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Pholcidae Holocneminus

Holocneminus multiguttatus (Simon, 1905)

Multi-spotted Leaf Litter Pholcid

In both sexes, this eight-eyed pholcid may be recognised by a number of features on the carapace: three pairs of dark spots, a deep Y-shaped furrow. and a darkly coloured cephalic region. The male has a two-horned extension from the male clypeus, in front of a massive pair of chelicerae with ridges and outgrowths.

Length♀ 2 mm; ♂ 2 mm.
HabitatLeaf litter in secondary forest.
Type LocalityBogor, West Java, Indonesia.
DistributionIndonesia (Central Sulawesi, West Java, Bali), Malaysia (Sabah), Singapore, Sri Lanka.

Taxonomy

Type Depositories

  1. Syntype(s)

    Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019); ♀ (A0002276)

Taxonomic references

  1. Psilochorus multiguttatus (Original description j)

    Simon, 1905c Arachnides de Java, recueillis par le Prof: 56

  2. Holocneminus multiguttatus (Original description ♂♀, Transferred from Psilochorus)

    Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995b Redescription of Holocneminus multiguttatus Simon and description of two new species of pholcid spiders from Australia (Arachnida: Araneae: Pholcidae): 34, f. 1-8

  3. Holocneminus multiguttatus

    Huber, 2000 New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level: 43, f doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2

Distribution of Holocneminus multiguttatus (Simon, 1905)

Indonesia (Central Sulawesi, West Java, Bali), Malaysia (Sabah), Singapore, Sri Lanka.

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