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 it contains only two species: S. bivalva and S. xiweni.[1]

Sinophaena
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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
Species
  • Sinophaena bivalva (Zhang & Song, 2004)
  • Sinophaena xiweni Lin & Li, 2021

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.

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