A new genus, Parbatthorax gen. nov., with P. unicornis sp. nov. as type species, is described from the Nepal Himalayas. The genus is characterized by the highly modified palpal tibia and the paracymbium, as well as by the peculiar structure of the embolic division, which contains a convector. More than 150 valid species of linyphiid spiders are known to occur in the Himalayas (), and this list is far from complete. A huge contribution to the study of arthropods of these mountains was made by Professor Jochen Martens. |
