Two new and one newly recorded species of Corinnidae and Liocranidae from Taiwan (Arachnida: Araneae)
Author
Tso, I-Min
Author
Zhu, Ming-Sheng
Author
Zhang, Jun-Xia
Author
Zhang, Feng
text
Acta Arachnologica
2005
54
1
45
49
journal article
10.2476/asjaa.54.45
88906c77-3ad7-4b24-9efc-bdd9d96cf24b
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Orthobula
Simon 1897
Orthobula
Simon 1897b
, p. 152;
Deeleman-Reinhold 2001
, p. 431.
Type species.
Orthobula
impressa
Simon 1897
, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Distinct from other corinnids by the expanded and lightly sclerotized tegulum of male palp, bulb simple, lacking additional apophysis. Thoracic groove reduced, femora without spines. Epigynum with a pair of rodshaped spermathecae near the epigastric fold, and a pair of membranous sacs attached to the connecting duct, and intromittent orifice located at anterior part (Deeleman-
Reinhold 2001
).
Figs. 1-3.
Oedignatha scrobiculata
Thorell 1881
. — 1, Male, dorsal view. 2, right male palp, ventral view. 3, same, retrolateral view. (Based on a male from Keng-Ting National Park, Taiwan. Scales for Fig. 1, 1.0 mm; for Figs. 2-3, 0.1 mm)
Remarks.
Totally 16 species have been recorded all over the world, mainly distributed in the boreal and tropical Asia and Africa. Up to now, five species have been reported from the mainland, and none from Taiwan (
Platnick 2004
).