First description of the male of Otacilia tham Jäger, 2022, from Laos (Arachnida Araneae: Phrurolithidae)
Author
Jäger, Peter
Arachnology, Senckenberg Research Institute, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany,
Author
Nophaseud, Liphone
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, National University of Laos, Dong Dok Campus, Vientiane, Lao PDR;
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Zootaxa
2025
2025-01-03
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.20
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.20
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Otacilia saszykaska
Jäger 2022
Fig. 7
Otacilia saszykaska
Jäger 2022: 149
, figs 11–23 (
Description
of male, female;
holotype
male from
LAOS
:
Vientiane Province
:
W of Vang Vieng
,
Tham Phoukham
,
18°55’38.36”N
,
102°23’44.71”E
,
314 m
, last accessible chamber, dark zone, around
300 m
from cave entrance,
P. Jäger
leg.
11.10.2022
, SMF;
4 female
paratypes
with same data as for holotype, SMF [
2 females
], NSMT [
2 females
]; all examined).
Additional individuals recorded.
Several spiders were observed in the last accessible chamber of
Tham Phoukham
, the
type
locality, in the dark zone, about
300 m
from the cave entrance (cf.
Preziosi & Scipioni 1998
).
Diagnosis & description:
See Jäger (2022).
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality, in
Tham Phoukham
,
Vientiane province
,
Laos
(
Fig. 13
).
Notes.
The type material of this species was re-examined and the
holotype
male was directly compared with the male of
O. tham
. No new material was collected in
Tham Phoukham
in order to preserve the population at the type locality.