Solenysa melloteei, SIMON, 1894

Tu, Lihong & Hormiga, Gustavo, 2011, Phylogenetic analysis and revision of the linyphiid spider genus Solenysa (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (3), pp. 484-530 : 499

SOLENYSA MELLOTEEI SIMON, 1894 ( FIGS 7B, 11H)

Solenysa mellottei Simon, 1894: 677 ; Lee et al., 2004: 100.

Solenysa melloteei Oi, 1960: 153 , figs 52–54; Tu & Li, 2006b: 91, figs 21–30.

Solenysa mellotteei Yaginuma, 1986: 78 , fig. 42.2; Irie & Saito, 1987: 23, fig. 21; Chikuni, 1989: 56, fig. 48.

Material examined: JAPAN: no detailed collection data, one male and on female ( IZCAS); JAPAN: Esuzaki, Susami-cho , Wakayama Prefecture (33.50°N, 135.57°E), coll. Yoshito Ishii, 24.viii.1981, one male and three females ( CNU) .

Diagnosis: Males of S. melloteei can be distinguished from other congeneric species by the horn-shaped third branch of the lamella characteristica and by the truncate anterior terminal apophysis ( Fig. 7B). The apple-shaped epigynum ( Fig. 11H) is very similar to that of S. partibilis and S. akihisai sp. nov., but it differs in the shape of the epigynal collar: somewhat rectangular in S. melloteei ; lateral sides more rounded in S. partibilis ( Fig. 11I) and inversed equilateral triangular in S. akihisai ( Fig. 8I).

Description: See Tu & Li (2006b).

Remarks: Simon’s (1894: 677) original spelling of the name of this species was ‘ Solenysa mellottei ’. Simon named the new species after its collector (A. Mellotée), although unfortunately he did not use the correct spelling of the collector’s last name (Hirotsugu Ono, pers. comm.). Oi (1960) corrected the spelling to ‘ melloteei ’ and Yaginuma (1986) misspelled as ‘ mellotteei ’. Simon’s original spelling (‘ mellottei ’) is deemed an ‘incorrect original spelling’ and thus Oi’s (1960) emendation of the spelling is the valid species name.

Natural history: Unknown.

Distribution: Japan ( Fig. 22 ).

Figures

Figure 22. Distribution records of Solenysa species. Half-filled circle (), Solenysa retractilis sp. nov.; concentric circle (), Solenysa geumoensis Seo, 1996; circle filled with ‘i’ (), Solenysa wulingensis Li & Song, 1992; circle (•), Solenysa tianmushana sp. nov.; star (*), Solenysa protrudens Gao et al., 1993; cross (), Solenysa lanyuensis sp. nov.; flag (), Solenysa longqiensis Li & Song, 1992; balloon (), Solenysa yangmingshana sp. nov.; square (), Solenysa melloteei Simon, 1894; triangle (Δ), Solenysa akihisai sp. nov.; diamond (Ɨ), Solenysa partibilis Tu et al., 2007; pentagon (), Solenysa reflexilis Tu et al., 2007.