Sinophaena is a small genus of east Asian anyphaenid sac spiders. It was first described by Y. J. Lin, Yuri M. Marusik and C. X. Gao in 2021,[2] and it has only been found in China.[1] As of November 2021[update] it contains only two species: S. bivalva and S. xiweni.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Anyphaenidae |
| Genus: | Sinophaena Lin & Li, 2021[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. xiweni Lin & Li, 2021
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Sinophaena Lin & Li, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ Lin, Y. J.; Marusik, Y. M.; Gao, C. X.; et al. (2021). "Twenty-three new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia". Zoological Systematics. 46 (2): 91–152. doi:10.11865/zs.2021201.
Further reading
edit- Zhang, C.; Song, D. X. (2004). "A new species of the genus Anyphaena from China (Araneae: Anyphaenidae)". Acta Arachnologica Sinica. 13: 11–13.