Conculus Explained

Conculus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by T. Komatsu in 1940.^[1] On 30 May 2019, two new species were described, with both coming from Southeast Asia.^[2]

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

• Conculus grossus (Forster, 1959) – New Guinea
• Conculus lyugadinus (Kishida, 1940) – China, Korea, Japan
• Conculus sagadaensis (Zhang & Lin, sp. n.) - Philippines
• Conculus simboggulensis (Paik, 1971) – Korea
• Conculus yaoi (Zhang & Lin, sp. n.) - Indonesia

Notes and References

1. Komatsu. T.. 1940. On five species of spiders found in the Ryûgadô Cave, Tosa province.. Acta Arachnologica. 186–195. 5. 3. 10.2476/asjaa.5.186. free.
2. Zhang, Qiqi. Lin, Yucheng. Two new spider species of the genus Conculus (Araneae, Anapidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa. 30 May 2019. 4612. 3. 423–430. 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.3.8. 10 July 2019. Magnolia Press. 31717057 . 191151110 . 1175-5334.