Starengovia Snegovaya, 2010
Starengovia Snegovaya, 2010: 351-352; Schönhofer 2013: 47; Martens 2017: 187-188.
Type species.
Starengovia kirgizica Snegovaya, 2010, original designation.
Diagnosis.
Small species up to 1.7 mm, dorsal scutum with lines of anvil-shaped tubercles along margins of scutal areas. Pairs of para-median tubercles on opisthosomal areas of dorsal scutum. Truncus penis moderately slender, large muscle-containing inflated base, truncus in straight continuation of inflated base. Distal part of truncus with one large lateral wing on either side, glans inconspicuous, not well differentiated from truncus; armament of glans simple with symmetrical arrangement. Apophysis on basal cheliceral article of male well-marked, with a distad-directed hook, discharge area for secretion in a bowl-like excavation on medial side of apophysis (Martens 2017).
Distribution.
China (Yunnan), Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Himalayas of Pakistan.
Key to the currently known species of Starengovia
| 1 | Distributed in Yunnan, China, low para-median tubercles on opisthosomal areae III and IV (Figs 1, 8, 13, 26-27, 29-30), penis with alae of wings bent to ventral side (Figs 20-22) | S. quadrituberculata sp. n. |
| - | Distributed in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan) and NW Pakistan; high slender or compact para-median tubercles on opisthosomal areae I-V; penis with alae of wings bent to ventral side or straight, not bent | 2 |
| 2 | Distributed in Kyrgyzstan (one record also in Uzbekistan), tubercles of dorsal scutum conical and compact; penis with alae of wings bent to ventral side | S. kirgizica |
| - | Distributed in northwestern Pakistan, tubercles of dorsal scutum slender, penis with alae of wings straight, not bent to ventral side | S. ivanloebli |