Moneta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871

Genus Moneta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 View in CoL

Type species.

Moneta spinigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 .

Notes.

Moneta is represented by 22 species, mainly distributed in East and Southeast Asia, and extending to Australia ( WSC 2025). Of these, 13 are known from China, and 10 are endemics ( WSC 2025). The genus is considered to be related to Episinus Latreille, 1809 , from which it can be distinguished from the latter by the clypeus extending far in front of eyes; eye region almost straight laterally; abdomen elongated with two humps, truncated anteriorly, and not overhanging the carapace; and the male palp usually with a lateromarginal projection on the cymbium ( Vanuytven 2021). The taxonomy of the genus remains poorly studied, as 10 species are known only from a single sex, and several others cannot be reliably identified due to the absence of diagnostic illustrations or photographs ( WSC 2025). The genus was not previously reported from Xizang, and the species described below represents its westernmost known record.