A new erigonine genus from the Nepal Himalayas (Araneae, Linyphiidae)

Authors: ANDREI V. TANASEVITCH

Abstract: A new genus, Parbatthorax gen. nov., with P. unicornis sp. nov. as type species, is described from the Nepal Himalayas. The genus is characterized by the highly modified palpal tibia and the paracymbium, as well as by the peculiar structure of the embolic division, which contains a convector.

Keywords: Arachnida, Erigoninae, Asia, new taxa, new species

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