Typhlohnia

Typhlohnia is a genus of spiders in the family Hahniidae.

Distribution

Typhlohnia is found in Guanxi (T. rongshui) and Guizhou (T. kaiyang, T. suiyang) provinces of China, Laos, and Vietnam.

Life style

All described species were found in caves.

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek τυφλός (tŭphlós) "blind", referring to the degenerated eyes of the genus, and related genus Hahnia.

The species are named after their respective type locality:

• T. banlaksao: Ban Lak Sao, Central Laos
• T. kaiyang: - Kaiyang County, Guizhou province
• T. rongshui: - Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi
• T. sondoong: SÆ¡n Đoòng cave (), Central Vietnam; the world's largest natural cave
• T. suiyang: - Suiyang County, Guizhou province

Species

, this genus includes five species:

• Typhlohnia banlaksao <small>Lin & Li, 2023</small> – Laos
• Typhlohnia kaiyang <small>Lin & Li, 2023</small> – China
• Typhlohnia rongshui <small>Lin & Li, 2023</small> – China (type species)
• Typhlohnia sondoong <small>Lin & Li, 2023</small> – Vietnam
• Typhlohnia suiyang <small>Lin & Li, 2023</small> – China

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