| Sinocranum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Liocranidae |
| Genus: | Sinocranum Chu & Li, 20232 |
| Species: | S. menghai
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| Binomial name | |
| Sinocranum menghai Chu & Li, 20231
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Sinocranum is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae containing the single species, Sinocranum menghai.1
Distribution
Sinocranum menghai has been recorded from Menghai County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, where one male and two females were caught in leaf litter by hand.1
Description
Body length is between 8-11 mm. The eight eyes are in two rows. The species resembles the genus Agroeca.2
Etymology
The genus name is a combination of "sino" ("China") and related genus Liocranum. The species is named after the type locality.2
References
References
- "Gen. Sinocranum Chu & Li, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- Chu, C.; Li, S. Q.; Yao, Y. B.; Yao, Z. Y. (2023). "One new genus and four new species of Liocranidae Simon, 1897 (Arachnida, Araneae) from China and Vietnam". ZooKeys (1181): 219–240. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1181..219C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1181.108822. PMC 10576239. PMID 37841029.