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.