Typhlohnia
| Typhlohnia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Hahniidae |
| Subfamily: | Hahniinae |
| Genus: | Typhlohnia Lin & Li, 2023[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. rongshui Lin & Li, 2023
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| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Typhlohnia is a genus of spiders in the family Hahniidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Typhlohnia is found in Guanxi (T. rongshui) and Guizhou (T. kaiyang, T. suiyang) provinces of China, Laos, and Vietnam.[2][1]
Life style
[edit]All described species were found in caves.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek τυφλός (tŭphlós) "blind", referring to the degenerated eyes of the genus, and related genus Hahnia.[1]
The species are named after their respective type locality:
- T. banlaksao: Ban Lak Sao, Central Laos
- T. kaiyang: 开阳; Kāiyáng - Kaiyang County, Guizhou province
- T. rongshui: 融水; Róngshuǐ - Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi
- T. sondoong: Sơn Đoòng cave ([ʂɤːn1 ɗɔ̤ŋ2]), Central Vietnam; the world's largest natural cave
- T. suiyang: 绥阳; Suíyáng - Suiyang County, Guizhou province
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes five species:[2]
- Typhlohnia banlaksao Lin & Li, 2023 – Laos
- Typhlohnia kaiyang Lin & Li, 2023 – China
- Typhlohnia rongshui Lin & Li, 2023 – China (type species)
- Typhlohnia sondoong Lin & Li, 2023 – Vietnam
- Typhlohnia suiyang Lin & Li, 2023 – China
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Chu, C.; Lin, Y. J.; Li, S. Q. (2023). "New genera and new species of Hahniidae (Araneae) from China, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam". ZooKeys (1187): 91–134. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1187...91C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1187.112936. PMC 10755898. PMID 38161714.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ a b c "Gen. Typhlohnia Lin & Li, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
