Shaanxinus Explained

Shaanxinus is a genus of Asian sheet weavers that was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2006.^[1]

Species

it contains sixteen species, found in Vietnam, Taiwan, and China:^[2]

• Shaanxinus anguilliformis (Xia, Zhang, Gao, Fei & Kim, 2001) – China
• Shaanxinus atayal Lin, 2019 – Taiwan
• Shaanxinus curviductus Lin, 2019 – Taiwan
• Shaanxinus hehuanensis Lin, 2019 – Taiwan
• Shaanxinus hirticephalus Lin, 2019 – Taiwan
• Shaanxinus lixiangae Lin, 2019 – Taiwan
• Shaanxinus magniclypeus Lin, 2019 – Taiwan
• Shaanxinus makauyensis Lin, 2019 – Taiwan
• Shaanxinus meifengensis Lin, 2019 – Taiwan
• Shaanxinus mingchihensis Lin, 2019 – Taiwan
• Shaanxinus rufus Tanasevitch, 2006 (type) – China
• Shaanxinus seediq Lin, 2019 – Taiwan
• Shaanxinus shihchoensis Lin, 2019 – Taiwan
• Shaanxinus shoukaensis Lin, 2019 – Taiwan
• Shaanxinus tamdaoensis Lin, 2019 – Vietnam
• Shaanxinus tsou Lin, 2019 – Taiwan

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

Notes and References

1. Tanasevitch. A. V.. 2006. On some Linyphiidae of China, mainly from Taibai Shan, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa. 277–311. 1325. 10.11646/zootaxa.1325.1.18.
2. Gen. Shaanxinus Tanasevitch, 2006. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.