Althepus Thorell, 1898

Liu, Chang, Li, Fengyuan, Wongprom, Prasit, Zheng, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2017, Eleven new species of the spider genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Thailand, Zootaxa 4350 (3), pp. 469-499 : 470

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6049514
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scientific name	Althepus Thorell, 1898
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Genus Althepus Thorell, 1898

Type species. Althepus pictus Thorell, 1898

Diagnosis. The genus Althepus belongs to the Psilodercinae and can be distinguished from other Psilodercinae genera by the combination of following characters: cheliceral promargin with 1–2 teeh, followed by a lamina, retromargin with 1–2 small teeth; carapace rounded; tarsus of male palp with lateral protrusion bearing a anceolate apophysis, short bulb with embolus and conductor widely separated ( Deeleman-Reinhold 1995).