Sinocranum

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Sinocranum is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae containing the single species, Sinocranum menghai.[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
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Sinocranum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Liocranidae
Genus: Sinocranum
Chu & Li, 2023[1]
Species:
S. menghai
Binomial name
Sinocranum menghai
Chu & Li, 2023[2]
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Distribution

Sinocranum menghai has been recorded from Menghai County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, where one male and two females were caught in leaf litter by hand.[2]

Description

Body length is between 8-11 mm. The eight eyes are in two rows. The species resembles the genus Agroeca.[1]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of "sino" ("China") and related genus Liocranum. The species is named after the type locality.[1]

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