Typhlohnia

Typhlohnia
Scientific classification
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
Species

5, see text

Typhlohnia is a genus of spiders in the family Hahniidae.[2]

Distribution

Typhlohnia is found in Guanxi (T. rongshui) and Guizhou (T. kaiyang, T. suiyang) provinces of China, Laos, and Vietnam.[2][1]

Life style

All described species were found in caves.[1]

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.[1]

The species are named after their respective type locality:

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes five species:[2]

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

References

  1. ^ 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. PMID 38161714. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  2. ^ a b c "Gen. Typhlohnia Lin & Li, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-29.