Sphingius gracilis ( Thorell, 1895 )

Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Tavano, Maria & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2011, Neotype designation for Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890, synonymies, new records and descriptions of six new species from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Liocranidae), Zootaxa 3066, pp. 1-20 : 17-18

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.201922

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5576060

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scientific name

Sphingius gracilis ( Thorell, 1895 )
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Sphingius gracilis ( Thorell, 1895) View in CoL

Figure 2 View FIGURES 1 – 5

Thamphilus gracilis Thorell: Thorell, 1895 : 36; description of female.

Sphingius gracilis ( Thorell): Simon, 1897 View in CoL : 158. Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 489, figs 837–838.

Scotophaeoides sinensis Schenkel: Schenkel, 1963 : 49, fig. 24; description of female. Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004: 209, figs 124A– C. Murphy, 2007: 589, figs 596–597. Syn. nov.

Sphingius sinensis (Schenkel) View in CoL : Zhang Fu & Zhu, 2009, 38, figs 13–20.

Type material. Holotype, Scotophaeoides sinensis Schenkel : ♀, CHINA: Cantong (modern formal spelling = Guangdong), ( MNHN AR- 3109, examined) .

Other material. Thamphilus gracilis Thorell : MYANMAR, Palon: 1885-1889, leg. L. Fea, 2♀ ( MSNG, examined). Original label: Thamphilus gracilis Thor. Birmania: Palon. Fea .

Remarks. The first author was unable to locate a female holotype of Thamphilus gracilis Thorell, 1895 collected from Tharrawaddy and subsequently deposited in the collection of NMHL during his visit. Fortunately, the type was previously studied by Deeleman-Reinhold (2001) who transferred it to Sphingius and provided sketches of the epigyne and internal genitalia. Two females collected from Palon which were identified as T. gracilis by Thorell himself (deposited at MSNG) are the base of our study ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 5 ).

Zhang et al. (2009) transferred Scotophaeoides sinensis Schenkel, 1963 (misplaced in Gnaphosidae ) to Sphingius . The female holotype of Sc. sinensis closely resembles females of T. gracilis in having very similar general appearance and genitalic structures (see also Murphy 2007; Zhang et al. 2009). The difference between S. gracilis and S. sinensis is the broader proximal portion of insemination ducts in the latter species but this is likely an intraspecific variation.

Distribution. Myanmar and China (Guangdong, Guangxi).

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

MSNG

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 'Giacomo Doria'

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Liocranidae

Genus

Sphingius

Loc

Sphingius gracilis ( Thorell, 1895 )

Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Tavano, Maria & Singtripop, Tippawan 2011
2011
Loc

Scotophaeoides sinensis

Murphy 2007: 589
Song 2004: 209
Schenkel 1963: 49
1963
Loc

Sphingius gracilis (

Deeleman-Reinhold 2001: 489
Thorell 1897: 158
1897
Loc

Thamphilus gracilis

Thorell 1895: 36
1895
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