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Cheiracanthium insulanum

Description

Cheiracanthium insulanum (Thorell, 1878)

Figs 1-3, 71

Material examined. LAOS: Luang Nam Tha Province: 1 female, 5 km N of Luang Nam Tha, N 21°1.201', E 101° 24.632', 587 m altitude, secondary forest, vegetation, at night, by hand, 7 November 2004, P. Jäger & V. Vedel leg. (SMF 60277, L5). Champasak Province: 1 male, Pakse, Ban Ke, dry vegetation, at night, by hand, 27 November 2009, P. Jäger & S. Bayer leg. (SMF 60316, L98).

The specimens were identified according to illustrations in Deeleman-Reinhold (2001) and Chen and Huang (2004). The male conductor of the present specimen is wider than that shown in Deeleman-Reinhold (2001), and more similar to that of Chen and Huang (2004). Deeleman-Reinhold (2001) illustrated apparently a female epigyne with mating plug, which is also present in the female from Luang Nam Tha (L5). Copulatory openings are easily visible after removing the plug. Variation in shape and course of the internal duct system led to the description of several synonymies by Barrion and Litsinger (1995). Therefore the epigyne and vulva is illustrated here as one example from Laos (Figs 1 -3).

First record for Laos (Fig. 71: 1, 8).

Notes

Published as part of Jäger, Peter & Dankittipakul, Pakawin, 2010, Clubionidae from Laos and Thailand (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 23-43 in Zootaxa 2730 on page 24

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SMF
Event date
2004-11-07 , 2009-11-27
Family
Cheiracanthiidae
Genus
Cheiracanthium
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
60277 , 60316
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Thorell
Species
insulanum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
Other material
Verbatim event date
2004-11-07 , 2009-11-27
Taxonomic concept label
Cheiracanthium insulanum (Thorell, 1878) sec. Jäger & Dankittipakul, 2010

References

  • Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2001) Forest spiders of South East Asia: with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanterriidae). Brill, Leiden, 591 pp.
  • Chen, S. - H. & Huang, W. - J. (2004) A newly recorded spider of the genus Cheiracanthium (Araneae, Clubionidae) from Taiwan. BioFormosa, 39, 55 - 59.
  • Barrion, A. T. & Litsinger, J. A. (1995) Riceland Spiders of South and Southeast Asia. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, xix + 700 pp.