Tidarren sp.

Knoflach, Barbara & Harten, Antonius Van, 2006, The one-palped spider genera Tidarren and Echinotheridion in the Old World (Araneae, Theridiidae), with comparative remarks on Tidarren from America, Journal of Natural History 40 (25 - 26), pp. 1483-1616 : 1590

Tidarren sp.

( Figure 259a, b )

Material examined

Madagascar: 1 „ (palp expanded), CAS CASENT 9008029, Antsiranana Prov., Nosy Be, Réserve Naturelle Intégrale de Lokobe , 6.3 km 112 ° ESE Hellville, 13 ° 259100S, 48 ° 199520E, 30 m, 19–24 March 2001, rainforest, EC30 beating low vegetation, leg. Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF3426 .

This male specimen eluded a clear assignment to other Madagasy species, as its male palp is expanded and its details are hard to compare ( Figure 259a, b ). However, it does not agree with T. ephemerum . Shape of conductor also differs from T. obtusum . Probably, it represents the male of another species.

Figures

Figure 259. (a, b) Tidarren sp. from Madagascar, Nosy Be. Left male palp, expanded, prolateral (a) and retrolateral (b). (c) Distribution of four Tidarren species, T. argo Knoflach and van Harten, T. cuneolatum (Tullgren), T. obtusum n. sp., and T. scenicum (Thorell).