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<mods:titleid="00C4CF08B4B4AF4C216F4CD934EC73C0">A review of Sri Lankan Brignolia including the description of four new species (Araneae: Oonopidae)</mods:title>
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, male from Hakgala SNR. A. carapace, dorsal view; B. same, lateral view; C. same, anterior view; D. same, posterior view; E. sternum, ventral view; F. abdomen, ventral view; G. same lateral view; H. same, anterior view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.
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. Females can be recognized by the twisted posterior genitalic tube and the absence of an external epigastric protrusion (
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D). See also (
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: Body length 1.2–1.8. Coloration: carapace usually orange-brown, sternum and mouthparts pale orange to orange-brown; abdominal scuta orange-brown, abdominal inter scutal region white; legs pale orange; palps dark red-brown; Carapace: ovoid in dorsal view (
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A), smooth, sides striated, pars cephalica strongly elevated in lateral view (
<figureCitationid="134423D1A11CFFACFE96FE92C297456C"box="[310,398,260,285]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1793,1815]"captionTargetBox="[340,1246,402,1766]"captionTargetId="figure@16.[340,1247,402,1772]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Brignolia ratnapura Platnick et al., 2011, male from Hakgala SNR. A. carapace, dorsal view; B. same, lateral view; C. same, anterior view; D. same, posterior view; E. sternum, ventral view; F. abdomen, ventral view; G. same lateral view; H. same, anterior view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/267511/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
B), anteriorly slightly narrowed, with angular posterolateral corners, posterolateral edge without spikes and pits, lateral margin straight, posterior margin rounded (
<figureCitationid="134423D1A11CFFACFC79FEB1C7324530"box="[985,1067,295,320]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1793,1815]"captionTargetBox="[340,1246,402,1766]"captionTargetId="figure@16.[340,1247,402,1772]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Brignolia ratnapura Platnick et al., 2011, male from Hakgala SNR. A. carapace, dorsal view; B. same, lateral view; C. same, anterior view; D. same, posterior view; E. sternum, ventral view; F. abdomen, ventral view; G. same lateral view; H. same, anterior view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/267511/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
D). Clypeus: rebordered, straight in front view (
<figureCitationid="134423D1A11CFFACFEE2FEDAC2814514"box="[322,408,332,357]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1793,1815]"captionTargetBox="[340,1246,402,1766]"captionTargetId="figure@16.[340,1247,402,1772]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Brignolia ratnapura Platnick et al., 2011, male from Hakgala SNR. A. carapace, dorsal view; B. same, lateral view; C. same, anterior view; D. same, posterior view; E. sternum, ventral view; F. abdomen, ventral view; G. same lateral view; H. same, anterior view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/267511/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
C). Eyes: six, well developed, ALE largest, oval, PME and PLE equal in size and oval, posterior eye row slightly procurved from frontal view. Labium: triangular shaped, fused to sternum, same as sternum sclerotization. Endite: distally not excavated, anteromedian part with stout projection, same as sternum sclerotization. Sternum: longer than wide, decorated with small rounded pits, radial furrows consisting of rows of small pits present between coxa I–II, II–III and III–IV (
<figureCitationid="134423D1A11CFFACFC97FE4AC0974584"box="[823,910,476,501]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1793,1815]"captionTargetBox="[340,1246,402,1766]"captionTargetId="figure@16.[340,1247,402,1772]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Brignolia ratnapura Platnick et al., 2011, male from Hakgala SNR. A. carapace, dorsal view; B. same, lateral view; C. same, anterior view; D. same, posterior view; E. sternum, ventral view; F. abdomen, ventral view; G. same lateral view; H. same, anterior view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/267511/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="134423D1A11CFFACFEBFFE69C2684668"box="[287,369,511,536]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1793,1815]"captionTargetBox="[340,1246,402,1766]"captionTargetId="figure@16.[340,1247,402,1772]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Brignolia ratnapura Platnick et al., 2011, male from Hakgala SNR. A. carapace, dorsal view; B. same, lateral view; C. same, anterior view; D. same, posterior view; E. sternum, ventral view; F. abdomen, ventral view; G. same lateral view; H. same, anterior view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/267511/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
