Arthropoda Selecta 28(3): 448–452 © ARTHROPODA SELECTA, 2019 A new genus and new records of linyphiid spiders from the Oriental Region (Aranei: Linyphiidae) Íîâûå ðîä è íàõîäêè ïàóêîâ-ëèíèôèèä â Îðèåíòàëüíîé îáëàñòè (Aranei: Linyphiidae) A.V. Tanasevitch À.Â. Òàíàñåâè÷ A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071, Russia. E-mail:
[email protected] Институт проблем экологии и эволюции им. А.Н. Северцова РАН, Ленинский проспект 33, Москва 119071, Россия. KEY WORDS: taxonomy, faunistics, Arachnida, Linyphiinae, Erigoninae, Indo-Malay Region, Southeastern Asia. КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: таксономия, фаунистика, Arachnida, Linyphiinae, Erigoninae, Индо-Малайская область, Юго-Восточная Азия. ABSTRACT. A new genus, Singatrichona gen.n., Introduction with Singatrichona longipes sp.n. as the type species, is described based on a single male from Singapore. Only five recognized linyphiid species from three The new genus and species presently fail to show any genera are currently known to occur in Singapore: Bat- clear-cut relations among the known Oriental Erigoni- ueta voluta Locket, 1982, Nasoona chrysanthusi Lock- nae, but some superficial resemblance is noted to a few et, 1982, N. crucifera (Thorell, 1895), N. prominula Palaearctic genera, especially Trichoncus Simon, 1884. Locket, 1982 [WSC, 2019], and Erigone bifurca [Lock- Caviphantes pseudosaxetorum Wunderlich, 1979 is re- et, 1982, Seletar Reservoir]. The present paper pro- corded from Sri Lanka and Sumatra, Indonesia for the vides descriptions of a new genus and species from first time; Nasoona crucifera (Thorell, 1895) is new to Singapore, as well as new records of further 13 linyphi- the Sumatran fauna; N. orissa Tanasevitch, 2018 is new to the Sri Lankan list; and Ostearius melanopy- id spider species from the Oriental Region.