Aetius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897

Zhang, Lu, Mu, Yannan & Zhang, Feng, 2022, First record of the genus Aetius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 from China, with description of a new species (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae), Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 96594-96594 : 96594

Aetius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897

Diagnosis

Aetius is most similar to Serendib Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 in having eight eyes in two rows, posterior eye row wide and strongly recurved, but can be distinguished by:

carapace sub-pentagonal, widest at coxae II and III; posterior of carapace narrowed, forming trapezoidal extension over pedice;

legs slender, with spines; legs formula 4, 2, 1, 3;

abdomen oval or round, with large dorsal scutum, laterally constricted, posteriorly gradually widened; anteriorly without strong erect spines;

male palp with baso-retrolateral semi-circular cymbial notch.