Spiders from Laos: New species and new records (Arachnida: Araneae).

New species of the spider genus Olios Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparassinae) from Laos

“…Australian Olios species have been transferred to the genus Neosparassus Hogg, 1903 by Hirst (1989). According to Moradmand & Jäger (unpublished data) three species from Iran, Pakistan and India have to be transferred to the genus Eusparassus Simon, 1903. East and Southeast Asian representatives of the genus Olios were treated recently by Jäger and Ono (2000), Jäger and Ono (2001), Jäger and Yin (2001), Jäger et al (2002) and Jäger and Praxaysombath (2009). The present paper contributes towards the knowledge of the spider fauna of Laos, a country neglected for a long time in this respect.…”

“…Medium-sized Sparassinae (total length male 11.0). According to the complex embolus (basal part with bulge and indentation as well as tip with coil and bend) this new species may be related to O. muang Jäger and Praxaysombath, 2009 from Khammouan Province, Laos. It is distinguished from other Olios spp.…”

“…The present paper contributes towards the knowledge of the spider fauna of Laos, a country neglected for a long time in this respect. Currently more than 200 species are recorded from Laos, among them seventeen Sparassidae from the genera Heteropoda (7 species), Olios (1 species), Pseudopoda (5 species), Rhitymna (2 species) and Thelcticopis (2 species) (compiled in Jäger 2007;Jäger & Praxaysombath 2009, 2011unpublished data). In the years 2003 to 2011 eight expeditions have been conducted in Laos and the material collected from the genus Olios is herein described as three new species.…”

A new spider species of the genus <I>Sudharmia</I> from Sumatra, Indonesia (Araneae, Liocranidae)

“…As a result of this tremendous work, a considerable number of publications dealing with descriptions of new taxa were subsequently produced following her classification (Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2008a, b, 2011Jäger, 2007;Jäger & Dankittipakul, 2010;Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009;Ono, 2009;Zhang et al, 2009aZhang et al, , b, c, d, 2010.…”

Clubionidae from Laos and Thailand (Arachnida: Araneae)

“…Laos and Thailand belong to the IndoBurmesian Hotspot (Carr & Langhammer 2010) and harbour a far higher diversity than known today. This becomes apparent when considering recent publications and descriptions of new taxa (e.g., Dankittipakul & Singtripop 2008a, b;Jäger 2007;Jäger & Praxaysombath 2009).…”