Moneta O. Pickard-Cambridge 1871

GenusMonetaO. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 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.