Taxonomic revision of Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from East and Southeast Asia
Author
Zhao, Huifeng
Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang 065000, China & College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Author
Li, Shuqiang
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-5416
lisq@ioz.ac.cn
Author
Zhang, Aibing
College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
zhangab2008@mail.cnu.edu.cn
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Genus
Telemofila Wunderlich, 1995
Telemofila
Wunderlich 1995
: 562.
Type species.
Telemofila samosirensis
Wunderlich, 1995 from Sumatra, Indonesia.
Diagnosis.
Telemofila
can be distinguished from
Telema
by the following characters: leg formula is 1-4-2-3 (vs. 1-2-4-3), tibial glands are belt-shaped (Fig.
1G
) (vs. plate-shaped); a cymbial apophysis is present (vs. absent), the embolus is sickle shaped or claw-like (vs. duckbill-shaped), and the length of the embolus is three times shorter than the diameter of the bulb (vs. two times shorter); the distal part of the receptacle is swollen (vs. not swollen).
Description.
Total length: 0.90-1.27 (male), 0.98-1.11 (female). Carapace 0.37-0.50 long. Sternum 0.20-0.25 long, with several sparse setae. Tibia I 0.51-0.82 long, leg formula: 1-4-2-3, belt-shaped glands present (Fig.
1G
). Six eyes ringed with black, body blue or brown. For males, cymbial apophysis present mesially, length as wide as cymbial base (cf.
Wunderlich 1995
: fig. 16), embolus sickle-shaped, length of embolus 1/3 as long as diameter of bulb (cf.
Wunderlich 1995
: fig. 17). For females, receptacle bean shaped or globular, neck narrower than distal part (cf.
Wang and Li 2010a
: figs 11A, B, 15A, B).
Composition.
Telemofila fabata
(Wang & Li, 2010) comb. nov.,
T. malaysiaensis
comb. nov.,
T. pecki
(Brignoli, 1980), and
T. samosirensis
Wunderlich, 1995.
Distribution.
Rainforests in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysian Borneo, sites 17-19 in Fig.
33
) and a cave in New Caledonia.
Comments.
The placement of
T. pecki
in this genus is dubious because its leg formula is 1-2-4-3 (
Brignoli 1980
) and the embolus is triangular (cf.
Brignoli 1980
: figs 1, 2). These characters are inconsistent with the genus characters of
Telemofila
. However, we have been unable to examine the types of
T. pecki
, and molecular data from this species is lacking.