yunnan Province, China, pp. 41-46 in Zootaxa 1151 on page 42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172147

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Thomisidae
Genus
Sanmenia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Song & Kim
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Sanmenia Song, 1992 sec. Yang, Zhu & Song, 2006

References

  • Song, D. X. & Kim, J. P. (1992) A new species of crab spider from China, with description of a new genus (Araneae: Thomisidae). Korean Arachnology, 7, 141 - 144.
  • Ono, H. & Song, D. X. (1986) A new Sino-Japanese species of the genus Cupa (Araneae, Thomisidae) from the coastal areas of the East China Sea. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (A), 12, 25 - 29.