Sanmenia Song & Kim 1992

Abstract

<i>Sanmenia</i> Song & Kim, 1992 <p> <i>Sanmenia</i> Song & Kim, 1992: 142; Song & Zhu, 1997: 28; Yang <i>et al</i>., 2006: 42</p> <p> Type species. – <i>Cupa zhengi</i> Ono & Song, 1986.</p> <p> <b> <i>Diagnosis</i>. –</b> Small sized thomisids, body covered with short white hairs. Chelicerae usually with 3–4 promarginal teeth and 3 retromarginal teeth. Legs long with many thick spines. Male palp with VTA and RTA, tegulum simple without apophysis. Embolus slender filiform, conductor wide and extend from the tegulum, and shades embolus. Epigyne usually with a large medial atrium.</p> <p> <b> <i>Remarks</i>. –</b> The type species of this genus was firstly placed in the genus <i>Cupa</i> (Ono & Song, 1986). Song & Kim (1992) erected the genus <i>Sanmenia</i> to accommodate <i>Cupa zhengi</i>. This genus only includes 3 species recorded from Asia before this study. This genus is similar to <i>Epidius</i> in the structures of the parts of male palpal organ. The differences are discussed in the <b>Remarks</b> of <i>Epidius</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Tang, Guo, Yin, Changmin, Peng, Xianjin & Griswold, Charles, 2009, Six Crab Spiders Of The Subfamily Stephanopinae From Southeast Asia (Araneae: Thomisidae), pp. 39-50 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57 (1)</i> on page 44, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4508210">10.5281/zenodo.4508210</a&gt