Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836

Caleb, John T. D., Pravalikha, G. B., Johnson, Benaiah Ebenezer, Manyu, Mitemlu, Mungkung, Soreiphy & Mathai, Manu Thomas, 2017, Hersilia aadi Pravalikha, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2014 a junior synonym of Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836 (Araneae: Hersiliidae), Zootaxa 4254 (3), pp. 396-400 : 396-398

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.3.11

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6028562

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scientific name

Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836
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Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836 View in CoL

Figs 1–13 View FIGURES 1 – 4 View FIGURES 5 – 9 View FIGURES 10 – 13

Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836: 10 View in CoL , pl. 13, fig. 1 (Description & illustration of ♀); Simon, 1885d: 19, pl. 10, figs. 18-19 (Description and illustration of ♂); Simon, 1893a: 414, figs. 417, 426 (Description and illustration of ♂&♀); Pocock, 1900a: 241, fig. 82 (Description and illustration of ♀); Gravely, 1922: 1050, pl. 5, fig. 13 (Description in part); Benoit, 1974c: 995, figs. 1, 4 (Description and illustration of ♀); Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 47, figs. 74-76 (Illustration of ♀); Gajbe, 1993a: 117, figs. 1–3 (Description and illustration of ♂&♀); Baehr & Baehr, 1993b: 29, figs. 5, 22a–f (Description and illustration of ♂&♀); Gajbe, 2004: 135, figs. 1–3 (Description and illustration of ♂&♀); Gajbe, 2007: 434, figs. 26–30 (Description and illustration of ♂&♀).

Hersilia indica Walckenaer, 1837: 372 (Description in part).

Hersilia calcuttensis Stoliczka, 1869: 216 View in CoL , pl. 20, figs. 9 (Description and illustration of ♀).

Hersilia clathrata Thorell, 1895: 56 View in CoL (Description of ♀); Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 411, figs. 246a–k (Description and illustration of ♂&♀).

Hersilia aadi Pravalikha, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2014: 5554 View in CoL , images 1a–j, 2, 3a–f, f. 1a–c (Misidentification; description and illustration of ♂&♀). Types kept at the Natural History Museum of Osmania University, Hyderabad, re-examined. New synonymy

Material examined: Types of H. aadi , 6♂ ( OUNHM.ART.ARA. 2011.13,15-19) and 7♀ ( OUNHM.ART.ARA. 2011.14,20-25).

Additional material: (MCC-ARA-HER-01 to 27)— 2♂ & 3♀, Madras Christian College , Tambaram, India, (12.921293˚ N, 80.121971˚ E) Altitude 32m, leg. John Caleb & Soreiphy Mungkung ; 2♂ & 3♀, 13 July 2016, leg. Mitemlu Manyu & Benaiah Johnson; 4♀, 14 July 2016; 4♀, 22 July 2016; 2♂ & 1 immature ♀, 13 Sept 2016; 2♂, 1 immature ♂ & 3 ♀, 6 Oct 2016 same location, all leg. Benaiah Johnson & Mitemlu Manyu ; 1♀ (NCBS-QA479), Kothanur , Bangalore, Karnataka, India (13.062085˚ N, 77.650576˚ E) Altitude 899m, 0 8 October 2014 leg. John Caleb .

Diagnosis. H. savignyi Lucas, 1836 can be distinguished from related species by its rather short cymbium; tegular apophysis with a strongly projecting basal process and upper surface with pilose field on the latero-apical process ( Figs. 6 View FIGURES 5 – 9 & 10 View FIGURES 10 – 13 ). The vulva is somewhat narrow and elongate with circular spermathecae; well sclerotized copulatory openings situated medially ( Figs. 8–9 View FIGURES 5 – 9 , 12–13 View FIGURES 10 – 13 ) ( Baehr & Baehr, 1993).

Description. For detailed description see Baehr & Baehr (1993) and Pravalikha et al. (2014).

Justification of synonymy. Pravalikha, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu (2014) described H. aadi from the Osmania University campus, Hyderabad, (presently in Telengana state), India. The original description is based on 13 specimens (6♂ & 7♀). Pravalikha et al. (2014) mention that H. aadi belongs to the H. savignyi species group but do not provide any distinct diagnostic characters to distinguish between H. aadi and H. savignyi . However, they provide good illustration of the epigyne and vulva which are clearly distinct and show no difference to that of H. savignyi (cf. Image 3b-d in Pravalikha et al. (2014) and Figs. 8–9 View FIGURES 5 – 9 herein with fig. 22e-f in Baehr & Baehr (1993) and figs. 1, 4 in Benoit (1974)). Though the illustrations of the male palp is neither in a proper ventral nor retrolateral view the diagnostic characters such as the pilose latero-apical process of the tegular apophysis and embolus are however clearly evident (cf. Image 1i-j in Pravalikha et al. (2014) and Figs. 5–7 View FIGURES 5 – 9 with fig. 22c-d in Baehr & Baehr (1993)). Examination of fresh material from the Madras Christian College campus and re-examination of the types of H. aadi revealed that H. aadi is indeed a junior synonym of H. savignyi .

Distribution. H. savignyi is a widespread species known to be distributed from India, Sri Lanka to Philippines (World Spider Catalog 2017).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Hersiliidae

Genus

Hersilia

Loc

Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836

Caleb, John T. D., Pravalikha, G. B., Johnson, Benaiah Ebenezer, Manyu, Mitemlu, Mungkung, Soreiphy & Mathai, Manu Thomas 2017
2017
Loc

Hersilia aadi

Pravalikha 2014: 5554
2014
Loc

Hersilia savignyi

Baehr 1993: 29
Benoit 1974: 995
Lucas 1836: 10
1836
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