Atypena cirrifrons ( Heimer, 1984 ) Heimer, 1984

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Atypena cirrifrons ( Heimer, 1984) new combination

Type. Paranasoona cirrifrons Heimer, 1984 ,

holotype ♂, MHNG (examined). VIETNAM, Hanoi, Sȏng Chay , 28.II.1982, leg. T. Nadler.

Additional material examined. 1♂, LAOS, Champasak Prov., Muang Bachieng, Pak Song, 15°10'36,0''N 106°14'15,2''E, 1280 m a.s.l., plateau, pine forest, at day, by hand, sweepnet, 27.XI.2009, leg. P. Jäger.

Remarks. The monotypic genus Paranasoona Heimer, 1984 was established for the Vietnamese P. cirrifrons Heimer, 1984 . A revision of the type material of P. cirrifrons has shown that it is definitely congeneric with Atypena superciliosa Simon, 1894 (the type species of Atypena ). This is clearly supported by the somatic characters, e.g., the size, the modified carapace, and the chaetotaxy, as well as by the similar structure of the male palp, e.g., shape of tibia, well-developed distal suprategular apophysis, embolic division with a short, thick embolus directed forward, presence of the embolic tail, as well as very long, stylet-shaped radical apophysis directed downward. They also share the general appearance of the epigynum. Thus, Paranasoona Heimer, 1984 becomes a junior subjective synonym of Atypena Simon, 1894 n. syn.

The genus Diplophrys Millidge, 1995 was erected for two similar species, D. pallida Millidge, 1995 (the type species) from Thailand and D. crocatoa Millidge, 1995 from Indonesia. Later, Platnick (1998) proposed the replacement name Millplophrys Platnick, 1998 , as the Millidge’s generic name turned out to be preoccupied by Diplophrys Barker, 1868 (see Platnick 2014 for details). A comparison of the figures and the original descriptions of M. pallida and M. crocatoa , as in case of P. cirrifrons (see above), leave no doubt that both species are congeneric with Atypena superciliosa (the type species of Atypena ). Therefore, Millplophrys should also be considered a junior subjective synonym of Atypena , n. syn. Thus, the genus Atypena besides five species mentioned in Platnick’s Catalogue (2014) should include three other species, viz., A. cirrifrons ( Heimer, 1984) , A. pallida (Millidge, 1995) and A. crocatoa (Millidge, 1995) , all n. comb.

Distribution. A. cirrifrons is known from Hanoi, Vietnam ( Heimer 1984), Guangxi, China ( Zhu & Sha 1992) and Laos.