Revision of the pseudo-orbweavers of the genus fecenia simon, 1887 (araneae, psechridae), with emphasis on their pre-epigyne

Abstract

Te 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 Torell, 1891, stat. n., and two new junior synonyms for F. protensa are recognised: F. sumatrana Kulczyn ́ski, 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 Tailand and Malaysia, F. travancoria Pocock, 1899 from Sri Lanka and Tailand, and F. cylin-drata Torell, 1895 from Tailand and Laos. Additional information on the biology of Fecenia is provided and the validity of characters for identifying Fecenia species is discussed. © Steffen Bayer.