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Clubiona melanothele Thorell 1895

Description

Clubiona melanothele Thorell, 1895

(Fig 34–38).

Clubiona melanothele Thorell. Thorell, 1895: 42, description of female. Gravely, 1931: 261, fig. 16 B. Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 136, figs. 53–54. Jäger & Dankittipakul, 2010: 31, figs. 26, 34–36.

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, BURMA, Tanintharyi Division: Tharrawaddy, leg. E. Oates (NHML, examined).

Other material examined. THAILAND, Samut Songkram Province: 1Ƥ, pumelo orchard, 13 December, 1998, leg. W. Vungsilabutr (EZTH).

Remarks. Clubiona melanothele can be easily recognized by the shallow, U-shaped epigynal atrium which is surrounded by the distinctly rebordered margin and the anteriorly located copulatory orifices. The spermathecal head is more elongate and slender in the female treated here in the present study and in that of Sumatra (see also Deeleman-Reinhold 2001, figs 53–54), whereas in the female collected in Laos (see also Jäger & Dankittipakul 2010, fig. 26) the spermathecal head is distinctly shorter.

Distribution. Myanmar, Thailand (new record), Laos, Indonesia (Sumatra).

Notes

Published as part of Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Tavano, Maria, Chotwong, Wimolwan & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2012, New synonym and descriptions of two new species of the spider genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 from Thailand (Araneae, Clubionidae), pp. 51-63 in Zootaxa 3532 on pages 60-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3532.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/210494

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHML
Scientific name authorship
Thorell
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Clubionidae
Genus
Clubiona
Species
melanothele
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Clubiona melanothele Thorell, 1895 sec. Dankittipakul, Tavano, Chotwong & Singtripop, 2012

References

  • Gravely, F. H. (1931) Some Indian spiders of the families Ctenidae, Sparassidae, Selenopidae and Clubionidae. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 33, 211 - 282.
  • 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.
  • Jager, P. & Dankittipakul, P. (2010) Clubionidae from Laos and Thailand (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa, 2730, 23 - 43.