Heradion flammeum (Ono, 2004) Ono, 2004

Chami-Kranon, Thanaphum & Ono, Hirotsugu, 2007, On Vietnamese representatives of the ant spider genus Heradion (Araneae: Zodariidae), Zootaxa 1395, pp. 59-68 : 66

Heradion flammeum (Ono, 2004) comb. nov.

Figures 8, 11

Mallinella flammea Ono, 2004a: 3 , figs 5–8 (description of ♂). Heradion flammeum comb. nov.

Type material. Holotype, ɗ [NSNT­Ar 5473], Vietnam, Ninh Binh Province, Cuc Phoung National Park, 340 m, 1.vi.2003, leg. S. Nomura, examined.

Remarks. Heradion flammeum comb. nov. is here considered a member of the naiadis ­group by the presence of a small, triangular DTA on the male palpal organ. The species can be easily recognized by: the relatively small, triangular DTA (apparently the smallest comparing to other members of the species­group) ( Fig. 8 ); the sickle­shaped MA with upper braches bending inward ( Fig. 8 ); the RTA not fully formed ( Fig. 11 ); the blunt VTA provided with a group of long setae (not shown here).

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FIGURES 5 – 12. Apices of tegulum, showing median apophyses and distal tegular apophyses (5 – 9): Heradion peteri (5); H. naiadis (6); H. intermedium spec. nov. (7); H. flammeum comb. nov. (8); H. paradiseum comb. nov. (9). Retrolateral view of tibiae, showing VTA and RTA: H. paradiseum comb. nov. (10); H. flammeum comb. nov. (11); H. intermedium spec. nov. Abbreviations: DTA: distal tegular apophysis; m, membranous area; MA: median apophysis; RTA: retrolateral tibial apophysis; T, tegulum; VTA, ventrolateral tibial apophysis.