Seven species of the families Liocranidae and Corinnidae (Araneae) from Japan and Taiwan

Abstract

Five species of the family Liocranidae and two species of the family Corinnidae are reported. Phrurolithus vulpes n. sp. is described from Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Phrurolithus sinicus Zhu & Mei 1982, P. taiwanicus Hayashi & Yoshida 1993, P. labialis Paik 1991, and Corinna gulosa (Thorell 1878) are recorded from Japan for the first time. The genus Corinna is newly added to the Japanese fauna. Phrurolithus lynx Kamura 1994 is newly recorded from Taiwan. Males of Phrurolithus taiwanicus and Castianeira shaxianensis Gong 1983 are described for the first time.