Neriene macella ( Thorell, 1898 )

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2017, New species and new records of linyphiid spiders from the Indo-Malayan Region (Araneae, Linyphiidae), Zootaxa 4227 (3), pp. 325-346 : 339

Neriene macella ( Thorell, 1898)

Material examined. 3 Males, 2 female ( SMF), INDIA , Uttarakhand, Dehra Dun , 30°16’59.8”N 77°58’31.4”E, 587 m a.s.l., Wildlife Institute of India, Campus, edge of forest, at wall, by hand, at night; 19.III.2011; P. Jäger & S. Quasin leg. 1 female ( SMF) , Punjab , Chandigarh, 30°43’01.0”N 76°44’40.7”E, 307 m a.s.l., bus terminal, secondary degraded forest, grass, shrubs, trees, by hand at night; 12.III.2011; P. Jäger leg. 1 male, 2 females ( SMF) , WEST MALAYSIA , Pahang State, Fraser’s Hill, Telecom loop, close to 3°43’6.3”N 101°45’9.86”E, 1300 m a.s.l., secondary forest, embankments along road, at day, by hand and sifting; 10.II.2015; P. Jäger & T. Laufs leg. 1 male ( MHNG), INDONESIA , Sumatra , North Sumatra Province, 1.5 km SE of Kampus Kehutanan Aeknauli, near road Prapat to Pematangsiantar, 13 km from Prapat , 2°42’38”N 98°56’16”E, 1150 m a.s.l., hill forest; 30.VI. and 2.VII.2006; P. Schwendinger leg. [Sum-06/30] . 1 male ( MHNG), Java, Cibodas, Botanical Garden , 1250–1300 m a.s.l., sifting in the lower part of the garden; 27.XI.1987; C. Lienhard [leg. Sar-87/28] . 1 female ( SMF), PHILIPPINES , Leyte Island, Visca, N Baybay, primary forest, 200–500 m a.s.l.; 10.III.1991; W. Schawaller et al. leg.

Remarks. The species is new to the faunas of India and the Philippines.

Distribution. Myanmar ( Thorell 1898) , Thailand ( Tanasevitch 2014b), Laos ( Tanasevitch 2014a), China ( Chen, Li, & Zhao 1995), Sumatra, Indonesia ( Simon 1901), West Malaysia ( Locket 1982), India and the Philippines.