Revision of the pseudo-orbweavers of the genus Fecenia Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Psechridae), with emphasis on their pre-epigyne

By

Bayer, Steffen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

153

Pages

1-56

Subjects

copulatory organs , Distribution , enrolled leaf , identification key , mating behaviour , moult , predatory behaviour , pseudo-orbweb , South-East Asia , spination , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.153.2110

 

Abstract

The present paper provides a taxonomic revision of the genus Fecenia with emphasis on the characteristics of the pre-epigynes which are integrated for the first time into an identification key. As a result, one species is revalidated, F. protensa Thorell, 1891, stat. n., and two new junior synonyms for F. protensa are recognised: F. sumatrana Kulczyński, 1908, syn. n. and F. nicobarensis (Tikader, 1977), syn. n. New records are reported: F. ochracea (Doleschall, 1859) from Malaysian Borneo, F. macilenta (Simon, 1885) from Sumatra, Indonesia, F. protensa from Thailand and Malaysia, F. travancoria Pocock, 1899 from Sri Lanka and Thailand, and F. cylindrata Thorell, 1895 from Thailand and Laos. Additional information on the biology of Fecenia is provided and the validity of characters for identifying Fecenia species is discussed.