Alcimochthes Simon, 1885

Ileperuma Arachchi, Ilesha S. & Benjamin, Suresh P., 2019, The crab spider genus Tarrocanus Simon, 1895 with notes on the genera Alcimochthes Simon, 1895 and Domatha Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae), Zootaxa 4613 (3), pp. 587-593 : 590

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Genus Alcimochthes Simon View in CoL View at ENA

Type species: Alcimochthes limbatus Simon, 1885: 448 , pl. 10, fig 16.

Composition: Alcimochthes limbatus Simon, 1885 , A. melanophthalmus Simon, 1903 , A. meridionalis Tang & Li, 2009 .

Diagnosis: Male Alcimochthes can be distinguished from Tarrocanus and Domatha by the enlarged continuous tubercles of lateral eyes (posterior lateral tubercles being the largest), the long and pointed RTA, VTA with a long stem. Females show a more or less sclerotized epigynal plate. For a detailed diagnosis see Tang & Li (2009) and Tang & Li (2010).

References

Simon, E. (1885) Materiaux pour servir a la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie meridionale. III. Arachnides recueillis en 1884 dans la presqu'ile de Malacca, par M. J. Morgan. IV. Arachnides recueillis a Collegal, district de Coimbatoore, par M. A. Theobald G. R. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 10, 436 - 462.

Simon, E. (1903) Etudes arachnologiques. 33 e Memoire. LIII. Arachnides recueillis a Phuc-Son (Annam) par M. H. Fruhstorfer (nov-dec. 1899). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 71, 725 - 736.

Tang, G. & Li, S. Q. (2009) Three new crab spiders from Xishuangbanna rainforest, southwestern China (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa, 2109, 45 - 58.

Tang, G. & Li, S. Q. (2010) Crab spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae, Thomisidae). Zootaxa, 2369 (1), 1 - 68. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2369.1.1