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Oonopidae Prethopalpus

Prethopalpus pahang Baehr, 2012

Pahang Swollen-palped Goblin

This is one of the two species in Singapore. It is slightly smaller than P. schwendingeri Baehr, 2012, the second species in Singapore, which is also found in Indonesia (West Java: Cibodas, and different parts of Sumatra). They differ mainly in the details of their copulatory organs.

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Length♀ 1 mm; ♂ 1 mm.
HabitatPrimary and secondary rainforest.
Type LocalityFraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia.
DistributionMalaysia (Pahang), Singapore.

Taxonomy

Type Depositories

  1. Holotype

    Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland; ♂ (ARTO 25308, 25310; 25309 has no type status) (Baehr et al., 2012)

Taxonomic references

  1. Prethopalpus pahang (Original description ♂)

    Baehr, in Baehr et al., 2012 The new Australasian goblin spider genus Prethopalpus (Araneae, Oonopidae): 60, f. 86-88, 361-370 doi:10.1206/763.1

  2. Prethopalpus pahang (Original description ♀, ♂)

    Tong, Wang & Tong, 2016 First discoveries of the females of two oonopid spider species from Singapore (Arachnida, Araneae): 30, f. 4A-G, 5A-D, 6A-I doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2016.01.007

Distribution of Prethopalpus pahang Baehr, 2012

Malaysia (Pahang), Singapore.

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