DOI: 10.15468/kwavqw
title: The lace-sheet-weavers — a long story (Araneae: Psechridae: Psechrus)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Bayer, Steffen (2012): The lace-sheet-weavers — a long story (Araneae: Psechridae: Psechrus). Zootaxa 3379 (1): 1-170, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3379.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3379.1.1Abstract .................................................................................................. 4 Introduction ............................................................................................... 4 Material and methods ....................................................................................... 5 Taxonomy ................................................................................................. 8 Psechridae ................................................................................................ 8 Psechrus ................................................................................................. 8 Description and diagnosis.................................................................................. 9 Biology............................................................................................... 10 Species groups—general comments......................................................................... 11 Key to species of Psechrus ................................................................................ 11 argentatus- group........................................................................................ 14Psechrus argentatus .................................................................................. 15Psechrus libelti ...................................................................................... 21 mulu- group............................................................................................ 24Psechrus mulu ....................................................................................... 24Psechrus borneo ..................................................................................... 27Psechrus ulcus sp. nov. ................................................................................ 28Psechrus kinabalu .................................................................................... 30 annulatus- group........................................................................................ 31Psechrus annulatus ................................................................................... 32Psechrus aluco sp. nov. ................................................................................ 33Psechrus decollatus sp. nov. ............................................................................ 34 singaporensis- group..................................................................................... 37Psechrus singaporensis ................................................................................ 37Psechrus elachys sp. nov. .............................................................................. 41Specimens from singaporensis -group with doubtful identification................................................ 43Psechrus norops sp. nov. ............................................................................... 44Psechrus arcuatus sp. nov. ............................................................................. 45 ancoralis- group......................................................................................... 46Psechrus ancoralis ................................................................................... 47Psechrus rani ........................................................................................ 50Psechrus laos sp. nov. ................................................................................. 53Psechrus antraeus .................................................................................... 56Psechrus khammouan ................................................................................. 59Psechrus steineri ..................................................................................... 62 himalayanus- group...................................................................................... 64Psechrus himalayanus ................................................................................. 64Psechrus marsyandi .................................................................................. 68Psechrus inflatus sp. nov. .............................................................................. 72Psechrus ghecuanus .................................................................................. 75Psechrus pakawini sp. nov. ............................................................................. 80Psechrus luangprabang ................................................................................ 83Psechrus demiror sp. nov. .............................................................................. 87Psechrus jaegeri sp. nov. .............................................................................. 90Psechrus vivax sp. nov. ................................................................................ 94 sinensis- group.......................................................................................... 96Psechrus sinensis ..................................................................................... 97Psechrus triangulus .................................................................................. 100Psechrus tingpingensis ............................................................................... 102Psechrus obtectus sp. nov. ............................................................................ 105Psechrus fuscai sp. nov. .............................................................................. 109Psechrus kunmingensis ............................................................................... 110Psechrus jinggangensis ............................................................................... 112Psechrus senoculatus ................................................................................ 113Psechrus kenting .................................................................................... 117Psechrus taiwanensis ................................................................................ 118Psechrus clavis sp. nov. .............................................................................. 119Specimen from sinensis -group with doubtful identification..................................................... 123 torvus- group.......................................................................................... 124Psechrus torvus ..................................................................................... 127Psechrus hartmanni sp. nov. ........................................................................... 129Psechrus zygon sp. nov. .............................................................................. 132Psechrus tauricornis sp. nov. .......................................................................... 135Species which could not be assigned to any species group established herein........................................ 137 Psechrus crepido sp. nov. ............................................................................. 137 Psechrus schwendingeri sp. nov. ....................................................................... 141 Psechrus cebu ...................................................................................... 143Nomen dubium: Psechrus mimus .......................................................................... 145Discussion ............................................................................................... 164Aknowledgements ........................................................................................ 166References ............................................................................................... 167