Two New Genera of the Family Gnaphosidae (Araneae) from Japan

Abstract

Two new genera, Sernokorba gen. nov. and Hitobia gen. nov. are described in the family Gnaphosidae. Three species are transferred to the new genera and redescribed: Sernokorba pallidipatellis (Bösenberg et Strand, 1906), comb, nov. from Zelotes, Hitobia unifascigera (Bösenberg et Strand, 1906), comb, nov. from Poecilochroa and H. asiatica (Bösenberg et Strand, 1906), comb, nov. from Berlandina. A new species is described from Japan under the name Hitobia yasunosukei. The male of Hitobia asiatica is described for the first time. © 1992, Arachnological Society of Japan. All rights reserved.