Shanus, Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006, On some Linyphiidae of China, mainly from Taibai Shan, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 1325, pp. 277-311 : 296

Shanus gen. n.

Type species. Shanus taibaiensis sp. n.

Etymology. The generic name is derived from the name of the area where the new species was found. Gender masculine.

Diagnosis. Rather small, dark­coloured Erigoninae , total length ca 1.75. The genus is characterised by a combination of the following characters: male carapace unmodified, without cephalic pits. Chaetotaxy 2.2.2.2. Each metatarsus with a trichobothrium. TmI ca 0.90. Palp highly complicated. Paracymbium with a long narrow process ventrally, directed distad. Tegulum elongated into a long, well­sclerotised, spindle­shaped process. Suprategular apophysis large, like a strongly curved hook, pointed apically. Embolic division with a small radical part, but with a very large and flat process conducting and covering the distal part of embolus. Embolus slender and long, coiled.

Taxonomic remarks. The combination of the unique characters, coupled with the absence of female material, make the systematic position of this genus unclear.

Species included. Only the type species.