Corinnomma comulatum Thorell, 1891

Sankaran, Pradeep M., 2021, A review of the Indian species of Apochinomma Pavesi, 1881 and Corinnomma Karsch, 1880, synonymy of Castianeira quadrimaculata Reimoser, 1934, and a catalogue of the Indian corinnid fauna (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 5072 (6), pp. 541-559 : 548

Corinnomma comulatum Thorell, 1891

Fig. 6

Corinnomma comulatum Thorell, 1891: 23 (♀).

Type material. Holotype ♀ from INDIA: Nicobar Islands (southern groups), collector unknown, 1845-1847 (the Galathea Expedition), repository ZMUC (zmuc00013079), examined based on photographs.

Diagnosis. Females of C. comulatum are closely related to the females of C. severum ( Thorell, 1877) , as both have mediolaterally placed copulatory openings and wrinkled spermathecae, but they can be distinguished from the latter species by the C-shaped rims of copulatory openings (vs. obliquely placed comma-like rims of copulatory openings in C. severum ) and proximal part of anterior spermathecae II wrinkled (vs. straight proximal part of anterior spermathecae II in C. severum ) (compare Fig. 6C with Wang et al. 2012: fig. 2H–I).

Description. For description of the female, see Thorell (1891).

Supplementary description. Female. Opisthosoma oval, with small anteriorly placed dorsal scutum ( Fig. 6A ). Genitalia ( Fig. 6C ): epigynal plate widely circular, with W-shaped posterior margin. Copulatory openings mediolaterally placed, with inverted comma-like rims. Spermathecae sac-like, anterior spermathecae II contiguous, with anterolateral extensions, with wrinkled proximal part; posterior spermathecae I tubular, wrinkled, diverging.

Male. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Corinnomma comulatum Thorell, 1891, holotype female: A habitus, dorsal view; B eye group, dorsal view; C epigyne, ventral view; D label from type bottle. Scale bars: A = 5 mm; B = 1 mm; C = 0.5 mm. © ZMUC, Denmark.