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Issue: Vol. 3048 No. 1: 4 Oct. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-10-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3048.1.3
Page range: 53–61
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 1

Notes on Burmese spiders formerly attributed to the genus Storena (Zodariidae, Araneae) PAKAWIN DANKITTIPAKUL (Thailand), MARIA TAVANO (Italy) & TIPPAWAN SINGTRIPO (Thailand)

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ‘Giacomo Doria’, Via Brigata Liguria 9, 16121 Genova, Italy
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Araneae Mallinella new status conspecific sex synonymy taxonomy

Abstract

Studies on the spider fauna of Southeast Asia resulted in a review of five Storena species which were previously described from Burma. These species were misplaced in Storena Walckenaer, 1805, a zodariid genus that is endemic to Australia.  Four species are here transferred to Mallinella Strand, 1906: Mallinella suavis (Thorell, 1895) comb. nov., M. exornata (Thorell, 1887) comb. nov., M. fronto (Thorell, 1887) comb. nov., and M. decorata (Thorell, 1885) comb. nov. Mallinella irrorata (Thorell, 1887) belongs to an undescribed genus of the subfamily Zodariinae. This study also gives a complete list of all Storena specimens examined and studied by Thorell which are now deposited in four European museums.

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