Pharta koponeni, Benjamin, Suresh P., 2014

Benjamin, Suresh P., 2014, Two new species of Pharta Thorell, 1891 with the description of Ibana senagang gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae: Thomisidae), Zootaxa 3894 (1), pp. 177-182 : 180

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.15
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BBB22865-1C05-4D52-97B4-53C4E4DDDBF6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6129447
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/600987CC-A632-FFE3-22C0-A0E0FD2CFA23
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pharta koponeni
status	sp. nov.

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Pharta koponeni View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 1 View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F D, 2E, 2F

Type material: Holotype ♂ from THAILAND: Kanchanaburi Province: Erawan National Park, leg. C. L.

Deeleman & P. R. Deeleman, 16 October 1987, evergreen forest, sweeping ( RMNH.ARA.15912). Etymology. This species is named in honor of my colleague Seppo Koponen of Turku, Finland. Diagnosis. Male of P. koponeni sp. nov. can be distinguished from male congeners by the longer, hammer-

shaped conductor. The conductor is shorter and sharply curved in P. sudmannorum sp. nov. Description. Male. Total length: 2.2; prosoma length: 1.1, width: 1.1. Leg I: femur 1.4, patella 0.5, tibia 1.2,

metatarsus 0.9, tarsus 0.5. Leg formula 1243. Coloration and markings as in Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F D. Light yellow, probably

greenish in life. Opisthosoma roundish. Prosoma uniformly covered with short, brownish spines ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F ). ALE>

PLE> PME> AME. AER, PER recurved, eyes on brown colored, converging mounds.

Palp with a hammer-shaped conductor as in Figs (2E, 2F).

Female: unknown

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.