Jacaena distincta Thorell, 1897

Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Tavano, Maria & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2013, Revision of the spider genus Jacaena Thorell, 1897, with descriptions of four new species from Thailand (Araneae: Corinnidae), Journal of Natural History 47 (23), pp. 1539-1567 : 1549-1550

Jacaena distincta Thorell, 1897

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Jacaena distincta Thorell, 1897: 231 , description of ♀. Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 467, figs 775–785.

Type material

Holotype: ♀, Myanmar, Tanintharyi Region, Tenasserim Division, Mt Mooleyit , 1885–1889, L. Fea leg. ( MSNG, examined). Original label: Cadius distinctus Thor., Birmania: Tenasserim, Mooleyit, Fea. For comments on species name and recent redescription of this species see Deeleman-Reinhold (2001: 467) .

Remarks

The type species was described based on a single female that closely resembles the female of J. peculiaris sp. nov. ( Figure 2 H) in general appearance.

Diagnosis

Jacaena distincta can be easily distinguished from its congeners by the widely separated copulatory orifices that are medially situated on the epigynal region, and the poorly defined spermathecae that are not distinctly enlarged ( Figure 15 E).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Mt Mooleyit, south-eastern Myanmar).

Figures

Figure 2. Females of Jacaena spp., habitus, dorsal (A – H). Jacaena schwendingeri comb. nov., paratype (A); J. lunulata sp. nov., paratypes (B, C); J. angoonae sp. nov., holotype (D); J. punctata sp. nov., paratypes (E, F); J. mihun (G); J. peculiaris sp. nov., holotype (H).

Figure 15. Jacaena distincta, holotype, female (MSNG). Museum label (A). Original label by Thorell (B). Habitus, dorsal (C). Ditto, ventral (D). Epigyne, partially removed (E).