Heradion paradiseum (Ono, 2004) Ono, 2004

Chami-Kranon, Thanaphum & Ono, Hirotsugu, 2007, On Vietnamese representatives of the ant spider genus Heradion (Araneae: Zodariidae), Zootaxa 1395, pp. 59-68 : 66

Heradion paradiseum (Ono, 2004) comb. nov.

Figures 9, 10

Mallinella paradisea Ono, 2004a: 2 , figs 1–4 (description of ♂). Heradion paradiseum comb. nov.

Type material. Holotype, ɗ [NSNT­Ar 5472], Vietnam, Lai Chau Province, Deo­Trampton, 1650 m, Mt. Phang Si Pang ca. 15 km west of Sapa, 18.vii.2001, leg. S. Normura, examined.

Remarks. Heradion paradiseum comb. nov. is here considered a member of the naiadis ­group by the presence of the more or less triangular DTA of the male palpal organ ( Fig. 9 ). The species can be easily recognized by: the relatively broad DTA, the medially; the simple abruptly outward curved MA ( Fig. 9 ); the absence of RTA ( Fig. 10 ); the digitiform VTA with apical membranous part ( Fig. 10 , m).

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FIGURES 5 – 12. Apices of tegulum, showing median apophyses and distal tegular apophyses (5 – 9): Heradion peteri (5); H. naiadis (6); H. intermedium spec. nov. (7); H. flammeum comb. nov. (8); H. paradiseum comb. nov. (9). Retrolateral view of tibiae, showing VTA and RTA: H. paradiseum comb. nov. (10); H. flammeum comb. nov. (11); H. intermedium spec. nov. Abbreviations: DTA: distal tegular apophysis; m, membranous area; MA: median apophysis; RTA: retrolateral tibial apophysis; T, tegulum; VTA, ventrolateral tibial apophysis.