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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
Type LocalityBogor, West Java, Indonesia
DistributionSingapore, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (West Java, Central Sulawesi, Bali), Sri Lanka.
HabitatLeaf litter in secondary forest.

Taxonomy

Type Deposits*

  1. Syntype

    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

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Holocneminus multiguttatus (Simon, 1905)

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

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