A review of the spider genus Porrhomma (Araneae, Linyphiidae)
Author
Růžička, Vlastimil
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-09-14
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Porrhomma montanum
Jackson, 1913
Figs. 36A–F
.
Linyphia hebescens
L. Koch, 1879
—L. Koch (1879): p. 35, Pl. 1,
Figs. 23, 23a
(descr.
♀
); examined by
Holm (1973: 97)
and suppressed for lack of usage.
L. desolata
L. Koch, 1879
—L. Koch (1879): p. 38, Pl. 1,
Figs. 27, 27a
(descr.
♂
); examined by
Holm (1973: 97)
and suppressed for lack of usage.
Erigone formosa
L. Koch, 1879
—L. Koch (1879): p. 67, Pl. 2,
Figs. 18, 18a
(descr.
♀
); examined by
Holm (1973: 97)
and suppressed for lack of usage.
Porrhomma montanum
Jackson, 1913
—
Jackson (1913)
: p. 40, Pl. II,
Figs. 24
,
34
(descr. ♂ ♀).
P. hakusanensis
Oi, 1964
—Oi (1964): p. 29, Pl. I,
Figs. 11–12
(descr.
♀
); synonymised by
Ono
et al.
(2009)
.
P. montanum
—
Holm (1973)
: p. 97; synonymy.
P. hebescens
—
Eskov & Marusik (1993)
: p. 67; resurrected older name, but
P. montanum
clearly eligible for protection under ICZN Article 23.9 (
World Spider Catalog 2017
).
P. hebescens
—
Ono
et al.
(2009)
: p. 332, Pl.
2-2-41
, Figs.
1105–1109
(♂ ♀); synonymy.
Material
examined.
CZECHIA
.
Chlum
u
Třeboně
,
Novořecké Močály Reserve
,
3 Sep 1987
–30
May 1988, 1
♂;
Suchdol nad Lužnicí
,
Dvory nad Lužnicí
, 12–28
May 1986, 1
Ƌ, V. Růžička. Nižbor
,
Vůznice Reserve
, 1–17
May 1993, 3
Ƌ, F. Pojer
(
IECA
).
Šumava Mts.
, Mrtvý Luh Reserve, 1
Jul 1980, 5
Ƌ, leg.
A. Kůrka
(CAK).
Lanžhot
,
Ranšpurk Reserve
,
1994–1997
, 9 Ƌ 4 ♀, leg. J. Chytil (WSM).
RUSSIA
:
Kurile Islands
,
Paramushir Island
,
Severo-Kurilsk
env.,
50°40'N
,
156°06'E
, 10
Aug
–5
Oct 1996, 2
♀, leg.
Yu. M. Marusik
(CYM).
Diagnosis.
Species of middle size (CW>
0.60 mm
), lacking dorsal spines of Fe I–II. It can be distinguished from
P. altaica
by AP of the male palp short and curved upwards (
Fig. 36B
), and thick appendices of the vulva, which turn closely around main sacks and are oriented opposite to one another, towards the median plain (
Figs. 36D–F
).
Description.
♀
(from Lanžhot,
Czechia
,
19 May 1997
). Carapace brown,
0.67 mm
wide, eyes normal, PME– PME = 0.8 (
Fig. 36A
). Abdomen grey. Fe without dorsal spines, Fe I with one prolateral spine. Ti I with one prolateral spine, Ti I–II with one retrolateral spine. Tm Mt I = 0.33, Mt I/CW = 0.90.
Main sacks and appendices, which are almost in contact, can be seen on the epigynum (
Fig. 36C
). Very compact vulva. Spermathecae start at the midway of the ascending part of the copulatory ducts. Main sacks are oriented oblique upwards. Thick appendices turn closely around main sacks and are oriented opposite to one another, towards the median plain (
Figs. 36D–F
).
Ƌ (together with female). Embolus short, AP short and curved upwards (
Fig. 36B
).
Variation. Ƌ
♀
. Carapace
0.60–0.69 mm
wide. Tm Mt I = 0.31–0.36, Mt I/CW = 0.81–0.93 (n = 21).
Ecology.
In
Czechia
, the species has been recorded among leaf litter in floodplain forests and in peat bogs (
Buchar & Růžička 2002
). In
Great Britain
, it is typically an upland species occurring beneath rocks on open mountains (
Harvey
et al.
2002
).
Global distribution.
Eurasia after Helsdingen (2017), Mikhailov (2013), this article,
Ono
et al.
(2009)
and
Namkung
et al.
(2009)
. See
Fig. 37
.