Modisimus culicinus ( Simon, 1893 )

Huber, Bernhard A., 2019, The pholcid spiders of Sri Lanka (Araneae: Pholcidae), Zootaxa 4550 (1), pp. 1-57 : 52-53

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4550.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2F7D1EC4-D4ED-4FAE-B227-CF7B79EAE833
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4581733
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Modisimus culicinus ( Simon, 1893 )
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Modisimus culicinus ( Simon, 1893)

Notes. For synonymy, redescription, and distribution, see Huber (1997: 233), Saaristo (2001: 24), and Huber et al. (2017: 13). This species was previously reported from Sri Lanka by Huber & Benjamin (2005) who cited a single female specimen from the “rainforest near Ratnapura” [~ 6.70°N, 80.38°E]. The specimens below were found under rocks on the floor of Belilena Cave.

New record. SRI LANKA: 4♂ 9♀, ZFMK (Ar 20102), and 1♂ 5♀ 1 juv. in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL100 View Materials ), Sabaragamuwa Province, Belilena Cave near Kitulgala (7.003°N, 80.436°E), 370 m a.s.l., in cave, 7.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps .