Phonotimpus Gertsch & Davis, 1940

Chamé-Vázquez, David, Guzmán-García, Carlos Ernesto & Maldonado-Carrizales, Juan, 2023, Two new species of Scotinella Banks, 1911 (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from Mexico, with a discussion on the female genitalic morphology and intraspecific variation, Zootaxa 5351 (4), pp. 453-466 : 462-463

Genus: Phonotimpus Gertsch & Davis, 1940

Type species. Phonotimpus separatus Gertsch & Davis, 1940

Remarks. See Platnick et al. (2022) for diagnostic characteristics. This genus comprises 32 species, all from Mexico ( World Spider Catalog 2023). Most species are distributed in the northeast and north-central Mexico, but several species are known from the south-central and southwestern regions of the country. Moreover, most species (30 species) are grouped into five species groups ( Platnick et al. 2022).