Phlogiellus birulai Bariev & Logunov, 2024

Described by Timur B. Bariev, Dmitri V. Logunov

♀ Female described
Female Female © Bariev, Logunov & Son (2024), holotype female, dorsal view

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Bariev, T. B., Logunov, D. V. & Son, le X. (2024). A new dwarf theraphosid spider species of the genus Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897 (Aranei: Theraphosidae) from Vietnam. Arthropoda Selecta 33 (4): 582-588.

Distribution

Vietnam

Type Locality: Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park, Lac Durong District, Lam Dong Province, c. 1536 m

Etymology

The new species is dedicated to the famous Russian zoologist, Prof Alexei Andreevich Byalynitsky-Birula (1864-1937), a renowned zoologist and expert on Scorpiones and Solifugae.

Specimen Records (4)

ZISP ARA_ARA_0000689 ♀ Holotype Vietnam

Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park, sparse pyrogenic pine forest with Pinus kesiya, c. 1536 m, Lam Dong

November 2023 · col. D. V. Logunov

Holotype female of Phlogiellus birulai; hand collecting from the ground, 30 October - 11 November 2023.

ZISP ARA_ARA_0000689 ♀ Paratype Vietnam

Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park, sparse pyrogenic pine forest with Pinus kesiya, c. 1536 m, Lam Dong

November 2023 · col. D. V. Logunov

Paratype female of Phlogiellus birulai; same data and catalogue number as the holotype.

ZISP ARA_ARA_0000689 juvenile Vietnam

Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park, sparse pyrogenic pine forest with Pinus kesiya, c. 1536 m, Lam Dong

November 2023 · col. D. V. Logunov

Two juveniles of Phlogiellus birulai collected together with the holotype.

ZISP ARA_ARA_0000674 juvenile Vietnam

Indochine (no exact locality)

col. C. N. Dawydoff

Juvenile male attributed to Phlogiellus birulai; determined by L. Giltay in 1932 as P. subinermis, likely the immature specimen mentioned by Giltay (1934). Donation of C. N. Dawydoff [880-961].