Leptopholcus podophthalmus ( Simon, 1893 )

Huber, Bernhard A., 2019, The pholcid spiders of Sri Lanka (Araneae: Pholcidae), Zootaxa 4550 (1), pp. 1-57 : 12-13

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4581602

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scientific name

Leptopholcus podophthalmus ( Simon, 1893 )
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Leptopholcus podophthalmus ( Simon, 1893) View in CoL

Figs 45–46 View FIGURES 42–46

Pholcus podophthalmus Simon, 1893: 468 , fig. 456 (♂ ♀, Sri Lanka).

Pholcus podophthalmus — Song et al. 1999: 58, figs 24P–T (♂ only; ♀ misidentified). Zhang & Zhu 2009: 71 View Cited Treatment , figs 39A–D. Tong 2013: 67.

Leptopholcus podophthalmus View in CoL — Huber 2011: 99, figs 232–235, 275–276, 402–417. Dimitrov et al. 2013 (molecular data). Yao et al. 2015: 19. Eberle et al. 2018 (molecular data).

Description (amendments; see Huber 2011). Female carapace with pair of indistinct small marks posteriorly on carapace. Tibia 1 length (including measures in Huber 2011) in 20 males: 8.2–11.3 (mean 9.4); in 8 females: 6.8– 8.7 (mean 7.9).

New records. SRI LANKA: 1♂ 1♀, NMSL , 9♂ 2♀ 2 juvs, ZFMK (Ar 20030) , and 1♂ 1♀ 1 juv. in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL107 About ZFMK ), Central Province, Kandy, Dunumadallawa Forest (7.282°N, 80.643°E), 600–680 m a.s.l., 8.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 2♂, ZFMK (Ar 20031) , 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 . 1♂ in pure ethanol, NIFS (Pho-068) , Central Province, Matale District, Bowatenna Reservoir area (7.660°N, 80.688°E), 250 m a.s.l., 10.ii.2016 (S.P. Benjamin et al.) GoogleMaps . 1♂ in pure ethanol, NIFS (Pho-053) , Central Province, Matale District, IFS, Arboretum (7.859°N, 80.674°E), 180 m a.s.l., 20.i.2016 (N. Atukorala et al.) GoogleMaps . 1♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Benj 41) , Badulla District, between Diyaluma Falls and Wellawaya (6.725°N, 81.029°E), 480 m a.s.l., hand collecting, 4.viii.2011 (S.P. Benjamin, S. Batuwita) GoogleMaps .

SINGAPORE: 1♂, ZFMK ( Ar 20033), Dairy Farm Nature Park (1.360°N, 103.778°E), 50 m a.s.l., on leaf, 15.ii.2015 (B.A. Huber, J. Koh) GoogleMaps .

MALAYSIA: 1♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Mal 284), Pahang, Cameron Highlands (4.460°N, 101.392°E), 1200 m a.s.l., forest along ‘trail 9’, on banana leaf in forest (near forest edge), 25.ii.2015 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps .

THAILAND: 1♂, ZFMK (Ar 20035), Kanchanaburi, Erawan National Park (14.370°N, 99.146°E), 85 m a.s.l., forest along stream, 15.iii.2015 (B.A. Huber, B. Petcharad) GoogleMaps .

Natural history. Leaf-dwelling species with very indistinct web restricted to the leaf-surface. The webs were sometimes shared with many cecidomyiid flies ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 42–46 ). The species appears to be more common in disturbed and marginal forest parts than within well preserved forest (see also label data in Material examined section in Huber 2011: 100-102).

Distribution. Widely distributed in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka ( Fig. 222 View FIGURES 222–223 ; Huber 2011: fig. 282).

NMSL

National Museum of Sri Lanka

ZFMK

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pholcidae

Genus

Leptopholcus

Loc

Leptopholcus podophthalmus ( Simon, 1893 )

Huber, Bernhard A. 2019
2019
Loc

Leptopholcus podophthalmus

Yao, Z. & Pham, D. & Li, S. 2015: 19
Huber, B. A. 2011: 99
2011
Loc

Pholcus podophthalmus

Tong, Y. 2013: 67
Zhang, F. & Zhu, M. S. 2009: 71
Song, D. & Zhu, M. & Chen, J. 1999: 58
1999
Loc

Pholcus podophthalmus

Simon, E. 1893: 468
1893
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