Rhitymna pinangensis ( Thorell, 1891 )

Jäger, Peter, 2019, Review of the huntsman spider genus Rhitymna Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Sparassidae), Zootaxa 4560 (3), pp. 441-462 : 449-450

Rhitymna pinangensis ( Thorell, 1891)

Figs 31–32 , 61

Material examined. THAILAND: Nakhon Si Thammarat Province: 1 male ( PJ 3638 ), Khao Luang National Park , N 8°43'25.2", E 99°40'7.7", 355m elevation, ATOL Expedition leg. 10.– 12.10.2003 ( MACN) . MALAYSIA: Pahang State : 2 males ( PJ 3284–3285 ) , 5 females ( PJ 3286–3290 ) , Cameron Highlands , N 4°28'15.00", E 101°24'26.00", 1634 m elevation, T. Adam ded. ( SMF 61299) . 1 male ( PJ 2464 , SD 520), as for preceding specimens, F. Schneider ded. ( SMF 61300) . 1 male ( PJ 3238 ) , as for preceding specimen, F. Schneider ded. (SMF 61301). 1 male ( PJ 2463 , SD 519), as for preceding specimens, F. Schneider ded. ( SMF 61302) . 1 female ( PJ 2462 , SD 518), as for preceding specimens, F. Schneider ded. ( SMF 61303) . 9 males, 4 females, as for preceding specimens, F. Schneider & A. Wong ded. 2011 (SMF 63086). 1 male, 1 female, as for preceding specimens, T. Adam ded. (SMF 63425) (date of donation, T. Adam 27 April 2008, F. Schneider 29. April 2006) .

Variation. Males (n=6) with PL 8.3–10.1, OL 8.2–10.3., females (n=4) with PL 9.6–10.5, OL 13.3–16.0.

Chelicerae mostly with 3 anterior teeth, 3 posterior teeth, females with 2–3 anterior teeth (n=1) and 3–4 posterior teeth (n=1). Males with 19–35 bristles at fang base, females with 19–26. Distribution. Thailand: Nakhon Si Thammarat Province (new record), Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra,

Borneo). The new locality in Thailand represents the most northern record for this species ( 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 28–32. Rhitymna spp., habitus, alive. 28 Rhitymna gerdmangel spec. nov., individual of unknown sex, showing two legs hold out of a retreat in a bamboo stalk in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, the hole was made by the chrysomelid beetle Lasiochila goryi, and measures 7 by 4 mm (photo by D. Kovac); 29–30 Rhitymna verruca, female from Koh Chang, Thailand; 31–32 Rhitymna pinangensis from Cameron Highlands, Malaysia (31 male, 32 female).