Smeringopus pallidus (Blackwall, 1858)

Huber, Bernhard A., 2019, The pholcid spiders of Sri Lanka (Araneae: Pholcidae), Zootaxa 4550 (1), pp. 1-57 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2F7D1EC4-D4ED-4FAE-B227-CF7B79EAE833
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4581737
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CA3B104C-FFA1-FFAF-FF3D-FD28FDD0E53A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Smeringopus pallidus (Blackwall, 1858)
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Smeringopus pallidus (Blackwall, 1858) View in CoL

Notes. For synonymy and redescription, see Huber (2012: 65). This species was first reported from “ Ceylon ” by O. Pickard-Cambridge (1869) (under the name Pholcus distinctus ). Further “ Ceylon ” records without locality specification were published by Karsch (1891) and Pocock (1900) (in both cases under the name Smeringopus elongatus ). Only two previous authors have published specific localities: Sherriffs (1919) reported the species from Nawalapitiya [7.05°N, 80.53°E]; Kraus (1957) from Peradeniya [7.27°N, 80.59°E].

New records. SRI LANKA: 1♀, ZFMK (Ar 20103), and 1♂ in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL116 About ZFMK ), North Western Province, Kurunegala (7.495°N, 80.379°E), 130 m a.s.l., in building, 9.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 1♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK ( SL164 About ZFMK ), Sabaragamuwa Province, Mapalena Ella (6.774°N, 80.460°E), 270 m a.s.l., among rocks below waterfall (near buildings), 19.iii.2017 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps . 1♀, ZMUT ( AA 3375 View Materials ), Sabaragamuwa Province, Balangoda [6.66°N, 80.70°E], in house, 2.vi.1969 (F. Hill) GoogleMaps . 2♀ 1 juv., ZMUT ( AA 3377 View Materials ), Negombo [~ 7.2°N, 79.85°E], 24– 26.xi.1973 (M. Senaratne, J. Haapasaan) GoogleMaps .