Neriene macella (Thorell 1898)

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2014, New species and records of linyphiid spiders from Laos (Araneae, Linyphiidae), Zootaxa 3841 (1), pp. 67-89 : 85-86

Neriene macella (Thorell 1898)

Figs 66–74

Material examined. 1♀, LAOS, Luang Nam Tha Prov., Nam Ma 1, 801 m a.s.l., 21°06.148' N 101°05.571' E, secondary forest, leave litter, sieving, sweepnet, 5.XI.2004, leg. P. Jäger & V. Vedel. 4♀, Muang Sing, Nam Ha Protected Area, 745 m a.s.l., 21°08.075'N 101°11.991'E, secondary forest, slope at street, leave litter, bank at stream, under stones, day and night, 4.XI.2004. leg. P. Jäger & V. Vedel. 3♀, Nam Ha Protected Area, road from Luang Nam Tha, 848 m a.s.l., 21°09'07.2''N 101°19' 47.9 E' ', secondary forest, leaf litter, close to stream, sieving, 7.III.2008, leg. P. Jäger. 1♀, 5 km N of Luang Nam Tha, 597 m a.s.l., 21°01.201'N 101°24.632'E, secondary forest, vegetation, rocks, soil, beside road, at night, by hand, 7.XI.2004, leg. P. Jäger & V. Vedel. 1♂, 2♀, Luang Prabang Prov., S of Luang Prabang, Ban Ean, Nam Khan, Tad Se, 304 m a.s.l., 19°50.562'N 102°13.118'E, waterfall, along stream, secondary forest, at night, sweepnet, sieving, by hand, 5. III.2006, leg. P. Jäger & J. Altmann. 2♀, NE of Luang Prabang, Nam Ou, Nong Khiao, Tham Pathok, 373 m a.s.l., 20°33'082''N 102°37'925''E, outside cave, leaf litter, sieving, 17.–18.III.2007, leg. P. Jäger & F. Steinmetz. 1♀, same data, 373 m a.s.l., 20°33'082''N 102°37'925''E, inside limestone cave, by hand, 16.– 17.3.2007, leg. P. Jäger & F. Steinmetz. 1♀, Tham Sieng Mang, 273 m a.s.l., 19°54.143'N 102°08.527'E, inside cave, at day, by hand, 15.XI.2009, leg. P. Jäger & S. Bayer. 1♂ subad, 2♀, S of Luang Prabang, Ban Ean, Nam Khan, Tad Se, 304 m a.s.l., 19°50.562'N 102°13.118'E, dry waterfall, disturbed forest, at day, sieving, by hand, 4.III.2006, leg. P. Jäger & J. Altmann. 1♀, Phou Khoun, Tham Süa, 19°26'35,8''N 102°26'19,1''E, 1226 m a.s.l., inside and in front of cave, day and night, by hand, 13.XI.2009, leg. P. Jäger & S. Bayer. 1♀, Vientiane Prov., Vang Vieng, 5 km N of Tham Done, 18°54.698'N 102°27.350'E, surroundings of cave, by hand, 19.XI.2004, leg. P. Jäger & V. Vedel. 1♂, 1♀, N of Vang Vieng, Ban Phoxay, 260 m a.s.l., 19°00'59,4''N 102°26'48,0''E, water-duct under street, by day, by hand, 14.III.2008, leg. P. Jäger. 1♀, Bolikhamsay Prov., Lak Sao, near Hotel Kim Hoi, 18°11'48,0''N 104°58'21.1''E, 534 m a.s.l., day and night, by hand, 5.–8.III.2010, leg. P. Jäger & J. Martens. 1♀, Oudomxai Prov., Oudomxai, 638 m a.s.l., 20º41.13.1'N 101º59.13.1'E, stupa, hill, vegetation, at night, by hand, 17.XI.2009, leg. P. Jäger & S. Bayer. 1♀, Champasak Prov., Muang Bachieng, Ban Lak 35, Tad Itou, 15°11'37,7''N 106°06'06,3''E, 810 m a.s.l., secondary forest, close to river, vegetation, at night, by hand, 26.XI.2009, leg. P. Jäger & S. Bayer. 1♀, Ban Lak 38, Tad Fan, N 15°11'03,0'', E 106°07'36,9''E, 952 m a.s.l., plateau, primary forest, valley with stream, leaf litter and soil, at day, sieving, 18.III.2010, leg. P. Jäger & J. Martens. 1♀, Ban Lak 38, Tad Fan, 15°11'03.0''N 106°07'36.9''E, 952 m a.s.l., plateau, coffee plantation, vegetation and leaf litter, at night, by hand, 19.III.2010, leg. P. Jäger & J. Martens. 1♂, 1♀, Ban Lak 35, Tad Itou, 15°11'37,7''N 106°06'06,3''E, 810 m a.s.l., secondary forest close to river, vegetation, at rock, at day, by hand, 25.XI.2009, leg. P. Jäger & S. Bayer.

Distribution. The species is known from China, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia ( Platnick 2014). From Laos it has been reported from Oudomxai and Bolikhamsay provinces ( Jäger & al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURES 66 – 74. Neriene macella (Thorell 1898) male and female specimens (from Tad Se, Laos). 66, Epigynum, ventral, 67, 69, dorsal. 70, Female opisthosoma, dorsal, 71, lateral. 72, Embolus and median membrane, lateral. 73, Paracymbium, lateral. 74, Terminal apophysis, lateral. Not to scale.