Rhitymna verruca ( Wang, 1991 )

Jäger, Peter, 2019, Review of the huntsman spider genus Rhitymna Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Sparassidae), Zootaxa 4560 (3), pp. 441-462 : 446-447

Rhitymna verruca ( Wang, 1991)

Figs 29–30 , 61

Material examined. LAOS: Luang Nam Tha Province : 1 male ( PJ 2497 , SD 129) , 1 female ( PJ 2498 ) , S Muang Sing, Nam Ha Protected Area , N 21°8.075', E 101°11.991', 745 m elevation, secondary forest along path, at night, by hand, P. Jäger & V. Vedel leg. 6 November 2004 ( SMF 56646) ; 1 male ( PJ 3677 ) , 5 km North of Luang Nam Tha, N 21°1.201', E 101°24.632', 597 m elevation, secondary forest, vegetation, rocks, soil, beside road, at night, by hand, P. Jäger & V. Vedel leg. 8 November 2004 ( SMF 56654) . Bokeo Province: 1 subadult female (SD 1156), Houay Xai Distr., Ban Pak Gnao , N 20° 22.962', E 100° 21.37', 377 m elevation, disturbed secondary forest, understorey, on bamboo, by night, by hand, P. Jäger leg. 6 June 2013 ( SMF 64123) . Luang Prabang Province: 1 female ( PJ 2813 , SD 557), Nam Khan, Ban Keng Koung , N 19°40.963', E 102°18.442', 372 m elevation, plantations around village, by hand, P. Jäger leg. 26 February 2008 ( SMF 40839) . THAILAND: Trat Province: 1 female ( PJ 3245 , SD 676), Ko Chang, Hat Sai Kao , N 12°06'46.7'', E 102°16'15.2'', 48 m elevation, forest with stream, palm tree, at night, by hand, P. Jäger & S. Bayer leg. 31 October 2009 as juvenile, adult: 21 April 2010 ( SMF 60433) .

Variation. Males (n=3) with PL 5.0–13.1, OL 9.0–14.7, females (n=3) with PL 8.6–12.1, OL 10.7–15.7. Chelicerae mostly with 3 promarginal teeth, 4 retromarginal teeth, females with 3–4 retromarginal teeth (n=1). Males with 10–28 bristles at fang base, females with 13–24.

Distribution. China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand (new record) ( Fig. 61 ).

Figures

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.

FIGURES 28–32. Rhitymna spp., habitus, alive. 28 Rhitymna gerdmangel spec. nov., individual of unknown sex, showing two legs hold out of a retreat in a bamboo stalk in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, the hole was made by the chrysomelid beetle Lasiochila goryi, and measures 7 by 4 mm (photo by D. Kovac); 29–30 Rhitymna verruca, female from Koh Chang, Thailand; 31–32 Rhitymna pinangensis from Cameron Highlands, Malaysia (31 male, 32 female).