Spariolenus secundus Jäger, 2006

Moradmand, Majid, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil & Kulkarni, Siddharth, 2023, Taxonomic revision of the troglophile Spariolenus spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae) in South and West Asia, Zootaxa 5380 (1), pp. 77-95 : 91

Spariolenus secundus Jäger, 2006

Spariolenus secundus Jäger, 2006: 309 , figs 1–11, 16–17.

Material examined. Oman: Ad Dakhiliyah Region: 2♀♀ and 3 immatures, [label: Jebel Shams, 2000 m, limestone cave, coll. P.M. Booth (capt.) Oct. 1976 ( NHM)] .

Remarks. Here is a new geographic record ( Fig. 13 ) for the single Spariolenus species in the Arabian Peninsula. The largest female is 25.5 mm in length (PL: 11.5, OL: 14.0). These large females have the same character states as described for the type specimens (see Jäger 2006). The type specimens were collected from the Al-Hota cave system. Here, we report the second record of S. secundus in another cave system in Jebel Shams, containing the highest summit in Oman, east of the type locality.

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FIGURE 13. The distribution records map of all known Spariolenus species (studied here and revised to date) in South and West Asia. Localities for all new species described in this study are marked with a star.