A review of the spider genus Porrhomma (Araneae, Linyphiidae)
Author
Růžička, Vlastimil
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-09-14
4481
1
1
75
journal article
29177
10.11646/zootaxa.4481.1.1
ac892ad5-037a-4486-9fdb-3082b98cbf49
1175-5326
1454736
BFC4982D-BB84-4141-BDFD-203F23CD1585
Porrhomma
magnum
Tanasevitch, 2012
Figs. 27A–F
.
Porrhomma
magnum
Tanasevitch, 2012
—
Tanasevitch (2012)
: p. 369,
Figs. 1–14
,
23
,
24
(descr. ♂ ♀).
Material
examined.
Paratypes
, 1 Ƌ
3 ♀
,
RUSSIA
:
Krasnoyarsk
Area,
West Sayan Mts.
,
30–40 km
S of Aradan Village
,
Oyskiy Mt. Ridge
,
1700 m
a.s.l.
,
8 Jul 1993
, leg.
D. Logunov
(
ZMMU
, Ta-7684).
Diagnosis.
Among four species of the
magnum
-group,
P. magnum
and
P. longjiangense
have developed eyes with black rings around.
P. magnum
can be distinguished from
P. longjiangense
by very small eyes (
Fig. 27A
) and Fe III–IV with one dorsal spine.
Description.
♀
(
paratype
from West Sayan Mts.,
Russia
,
8 Jul 1993
). Carapace yellow-brown,
1.02 mm
wide, eyes very small, PME–PME = 2.4 (
Fig. 27A
). Abdomen greyish-yellow. Fe I–IV with one dorsal spine, Fe I with two prolateral spines. Ti I with one prolateral spine, Ti I–II with one retrolateral spine. Tm Mt I = 0.39, Mt I/CW = 1.16.
FIGURE 27.
A–F,
Porrhomma
magnum
from West Sayan Mts., Russia. A, ♀ carapace, frontal view. B, embolic section. C, epigynum. D–F, vulva, ventral, caudal and dorsal. Abbreviations: A, appendix; AP, anterior process of the embolic plate; MS, main sack; V, velum. Scale bars, 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 28.
Global distribution of
Porrhomma
magnum
.
Epigynum with lateral wings (
Fig. 27C
). Copulatory ducts are very long, the most complicated in the genus, spermathecae are situated between ascending and descending parts of copulatory ducts (
Figs. 27D–F
).
Ƌ (together with female). The AP is shorter than wide, with a concave upper edge, the space between AP and PA very narrow. Embolus very long with a broad velum. Velum without a pigmented spot (
Fig. 27B
).
Variation. Ƌ
♀
. Carapace 1.00–
1.35 mm
wide. Tm Mt I = 0.34–0.39, Mt I/CW = 1.11–1.35 (n = 4).
Ecology.
Recorded in mountainous tundra.
Global distribution.
Mountains of
southern Siberia
,
Russia
and
Kazakhstan
after
Tanasevitch (2012)
. See
Fig. 28
.