Leptopholcus podophthalmus ( Simon, 1893 )

Huber, Bernhard A., 2019, The pholcid spiders of Sri Lanka (Araneae: Pholcidae), Zootaxa 4550 (1), pp. 1-57 : 12-13

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scientific name	Leptopholcus podophthalmus ( Simon, 1893 )
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Leptopholcus podophthalmus ( Simon, 1893) View in CoL

Figs 45–46 View FIGURES 42–46

Pholcus podophthalmus Simon, 1893: 468 , fig. 456 (♂ ♀, Sri Lanka).

Pholcus podophthalmus — Song et al. 1999: 58, figs 24P–T (♂ only; ♀ misidentified). Zhang & Zhu 2009: 71 View Cited Treatment , figs 39A–D. Tong 2013: 67.

Leptopholcus podophthalmus View in CoL — Huber 2011: 99, figs 232–235, 275–276, 402–417. Dimitrov et al. 2013 (molecular data). Yao et al. 2015: 19. Eberle et al. 2018 (molecular data).

Description (amendments; see Huber 2011). Female carapace with pair of indistinct small marks posteriorly on carapace. Tibia 1 length (including measures in Huber 2011) in 20 males: 8.2–11.3 (mean 9.4); in 8 females: 6.8– 8.7 (mean 7.9).

New records. SRI LANKA: 1♂ 1♀, NMSL , 9♂ 2♀ 2 juvs, ZFMK (Ar 20030) , and 1♂ 1♀ 1 juv. in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL107 About ZFMK ), Central Province, Kandy, Dunumadallawa Forest (7.282°N, 80.643°E), 600–680 m a.s.l., 8.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 2♂, ZFMK (Ar 20031) , Sabaragamuwa Province, Mapalena Ella (6.774°N, 80.460°E), 270 m a.s.l., forest below waterfall, 19.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 1♂ in pure ethanol, NIFS (Pho-068) , Central Province, Matale District, Bowatenna Reservoir area (7.660°N, 80.688°E), 250 m a.s.l., 10.ii.2016 (S.P. Benjamin et al.) GoogleMaps . 1♂ in pure ethanol, NIFS (Pho-053) , Central Province, Matale District, IFS, Arboretum (7.859°N, 80.674°E), 180 m a.s.l., 20.i.2016 (N. Atukorala et al.) GoogleMaps . 1♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Benj 41) , Badulla District, between Diyaluma Falls and Wellawaya (6.725°N, 81.029°E), 480 m a.s.l., hand collecting, 4.viii.2011 (S.P. Benjamin, S. Batuwita) GoogleMaps .

SINGAPORE: 1♂, ZFMK ( Ar 20033), Dairy Farm Nature Park (1.360°N, 103.778°E), 50 m a.s.l., on leaf, 15.ii.2015 (B.A. Huber, J. Koh) GoogleMaps .

MALAYSIA: 1♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Mal 284), Pahang, Cameron Highlands (4.460°N, 101.392°E), 1200 m a.s.l., forest along ‘trail 9’, on banana leaf in forest (near forest edge), 25.ii.2015 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps .

THAILAND: 1♂, ZFMK (Ar 20035), Kanchanaburi, Erawan National Park (14.370°N, 99.146°E), 85 m a.s.l., forest along stream, 15.iii.2015 (B.A. Huber, B. Petcharad) GoogleMaps .

Natural history. Leaf-dwelling species with very indistinct web restricted to the leaf-surface. The webs were sometimes shared with many cecidomyiid flies ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 42–46 ). The species appears to be more common in disturbed and marginal forest parts than within well preserved forest (see also label data in Material examined section in Huber 2011: 100-102).

Distribution. Widely distributed in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka ( Fig. 222 View FIGURES 222–223 ; Huber 2011: fig. 282).

References

Dimitrov, D., Astrin, J. J. & Huber, B. A. (2013) Pholcid spider molecular systematics revisited, with new insights into the biogeography and the evolution of the group. Cladistics, 29, 132 - 146. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 0031.2012.00419. x

Eberle, J., Dimitrov, D., Valdez-Mondragon, A. & Huber, B. A. (2018) Microhabitat change drives diversification in pholcid spiders. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18, 141. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 12862 - 018 - 1244 - 8

Huber, B. A. (2011) Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae). Bonner zoologische Monographien, 58, 1 - 509.

Simon, E. (1893) Histoire Naturelle des Araignees. 1 (2). 2 nd edition. Roret, Paris, 233 pp. [pp. 256 - 488]

Song, D., Zhu, M. & Chen, J. (1999) The Spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp., 4 pls.

Tong, Y. (2013) Haplogynae Spiders from Hainan, China. Kexue chubanshe, Beijing, vi + 96 pp., 81 pls.

Yao, Z., Pham, D. & Li, S. (2015) Pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from northern Vietnam, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Zootaxa, 3909 (1), 1 - 82. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3909.1.1

Zhang, F. & Zhu, M. S. (2009) A review of the genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China. Zootaxa, 2037, 1 - 114.

Figures

FIGURES 42–46. Leptopholcus, live specimens. 42–44. L. kandy Huber, 2011, male from Ethagala, female from near Belilena Cave, and male from Kitulgala. 45–46. L. podophthalmus (Simon, 1893), male from Kandy, and male from Mapalena Ella sharing web with cecidomyiid flies.