New species and interesting new records of spiders from Seychelles (Arachnida, Araneaea)
Author
Saaristo, Michael I.
text
Phelsuma
2002
10
1
32
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.824148
79d22dc4-916c-4f10-a085-4b796c63dd68
1026-5023
824148
Creugas gulosus
(
Thorell, 1878
) (
Figs. 11-15
)
Creugas gulosus
Thorell, 1878b
: 175 (Dj.)
Corinna gulosa,
Simon 1898a
: 196
,
Corinna gulosa,
Deeleman-Reinhold 2001
:260
, f. 337-347 (mf).
-"-, Kamura 2001: 57,f.24-30 (mf).
Creugas gulosus,
Platnick 2002
.
NB. For more references and synonyms see
Platnick (2002)
.
Material examined;
Aride
, litter sampling,
1m
,
July-November 2000
,
John Bowler
leg. (
MZT
AA 2.120
)
;
Cousin
, in house,
1m
,
10.11.1996
,
O. Bourquin
leg. (
MZT
AA 0.387
)
;
Cousine
,
2mm
,
Oct. 1996
,
Stella Le Maitre
leg. (
MZT
AA 0.406
)
,
2subad.
mm,
May/
June 1998
,
Stella Le Maitre
leg. (
MZT
AA 0.416 & 0.417
)
,
2juvs
.,
March 1998
,
J. Kelly
leg. (
MZT
AA 1.283 & L284
)
,
E-end, among rotten coconut leaves
,
1m
1subad.
m
3ff
16juvs
., 24.-
25.01.1999
,
M. Saaristo
leg. (
MZT
AA 0.442- 0.445
)
;
Mahé
,
Sans Soucis
,
1m
1f
,
Febr. 2002
,
Pat Matyot
leg., (
MZT
AA 2.215
)
;
Silhouette
,
Anse Cimitiere
,
under
Casuarina
bark
,
2juvs
.,
17.01.1999
,
M. Saaristo
leg. (
MZT
AA 0.446
)
,
La Passe
,
pile of coconut husks near Gerlachs
,
1juv.
,
07.01.1999
,
M. Saaristo
leg.(
MZT
AA 0.447
)
,
La Passe
(in house),
lm
,
10.07.1999
,
J. Gerlach
leg. (
MZT
AA 1.303
)
Diagnosis: A medium-sized (total length ca.
7.5-8 mm
), dark reddish brown species with dense, fi ne granulation on carapace. It can be distinguished from all other Seychellian corinnids by the transverse, bipartite chilum separate from clypeus.
Description: Well described by
Deeleman-Reinhold (2001)
and Kamura (2001).
Distribution: Cosmopolitan (
Platnick 2002
). Seychelles records from Aride(*), Cousin(*), Mahé(*), Cousine and Silhouette (
Saaristo 1999: Genus ign.
2.,
sp. ign.
).