Rhitymna deelemanae Jäger, 2003

Jäger, Peter, 2019, Review of the huntsman spider genus Rhitymna Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Sparassidae), Zootaxa 4560 (3), pp. 441-462 : 453

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5933347

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scientific name

Rhitymna deelemanae Jäger, 2003
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Rhitymna deelemanae Jäger, 2003 View in CoL

Figs 51–52 View FIGURES 51–60 , 61 View FIGURE 61

Material examined. INDONESIA: Bali: 1 female ( PJ 3349 , SD 750), Ubud, 8°29'51.0"S, 115°15'18.4"E, 208 m elevation, S. Huber leg. 30 March 2011 (SMF).

Variation. Female (n=1) with PL 5.8, OL 7.1. Chelicerae with 3 anterior and 4 posterior teeth. Epigynal field with one lateral pair of slit sensilla in anterior third.

Distribution. Indonesia: Sumba Island, Bali (new record). The new locality is ca. 390 km apart from the type locality ( Fig. 61 View FIGURE 61 ).

Jager, P. (2003) Rhitymna Simon 1897: an Asian, not an African spider genus. Generic limits and description of new species (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana biologica, 82, 99 - 125.

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FIGURE 61. Records of Rhitymna species currently known (World Spider Catalog 2019 and works cited therein, records in this paper). Species with larger distribution ranges: stars—R. verruca, light triangles—R. plana, light squares—R. pinangensis. Inset: Sri Lanka.

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FIGURES 51–60. Rhitymna spp., habitus in ethanol. 51–52 Rhitymna deelemanae, female from Bali, Indonesia; 53–54 Rhitymna merianae spec. nov., holotype female from Bali, Indonesia; 55–58 Rhitymna flores spec. nov. from Flores, Indonesia (55–56 holotype male, 57–58 female paratype); 59–60 Rhitymna senckenbergi spec. nov., holotype male from Negros, Philippines.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Sparassidae

Genus

Rhitymna