Holocneminus multiguttatus ( Simon, 1905 )

Huber, Bernhard A., 2019, The pholcid spiders of Sri Lanka (Araneae: Pholcidae), Zootaxa 4550 (1), pp. 1-57 : 51

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scientific name	Holocneminus multiguttatus ( Simon, 1905 )
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Holocneminus multiguttatus ( Simon, 1905) View in CoL

Psilochorus multiguttatus Simon 1905: 56 (juv., Java) Holocneminus multiguttatus View in CoL — Deeleman-Reinhold 1995: 34, figs 1–8 (♂ ♀). Huber 2000: fig. 165. Murphy & Murphy 2000: fig. 47.2. Eberle et al. 2018 (molecular data).

Notes. Simon (1905) described this species based on a juvenile from Java (deposited in Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris). Several undescribed species of Holocneminus View in CoL occur in Southeast Asia (B.A. Huber, unpublished data), so the identity of Simon’s species is uncertain. I follow Deeleman-Reinhold (1995) in considering the widespread species to represent H. multiguttatus View in CoL . It ranges from Sri Lanka to Indonesia, but has been recorded only once from Sri Lanka before ( Deeleman-Reinhold 1995) (Ratnapura, 6.68°N, 80.38°E).

New records. SRI LANKA: 1♂ 1♀, NMSL , 7♂ 12♀, ZFMK (Ar 20099) , and 1♂ 1♀ 2 juvs in pure ethanol (SL117), North Western Province, Badagamuwa Forest near Kurunegala (7.504°N, 80.398°E), 160 m a.s.l., 9.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 2♂ 3♀, ZFMK (Ar 20100) , and 1♂ 3♀ 2 juvs in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL98 About ZFMK ), Western Province, Mitirigala Forest (6.997°N, 80.175°E), 70 m a.s.l., 6.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps .

Natural history. This species was found in rather dry leaf litter. It was the only pholcid species in the Badagamuwa secondary forest. At Mitirigala it shared the leaf litter with an unidentified species of Wanniyala .