Sphingius Explained

Sphingius is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Liocranidae, containing 27 species restricted to South Asia and Southeast Asia.^[1]

Species

• Sphingius barkudensis Gravely, 1931 – Bangladesh, India
• Sphingius bifurcatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 – Thailand, Malaysia
• Sphingius bilineatus Simon, 1906 – India
• Sphingius caniceps Simon, 1906 – India
• Sphingius deelemanae Zhang & Fu, 2010 – China
• Sphingius elongatus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 – Thailand
• Sphingius gothicus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Thailand
• Sphingius gracilis (Thorell, 1895) – China, Myanmar
• Sphingius hainan Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009 – China
• Sphingius kambakamensis Gravely, 1931 – India
• Sphingius longipes Gravely, 1931 – India
• Sphingius nilgiriensis Gravely, 1931 – India
• Sphingius octomaculatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Thailand
• Sphingius paltaensis Biswas & Biswas, 1992 – India
• Sphingius penicillus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Thailand
• Sphingius prolixus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 – Thailand
• Sphingius punctatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Thailand to Lesser Sunda Is.
• Sphingius rama Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 – Thailand
• Sphingius scrobiculatus Thorell, 1897 – China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand
• Sphingius scutatus Simon, 1897 – Sri Lanka
• Sphingius songi Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Thailand
• Sphingius spinosus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 – Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
• Sphingius superbus Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2011 – Thailand, Malaysia
• Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890^T – Malaysia
• Sphingius tristiculus Simon, 1903 – Vietnam
• Sphingius vivax (Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines
• Sphingius zhangi Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009 – China

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gen. Sphingius Thorell, 1890 . World Spider Catalog . 22 April 2016.