Clubiona melanothele (Peter Jaeger & Pakawin Dankittipakul 2010)
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Familia: Clubionidae
Genus: Clubiona
Name
Clubiona melanothele Peter Jaeger, 2010 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Clubiona melanothele Peter Jaeger, 2010, Zootaxa 2730: 23-23.
Description
Figs 26, 34 - 36, 71
Materials Examined
LAOS Lak Sao P. Jager, J. Martens BURMA Tharrawaddy Oates
Discussion
Gravely (1931: fig. 16 B) and Deeleman-Reinhold (2001: figs 53 - 54) illustrated the female epigyne, the latter author included additionally a dorsal view of the vulva, but without the membranous posterior bursae (see Fig. 26) shown for a group of related species in Dankittipakul and Singtripop (2008 a: C. suthepica, fig. 60; C. octoginta, fig. 47; C. campylacantha, fig. 40). Characteristic for C. melanothele are the two dark sclerotised circular areas around the copulatory openings and the V-shaped structure in the centre of the epigyne (Figs 35 - 36). The three species from Thailand, listed above, do not show any of these characteristics, but a distinct anterior margin. Whether or not this species is a junior synoym of C. melanosticta Thorell, 1890, as supposed by Deeleman-Reinhold (2001) and mentioned in Dankittipakul and Singtripop (2008 a) remains questionable. According to a comparison of illustrations in Zhang and Yin (1998: figs 1 - 5), Deeleman-Reinhold (2001: figs 51 - 54) and Dankittipakul and Singtripop (2008 a: fig. 52 - 54), a species apparently close to C. melanothele and C. melanosticta is C. cirrulata Zhang and Yin, 1998 from China (Yunnan: Mengla). Another specimen probably belonging to this species-group is the female paratype of C. transversa Zhang & Yin, 1998 (Zhang & Yin 1998: figs 16 - 17) (see also note under C. kuu spec. nov.).
Distribution
First record for Laos (Fig. 71: 7).
Taxon Treatment
- Peter Jaeger; Pakawin Dankittipakul; 2010: Clubionidae from Laos and Thailand (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 2730: 23-23. doi
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