Clubiona filicata Pickard-Cambridge, 1874

Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Tavano, Maria, Chotwong, Wimolwan & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2012, New synonym and descriptions of two new species of the spider genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 from Thailand (Araneae, Clubionidae), Zootaxa 3532, pp. 51-63 : 59-60

Clubiona filicata Pickard-Cambridge, 1874

( Figs 25–33 )

Clubiona filicata Pickard-Cambridge. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874: 413 , fig. 35, description of male and female. Gravely, 1931: 261, fig. 16d. Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 69, figs 120–121. Gong, 1989: 109, figs 1–13. Majumder & Tikader, 1991: 23, figs 30–35. Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 1996: 199, figs 27–33. Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 415, figs 245L–M, 248F–G.

Clubiona swatowensis Strand. Strand, 1907: 562 , description of female. Strand, 1909: 39, fig. 24.

Clubiona distincta Thorell. Thorell, 1887: 48 , description of female. Syn. nov.

Material Examined. Holotype of C. distincta : ♀, MYANMAR: Kayin State: Carin-Cheba. Bia-po : 1885–1889, leg. L. Fea ( MSNG, examined). Original label: / Clubiona ; distincta Thor. ; Birmania: Carin; Cheba. Bia-po; Fea/.

Other material examined. MYANMAR: Mandalay Division: 13, 1Ƥ, Mandalay, 1885–1889, leg. L. Fea ( MSNG, examined). Original label: / Clubiona ; distincta Thor. ?; Birmania: Mandalay; Fea/ . THAILAND, Suphanburi Province: 13, 1Ƥ, pumelo orchard, 10 December, 1998, leg. W. Vungsilabutr ( EZTH). Pathum Thani Province: 63, 5Ƥ, Khlong 9, mango orchard, 20 December 2005, leg. W. Vungsilabutr ( EZTH) . 13, 2Ƥ, Khlong 4, mandarin orchard, 1994, leg. W. Vungsilabutr ( EZTH) . 63, 5Ƥ, unknown locality, mandarin orchard, 1994, leg. W. Vungsilabutr ( EZTH) . Chaiyaphum Province: 23, Thad Tone National Park , 15–20 June 2006, leg. P. Dankittipakul ( MHNG) .

Taxonomic remarks. Clubiona filicata Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 was originally described from adult specimens of each sex from Bombay ( Mumbai), India. Thorell (1887) published later his first article in a series of publications on the Burmese spiders; he included a description of C. distincta Thorell, 1887 which was based on a holotype female collected from Karin Hills, district of the Bia-po or Cheba (1,000–1,200 m) ( Figs 29 , 31–33 ). No significant genitalic differences were found between the female type of C. distincta and that of C. filicata . Therefore, Clubiona distincta Thorell, 1887 is proposed a junior synonym of C. filicata Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 . Thorell also examined conspecific male and female from Mandalay and identified them as C. distincta ? ( Figs 28, 30 ). Both specimens belong to C. filicata and agree well with the original description given by Pickard-Cambridge (1874). Subsequent publications providing illustrations of both sexes from various localities ( Biswas & Raychaudhuri 1996; Majumder & Tikader 1991; Song, Zhu & Chen 1999) together with the recently obtained material consisting of male and female collected from the same locality at the same time have confirmed and highlighted that the designated adults are true conspecific.

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 30. Clubiona filicata Pickard-Cambridge: male from Thailand (25 – 27); male (28) and female (30) from Mandalay, Myanmar (originally identified as C. distincta by Thorell, MSNG); female (29) from Carin-Cheba, Myanmar (holotype female of C. distincta Thorell, MSNG). 25 – 28. Male palp: ventral (25, 28), prolateral (26), retrolateral (27). 29 – 30. Epigyne, ventral.

FIGURES 31 – 33. Clubiona filicata Pickard-Cambridge. 31. Female from Carin-Cheba, Myanmar (holotype female of C. distincta Thorell, MSNG). 32. MSNG label. 33. Original label by Thorell.