Rhitymna kananggar Jäger, 2003

Jäger, Peter, 2019, Review of the huntsman spider genus Rhitymna Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Sparassidae), Zootaxa 4560 (3), pp. 441-462 : 454-455

Rhitymna kananggar Jäger, 2003

Figs 38–39 , 61

Material examined. INDONESIA: East-Nusa Tenggara: 1 female ( PJ 3640 ), East Sumba Regency , Melolo,

Luku Melolo bird watchers forest [9°53'46.45"S, 120°34'34.04"E, 310 m elevation], C.L. Deeleman leg. 5 February 2001, Coll. Deeleman (RMNH).

Variation. Female (n=1) with PL 5.6, OL 6.1. Chelicerae with 3 anterior and 4 posterior teeth. Epigynal field distinctly elongated with one lateral pair of slit sensilla in anterior third. Internal duct system with median membranous parts larger than in holotype ( Figs 38–39 , cf. Jäger 2003: fig. 41).

Distribution. Indonesia: Sumba Island. The new locality is ca. 30 km apart from the type locality ( Fig. 61 ).

Figures

FIGURE 61. Records of Rhitymna species currently known (World Spider Catalog 2019 and works cited therein, records in this paper). Species with larger distribution ranges: stars—R. verruca, light triangles—R. plana, light squares—R. pinangensis. Inset: Sri Lanka.

FIGURES 36–39. Rhitymna spp., copulatory organs (36–37 Rhitymna merianae spec. nov., holotype from Bali, Indonesia; 38– 39 Rhitymna kananggar, female from Sumba, Indonesia). 36–37 Left male palp (36 ventral, 37 retrolateral); 38 Epigyne, ventral; 39 Vulva, dorsal. dL—distal loop of embolus, In—prolateral indentation of embolus, mP—median membranous part of internal duct system, pE—prolateral part of embolus, SS—slit sensillum.