Pholcus andulau Huber, 2011

Berhard A. Huber, Booppa Petchard, Charles Leh Moi Ung, Joseph K. H. Koh & Amir R. M. Ghazali, 2016, The Southeast Asian Pholcus halabala species group (Araneae, Pholcidae): new data from field observations and ultrastructure, European Journal of Taxonomy 190 (190), pp. 1-55 : 47-49

Pholcus andulau Huber, 2011

Figs 193–194

Pholcus andulau Huber, 2011: 141–142 , figs 502–504, 521–522, 570–574 (♂♀).

Diagnosis

Easily distinguished from putatively closest known relative ( Ph. lambir sp. nov.) by long dorsal process on procursus (fig. 571 in Huber 2011), by smaller sclerotized teeth on male embolus (fig. 570 in Huber 2011), and by strongly curved anterior sclerite in internal female genitalia (fig. 573 in Huber 2011).

New material examined

MALAYSIA-BORNEO: 3 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, ZFMK ( Ar 15055–56 ), Sarawak, Gunung Mulu National Park, Paku Waterfall Trail (4.037° N, 114.823° E), 60 m a.s.l., in domed webs under leaves, 23 Jul. 2014 (B.A. Huber, S.B. Huber) ; 3 ♀♀, in absolute ethanol, ZFMK ( Bor 239 ), same data ; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ZFMK ( Ar 15057 ), Gunung Mulu National Park, forest near Lagang Cave (4.051° N, 114.822° E), 60 m a.s.l., domed webs under leaves, 24 Jul. 2014 (B.A. Huber, S.B. Huber) ; 1 ♀, ZFMK ( Ar 15058 ), Gunung Mulu National Park , forest near Deer Cave (4.027° N, 114.818° E), 60 m a.s.l., night collecting, 24 Jul. 2014 (B.A. Huber) ; 1 ♂, RMNH, Gunung Mulu National Park , 12–22 Oct. 2003 (C.L. & P.R. Deeleman) .

BRUNEI: 1 ♀, RMNH, Temburong, Bukit Betoi , “ 87.04.23.06 ” .

Distribution

Known from several localities in Brunei and northeastern Sarawak ( Fig. 153 ).

Figures

Fig. 153. Known distributions of the Pholcus buatong species group (Malay Peninsula) and of the Pholcus andulau species group (northern Borneo).

Figs 193 – 199. Live specimens, Pholcus andulau group, and female genitalia of Ph. lambir Huber, sp. nov. 193 – 194. Pholcus andulau Huber, 2011, ♂ and ♀ with egg-sac from Gunung Mulu, Sarawak. 195 – 196. Ph. lambir sp. nov., ♂ and ♀ with egg-sac from Lambir, Sarawak. 197 – 199. Ph. lambir sp. nov., female genitalia, untreated in ventral view, cleared in ventral and dorsal views.