Belisana ratnapura Huber, 2005

Huber, Bernhard A., 2019, The pholcid spiders of Sri Lanka (Araneae: Pholcidae), Zootaxa 4550 (1), pp. 1-57 : 9-10

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4581588

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CA3B104C-FF9D-FF92-FF3D-FC20FF64E00E

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Plazi

scientific name

Belisana ratnapura Huber, 2005
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Belisana ratnapura Huber, 2005 View in CoL

Figs 8–9 View FIGURES 1–9 , 34–35 View FIGURES 31–35 , 40–41 View FIGURES 36–41

Belisana ratnapura Huber, 2005: 108 View in CoL , figs 602–616 (♂ ♀, Sri Lanka).

Notes. The unidentified locality “Kollawa” in Huber (2005) is a misspelling of Kottawa (see additional material from same collecting event below). The correct coordinates for “Kannaliya” (Kanneliya) are 6.25°N, 80.34°E (not 6°02’N, 80°13’E as in Huber 2005).

Diagnosis. Easily distinguished from most congeners by long retrolateral process (‘flap’) of procursus pointing in proximal-ventral direction and curved at tip ( Figs 34–-35 View FIGURES 31–35 ); from very similar B. gowindahela by wider procursus with different shape of prolateral distal sclerite (compare Figs 32–35 View FIGURES 31–35 ), by smaller distance between distal male cheliceral apophyses (15 µm versus ~80 µm in B. gowindahela ; compare fig. 604 in Huber 2005 with Fig. 31 View FIGURES 31–35 herein), and by epigynum with posterior extension and with pockets closer together (10–15 µm versus ~60 µm in B. gowindahela ; compare Figs 38–41 View FIGURES 36–41 ).

New records. SRI LANKA: 6♂ 9♀, ZFMK (Ar 20015) , Sabaragamuwa Province, between Ratnapura and Mapalena Ella (6.762°N, 80.428°E), 100 m a.s.l., 19.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 1♂ 1♀, NMSL , 12♂ 11♀ 2 juvs, ZFMK (Ar 20016) , and 2♂ 1♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL163 About ZFMK ), Sabaragamuwa Province, Mapalena Ella (6.774°N, 80.460°E), 270 m a.s.l., forest below waterfall, 19.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . ~ 19♂ 20♀, ZFMK (Ar 5195– 96) , Sabaragamuwa Province, Ratnapura District, Gilimale Forest Reserve [~ 6.76°N, 80.45°E], 11.ii.2007 (S.P. Benjamin, Z. Jaleel) GoogleMaps . 2♂ 5♀, ZFMK (Ar 20017) , and 2♂ 1♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL104 About ZFMK ), Sabaragamuwa Province, near Kitulgala (6.985°N, 80.430°E), 170 m a.s.l., 7.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 5♂ 4♀, ZFMK (Ar 5192) , Sabaragamuwa Province, Kegalle District, Kitulgala , degraded lowland rainforest, 14.ii.2007 (Z. Jaleel) . 3♂ 1♀, ZFMK (Ar 20018) , and 1♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL101 About ZFMK ), Sabaragamuwa Province, outside of Belilena Cave near Kitulgala (7.003°N, 80.436°E), 370 m a.s.l., 7.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 5♂ 3♀, ZFMK (Ar 20019) , and 2♂ 3♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL99 About ZFMK ), Western Province, Mitirigala Forest (6.997°N, 80.175°E), 70 m a.s.l., 6.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 3♂ 6♀ 3 juvs, ZFMK (Ar 20020) , and 1♂ 1♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL169 About ZFMK ), Western Province, Labugama Forest (6.846°N, 80.175°E), 150 m a.s.l., 20.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 2♂ 3♀, ZFMK (Ar 5193) , Western Province, Kalutara District, Ingiriya, Bodhinagala Forest Reserve [6.725°N, 80.155°E], 10.ii.2007 (S.P. Benjamin, Z. Jaleel) GoogleMaps . 3♂, ZFMK (Ar 20021) , Western Province, above Pelawatta-Tinniyawala road (6.404°N, 80.283°E), 150 m a.s.l., 18.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 5♂ 3♀, ZFMK (Ar 20022) , and 2♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL160 About ZFMK ), Southern Province, Kottawa Forest (6.097°N, 80.308°E), 60 m a.s.l., 17.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 2♂ 4♀, RMNH , Kottawa , wet evergreen forest, 15.x.1982 (F. Wanless) . 3♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Benj 39) , Southern Province, Galle District, Kottawa, Kombala-Kottawa Forest Reserve (6.098°N, 80.314°E), 60 m a.s.l., 19.v.2010 (S.P. Benjamin, S. Batuwita) GoogleMaps . 3♂ 9♀, ZFMK (Ar 20023) , and 1♂ 1♀ 1 juv. in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL157 About ZFMK ), Southern Province, Viharekele Forest (6.099°N, 80.594°E), 120 m a.s.l., 17.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps .

Natural history. The webs of this species were identical to those of B. gowindahela (see above).

Distribution. Widely distributed in southwestern Sri Lanka, apparently excluding high elevation areas ( Fig. 221 View FIGURES 220–221 ).

ZFMK

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig

NMSL

National Museum of Sri Lanka

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pholcidae

Genus

Belisana

Loc

Belisana ratnapura Huber, 2005

Huber, Bernhard A. 2019
2019
Loc

Belisana ratnapura

Huber 2005: 108
2005
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