Neriene hammeni (Van Helsdingen, 1963 )

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Neriene hammeni (Van Helsdingen, 1963)

Figs 30–32, 69

Linyphia hammeni van Helsdingen, 1963: 153 , f. 1–4, 6 (Dm). Neriene hammeni van Helsdingen, 1969: 124 , f. 4, 6–7, 142–154, pl. 2, f. 3 (Tm from Linyphia, Df ); Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 220, f. 594 (mf); Roberts, 1998: 378, f. (mf); Vidal et al., 2016: 6, f. 1A–D, 3A–C (mf).

Material examined. Hubei: Shennongjia Forestry District, Yanziya Village , 31.73°N, 110.48°E, 1977m, 22– 30.vi.1986, J. Chen leg., 1M and 21FF (CBEE); Jilin: Changbaishan Nature Reserve , 41.85°N, 128.09°E, 2721m, 26.vii.1987, J.C Gao and J. Chen leg., 1F ( CBEE) .

Diagnosis: This species is similar to Neriene albolimbata (Karsch, 1879) , but can be distinguished from the latter by the following characters: 1, paracymbium with a distinct triangle-shaped subapical appendage in N. hammeni , but not in N. albolimbata ( Figs 30A, 31 B–C); 2, the tip of terminal apophysis narrow in N. hammeni , but significantly broad in N. albolimbata ( Figs 30E, 31D); 3, spermathecae pointing sideways, separated from each other in N. hammeni , but pointing mesally, close with each other in N. albolimbata ( Figs 30 G–H, 32D–E).

Description: See Van Helsdingen (1969).

Distribution: China (Jilin, Hubei, Shanxi); Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France ( Fig. 69).