G), covers full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above, epigastric scutum strongly sclerotized, extend to pedicel region, scuto-pedicel region with deeply W-shaped transverse ridge, curved middle region lighter (
<figureCitationid="134423D1A11CFFACFEE5FDD1C2834610"box="[325,410,583,608]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1793,1815]"captionTargetBox="[340,1246,402,1766]"captionTargetId="figure@16.[340,1247,402,1772]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Brignolia ratnapura Platnick et al., 2011, male from Hakgala SNR. A. carapace, dorsal view; B. same, lateral view; C. same, anterior view; D. same, posterior view; E. sternum, ventral view; F. abdomen, ventral view; G. same lateral view; H. same, anterior view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/267511/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
H), book lung covers small, oval without elevation, pedicel tube small with dorsolateral triangular extensions, postepigastric scutum strongly sclerotized, long, semicircular, covering most part of the area and fused to epigastric scutum, with short posteriorly directed lateral apodemes (
<figureCitationid="134423D1A11CFFACFBEBFD19C7B946D8"box="[1099,1184,655,680]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1793,1815]"captionTargetBox="[340,1246,402,1766]"captionTargetId="figure@16.[340,1247,402,1772]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Brignolia ratnapura Platnick et al., 2011, male from Hakgala SNR. A. carapace, dorsal view; B. same, lateral view; C. same, anterior view; D. same, posterior view; E. sternum, ventral view; F. abdomen, ventral view; G. same lateral view; H. same, anterior view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/267511/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
F). Spinnerets scutum present, short setae present. Legs: spineless. Sperm pore: small, oval, situated at the level of anterior spiracles. Genitalia: small, strongly sclerotized, right and left palps symmetrical. Cymbium completely fused to bulb, not extending distal tip of the bulb. Bulb rounded dorsal protrusion on the palpal bulb (
<figureCitationid="134423D1A11CFFACFB9AFD6AC7954765"box="[1082,1164,764,789]"captionStart="FIGURE 15"captionStartId="17.[151,250,1913,1935]"captionTargetBox="[151,1426,868,1883]"captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,860,1891]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 15. Brignolia parumpunctata (Simon, 1893), from Kadolkele FR. Male. A. left palp, retrolateral view; B. left palp, prolateral view; Brignolia ratnapura, from Hakgala SNR. Male. C. left palp, prolateral view; Female D. epigastric region. lap, lateral apodemes; pgt, posterior genitalic tube. Scale bars = 0.1 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/267512/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
: Body length 1.56. Coloration and somatic morphology same as male. Carapace highly elevated, ovoid, smooth, sides striated, lateral margin straight, posterior margin rounded. Genitalia: Postepigastric region without any modification. Posterior genitalic tube convoluted, thicker anteriorly than posteriorly originated from anterior spiracular groove, situated in between epigastric furrow and posterior spiracular groove (
<figureCitationid="134423D1A11CFFACFB79FC1AC63347D5"box="[1241,1322,908,933]"captionStart="FIGURE 15"captionStartId="17.[151,250,1913,1935]"captionTargetBox="[151,1426,868,1883]"captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,860,1891]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 15. Brignolia parumpunctata (Simon, 1893), from Kadolkele FR. Male. A. left palp, retrolateral view; B. left palp, prolateral view; Brignolia ratnapura, from Hakgala SNR. Male. C. left palp, prolateral view; Female D. epigastric region. lap, lateral apodemes; pgt, posterior genitalic tube. Scale bars = 0.1 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/267512/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
Body length of males ranges from 1.22–1.78. Coloration varies from orange-brown to pale orange, sternum with small rounded pits more visible in some specimens, two small black spots present on either side of the posterior part of the postepigastric scutum. Degree of sclerotization of palps varies from dark orange-brown to red-brown.