Brignolia parumpunctata (Simon, 1893)

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 : 464-466

Brignolia parumpunctata (Simon, 1893)

( Figs. 13 A–H, 15A–B)

Xestaspis parumpunctata Simon, 1893b: 305 .

Gamasomorpha perplexa Bryant, 1942: 325 , figs 11–12, 18. Opopaea recondite Chickering, 1951: 231 , figs 18–19.

Brignolia cubana Dumitrescu & Georgescu, 1983: 107 .

Brignolia cubana: Saaristo, 2001: 343 , figs 139–141, 142a–b, 143, 144a–b, 145. Brignolia cubana: Saaristo & van Harten, 2006: 131 , figs 1, 2a–b, 3.

Opopaea recondite Burger, 2009: 343 , figs 11–16, 23c–g. Brignolia recondite Platnick & Dupérré, 2009: 4 .

Brignolia cubana: Saaristo, 2010: 111 , figs 22.139–145. Brignolia parumpunctata Platnick et al., 2011: 14 –32, figs. 1–94 Material examined. 2♂ (IFS_Oon_003–004): Sri Lanka , North Western Province, Puttalam District, Wanathavilluwa , 0 8°10’15”N 79 °52’30”E, 30m, 24 May 2010, leg. N. Athukorala . 1♂ and 2♀ (IFS_Oon_043–045): Eastern Province, Ampara District, Kokagala , 0 7°25’28”N 81°3’27”E, 125m, 0 9 February 2010, leg. S. P. Benjamin, S. Batuwita . 1♂ and 1♀ (Oon_296–297): Ampara district , Nuwaragala FR, 0 7°26’0 7.4” N 81°31’58.8” E, 70m, 19 May2015, leg. N. Athukorala . 1♂ and 2♀ (IFS_Oon_079–081): Sri Lanka , North Central Province, Anuradhapura District, Padaviya , 8°48’0 N 80°45’ 0E, 55m, 10 January 2012, leg. N. Athukorala . 1♂ and 1♀ (IFS_Oon_211–212): Southern Province, Hambantota District, Tissamaharama , 6°17’N 81°17’E, 18m, 0 2 February 2014, leg. C.I. Clayton . 2♂ and 2♀ (IFS_Oon_232–235): Sri Lanka , Western Province, Gampaha District , Kadolkelle FR, 7°11’49”N 79°50’35”E, 10m, 24 September 2014, leg. N. Athukorala .

Diagnosis. Males be can easily recognized by the ventrally directed protrusion situated medially on the clypeus ( Fig. 13 C) and by the distinctively curled dorsal protrusion on the palpal bulb ( Figs. 15 A). Females can be recognized by the rounded, elevated protrusion situated between the epigastric furrow and the groove connecting the posterior spiracles (fig. 93 in Platnick et al. (2011).

Description. see Platnick et al. (2011).

Distribution. Pantropical (World Spider Catalog, 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Brignolia parumpunctata (Simon, 1893), male from Kadolkele FR. A. carapace, dorsal view; B. same, lateral view; C. same, anterior view; D. same, posterior view; E. sternum, ventral view; F. abdomen, dorsal view; G. same lateral view; H. same, anterior view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 15. Brignolia parumpunctata (Simon, 1893), from Kadolkele FR. Male. A. left palp, retrolateral view; B. left palp, prolateral view; Brignolia ratnapura, from Hakgala SNR. Male. C. left palp, prolateral view; Female D. epigastric region. lap, lateral apodemes; pgt, posterior genitalic tube. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.