Panjange iban Huber, 2011

Bernhard A. Huber & Charles Leh Moi Ung, 2016, The Panjange nigrifrons group in Borneo (Araneae: Pholcidae): high diversity in Sarawak, apparent absence in Sabah, European Journal of Taxonomy 184, pp. 1-32 : 20

Panjange iban Huber, 2011

Figs 61–62

Panjange iban Huber, 2011: 119 –121; Fgs 469–488, 770–772, 791–792 (Ƌ ♀).

Diagnosis

Distinguished from similar species (with ventral apophysis on palpal femur, without pointed processes on eye stalks: Pa. kubah sp. nov.; Pa. nigrifrons ; Pa. seowi sp. nov.) by distinctive ventral process of procursus (near distal end of ridges; Fg. 470 in Huber 2011); females are difFcult to distinguish externally from congeners in Sarawak (distinctive internal folds arranged in anterior semicircular pattern; large pore plates); from Pa. nigrifrons by very short scape.

New material examined

MALAYSIA-BORNEO, Sarawak: 2 ƋƋ, 7 ♀♀, Semengoh Arboretum, Masing Trail (1.397–1.399° N, 110.317–110.322° E), 60–80 m a.s.l., 17 July 2014 (B.A. Huber), ZFMK ( Ar 14585 ) ; 2 ♀♀, 2 juvs, same data, in absolute ethanol, ZFMK ( Bor 227 ) ; 6 ƋƋ, 3 ♀♀, same locality, Apr. 1985 (C.L. & P.R. Deeleman), RMNH .

Natural history

The webs had a diameter of about 10–20 cm and were found among vegetation in primary forest close to the ground where the domed sheets were attached to the undersides of leaves.

Distribution

Known from type locality in Sarawak only ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

Fig. 1. Known distribution of the Panjange nigrifrons group.

Figs 61 – 68. Live specimens. 61 – 62. Pa. iban Huber, 2011, Ƌ and ♀ with egg-sac from Semengoh. 63 – 64. Pa. kubah Huber, sp. nov., Ƌ from Kubah. 65 – 68. Pa. seowi Huber, sp. nov., Ƌ, ♀, and ♀ with egg-sac from Penrissen.