Jacaena distincta Thorell, 1897

Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa, 2001, Forest Spiders of South East Asia With a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanteriidae)., Forest Spiders of South East Asia With a revision of the sac and ground spiders- Family Liocranidae, Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Leiden; Boston; Köln, pp. 400-505 : 467

Jacaena distincta Thorell, 1897 ( figs 775-785 , map 39 )

Jacaena distincta Thorell 1897: 231 , no figures, ♀. Burma.

Type locality. — Myanmar (Burma), Tenasserim, Mt. Mooleyit .

Type material.— 1 ♀, MCSNG, examined, labelled: “ Cadicus distinctus, Tenasserim, Mt. Mooleyit, typus, Fea Burma 85-89” in the handwriting of Thorell.

Other material studied. — None.

Diagnosis. — The habitus of the female resembles that of Sesieutes . The abdomen lacks a dorsal scutum, the venter has a distinctive pattern of a dark median longitudinal band in the middle and a long white transverse ring halfway the abdomen, interrupted in the middle dorsally ( figs 776-777 ). The openings in the epigyne are lateral and are connected with long coiled tubes, ending in fertilisation ducts; there are no distinct spermathecae or bursae.

Description.— FEMALE, holotype, according to Thorell’s description. PER slightly recurved, PME slightly flattened, separated by 1 d, and by 11/2 d from laterals. Carapace surface coarse; thoracic groove obsolete. Tibia I with 7 pairs of ventral spines, tibia II with 6 pairs, tibia III and IV 2-2v, 1pl, 1rl, metatarsus 1 with 5 pair ventrally, metatarsus II with 4 pair.

Freehand drawings were made in the Museum in Genova of the type specimen. One of the epigynal openings was plugged.

Distribution.— SE Myanmar (Burma).

Figures

Map 39: ● Jacaena distincta ■ J. mihun

Figs 775 - 785. Jacaena distincta, fem ale type, free hand sketches. 775. Carapace and abdomen, dorsal. 776. Venter of abdomen. 777. Habitus, lateral. 778. Endites and labium. 779. Chelicer, ventral. 780. Leg I, part of m etatarsus and tarsus, lateral. 781. Tarsus IV, claw. 782. Spinnerets, ventral. 783. Posterior m edian spinneret, lateral. 784. Epigyne. 785. Vulva, dorsal. 786 - 790. Jacaena mihun sp. n. 786. Female, habitus. 787. Lateral. 788. Male, abdomen, ventral. 789. Female, left chelicer, ventral. 790. Male palp, ventral.