Brignolia trichinalis ( Benoit, 1979 )

Ranasinghe, U. G. S. L. & Benjamin, Suresh P., 2016, A review of Sri Lankan Brignolia including the description of four new species (Araneae: Oonopidae), Zootaxa 4144 (4), pp. 451-476 : 471-472

Brignolia trichinalis ( Benoit, 1979)

( Fig. 19 A–B)

Gamasomorpha trichinalis Benoit, 1979: 192 , figs 2a–e.

Lisna trichinalis Saaristo, 2001: 342 , figs 131A–B, 132–134, 135A–B, 136–138 Lisna trichinalis: Saaristo: Saaristo, 2010 : 132, figs 22.131–138.

Brignolia trichinalis Platnick et al., 2011: 43 –45, figs 190–223.

Material examined. One ♀ (IFS_Oon_165): Sri Lanka, Central Province, Kandy District, Udawattakelle FR, 0 7°17’57”N 80°38’29”E, 580m, 29 December 2011, leg. S. P. Benjamin, litter.

Diagnosis. Males can be easily recognized by the extended lobe at the tip of the palp (figs. 198–205 in Platnick et al. (2011). Females can be recognized by the long epigastric scape ( Figs. 19 A–B; figs. 221–223 in Platnick et al. (2011).

Description. see Platnick et al. (2011).

Distribution. Mauritius, Seychelles and Sri Lanka (new record).

Figures

FIGURE 19. Brignolia trichinalis (Benoit, 1979), female from Kandy, Udawattakele FR. A. epigastric region, dorsal view; B. same, ventral view. esc, epigastric scape. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.