SPIDERS FROM THE PHILIPPINES IV.

A NEW OGULNIUS AND NOTES ON SOME OTHER ORIENTAL AND JAPANESE THERIDIOSOMATIDAE (ARANEAE)

Abstract

The Oriental and Japanese Theridiosomatidae are passed in review; on the types or other material are illustrated Ogulnius obtectus O. Pickard CAMBRIDGE, 1882 (_??_; type-species); O. pullus BÖSENBERG et STRAND, 1906 (_??_); Theridiosoma epeiroides BÖSENBERG et STRAND, 1906(_??_); Wendilgarda assamensis FAGE, 1924 (_??__??_; probably not belonging to Wendilgarda KEYSERLING, 1886); Phricotelus stelliger SIMON, 1895 (_??_; possibly belonging to the Mysmenidae); Spheropistha melanosoma YAGINUMA, 1957 (_??__??_; belonging without doubt to the Theridiidae). Ogulnius yaginumai n. sp. is described (_??_; Philippines, Palawan Island); by the genitalia congenerical with the other examined Ogulnius, distinguishable from the other Far Eastern species by colour and morphology of the genitalia or of the abdomen.