Siamspinops Explained

Siamspinops is a genus of Asian wall spiders that was first described by P. Dankittipakul & J. A. Corronca in 2009.^[1] It was merged with the monotypic genus Pakawops in 2019.^[2]

Species

it contains nine species, found in Asia:^[3]

• Siamspinops aculeatus (Simon, 1901) – Malaysia
• Siamspinops allospinosus Dankittipakul & Corronca, 2009 – Thailand
• Siamspinops banna Lin & Li, 2022 – China
• Siamspinops garoensis (Kadam,Tripathi & Sankaran, 2022) – India
• Siamspinops formosensis (Kayashima, 1943) – Taiwan
• Siamspinops spinescens Dankittipakul & Corronca, 2009 – Malaysia
• Siamspinops spinosissimus Dankittipakul & Corronca, 2009 (type) – Thailand
• Siamspinops spinosus Dankittipakul & Corronca, 2009 – Thailand
• Siamspinops yejiei Wang, Gan & Mi, 2023 – China

See also

• List of Selenopidae species

Notes and References

1. Dankittipakul. P.. Corronca. J. A.. 2009. Siamspinops, a new selenopid genus from Southeast Asia (Arachnida, Araneae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 9. 1. 69.e1–69.e12. 10.1016/j.ode.2008.10.006. 11336/70348. free.
2. Yu. K. P.. Lo. Y. Y.. Huang. W. C.. Hsiao. Y.. Ding. T. S.. 2019. Redescription of a wall crab spider species from Taiwan: Siamspinops formosensis (Kayashima, 1943) comb. nov., with the first description of males and taxonomic notes (Araneae: Selenopidae). 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.4.8. 30647289. Zootaxa. 4543. 4. 590–594. 1885/173103. 58588325. free.
3. Gen. Siamspinops Dankittipakul & Corronca, 2009. World Spider Catalog Version 25.0. 2024-02-14. 2024. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.