Hersilia martensi Baehr & Baehr, 1993

Dankittipakul, Pakawin & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2011, The spider genus Hersilia in Thailand, with descriptions of two new species (Araneae, Hersiliidae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (2), pp. 207-221 : 211-213

Hersilia martensi Baehr & Baehr, 1993 Figs 11-14

Hersilia martensi Baehr & Baehr, 1993: 21 , figs 17c-d.

NEW MATERIAL: MHNG-PDC-78754131421545; Thailand, Phetchabun Province, Nam Nao NP; 1 male; 18.7.2006; beating in forest with open canopy behind park headquarters; leg. P. Dankittipakul.

Hersilia martensi . (11) Left male palp, ventral view. (12) TA, ventral view. (13) Ditto, prolateral view. (14) Ditto, retrolateral view. Scale line = 1.0 mm.

REMARKS: The male of this species is recognized by a retrolateral extension on the male bulb (Fig. 11), by a curved embolus gradually narrowing towards its sharply pointed apex (Figs 11-14), and by the TA carrying a lightly sclerotized prolateral process and a membranous retrolateral flange (Figs 12-14).

DISTRIBUTION: Nepal and Thailand (new record, Fig. 32 ). As H. sundaica , this species is apparently widely distributed. It was described from Nepal and, as the first new record since its original description, is here documented from a forest in northeastern Thailand.

Figures

FIG. 32 Currently known Hersilia localities in Thailand.