Revision of the Murphy collection of Linyphiidae (Araneae) from south-east Asia

Abstract

Abstract The Murphy collection of Oriental Linyphiidae consists of 25 identifiable species, two of which are new to science: Johorea pectinata sp. n. (♂) from West Malaysia and Locketina murphyorum sp. n. (♂♀) from East Malaysia. A new synonym and a new combination are proposed: Nasoona prominula Locket, 1982 = Nasoona crucifera (Thorell, 1895) syn. n.; Microbathyphantes minimus (Locket, 1982) ex Kaestneria comb. n. Atypena cirrifrons (Heimer, 1984) is recorded from Sri Lanka for the first time; Kaestneria bicultrata Chen & Yin, 2000 is new for Hong Kong, China; M. minimus and Nasoona locketi Millidge, 1995 are new for Bali, Indonesia; Neriene macella (Thorell, 1898) and Plectembolus triflectus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 are new for Sabah, East Malaysia; Prosoponoides kaharianum Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 is new for Java, Indonesia; P. sinense (Chen, 1991), Tapinopa undata Zhao & Li, 2014, and Theoa vesica Zhao & Li, 2014 are new for West Malaysia.