Asianopis dumogae (Merian, 1911), sp. reval., 2020

Lin, Yejie, Shao, Lili, Haenggi, Ambros, Caleb, John T. D., Koh, Joseph K. H., Jaeger, Peter & Li, Shuqiang, 2020, Asianopis gen. nov., a new genus of the spider family Deinopidae from Asia, ZooKeys 911, pp. 67-99 : 67

Asianopis dumogae (Merian, 1911), sp. reval. comb. nov. Fig. 3

Dinopis dumogae Merian, 1911: 171 (♀ only, ♂ mismatched).

Type material examined.

1♀ (NMB-ARAN-00514a), "Wald bei Duluduo", Sulawesi Utara, forest near Duluduo, 00°31'33"N, 123°57'10"E, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from A. liukuensis comb. nov. by the MP nearly covering the CO, S round, and the overall equal thickness of the CD (Figs 4 , 6 ).

Description.

See Merian (1911). Photos of the epigyne of the syntype are given in Figure 6 .

Distribution.

Indonesia (North Sulawesi).

Comments.

Merian (1911) reported D. celebensis based on three specimens from different localities in Sulawesi, Indonesia. One male (NMB-ARAN-00514b, "Zentral-Celebes, nördlich vom Golf von Bone", South Sulawesi, north of the Gulf of Boni (precise locality not known), one female from North Sulawesi (NMB-ARAN-00514a, "Wald bei Duluduo", Sulawesi Utara, forest near Duluduo, 00°31'33"N, 123°57'10"E and one female from Central Sulawesi (NMB-ARAN-00514c, Larga, südlich vom Posso-See, unterhalb Patiro Rano, bei 900 m, Central Sulawesi, south of Lake Poso at an elevation of 900 m (the localities “Larga” and "Patiro Rano" could not be located on maps; the epigyne of this specimen is missing, but the specimen is clearly larger than the others).

Merian (1911) stated that the male and the females may not represent the same species and suggested the name D. celebensis for the male, and D. dumogae for the female. According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1999: Article 11.5.1), such conditionally proposed species names are potentially available as valid names if published before 1961. The species has not been listed in any of the catalogues. We examined the types and concluded the male and the two females are indeed three different species. The palp of the male D. celebensis exhibits features of the zhuanghaoyuni group: the tegulum is obscured by the embolic coil, and the embolus is long and strongly coiled around the MA. The female from North Sulawesi (Doloduo) has features of the liukuensis group: an anchor-shaped median plate, CO distinct, CD with three turns. Thus, we revalidated the female D. dumogae as Asianopis dumogae (Merian, 1911), sp. reval. comb. nov.

Figures

Figure 3. Asianopis dumogae sp. reval. comb. nov., female type. A Epigyne B Vulva, dorsal view.

Figure 4. Asianopis liukuensis comb. nov., male from Xishuangbanna and female from Jianfengling. A Male prosoma, frontal view B Female prosoma, frontal view C Male habitus, dorsal view D Male habitus, ventral view E Female habitus, dorsal view F Female habitus, ventral view.

Figure 6. Asianopis liukuensis comb. nov., female from Jianfengling. A Epigyne B Vulva, dorsal view.