A review of the spider genus Iberina (Araneae, Hahniidae)
Author
Růžička, Vlastimil
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-05-06
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Iberina mazarredoi
Simon, 1881
Figs. 3A
,
4A
,
5A
.
Iberina mazarredoi
Simon, 1881
—
Simon 1881
: p. 127
(descr.
♂
♀
).
I. mazarredoi
—
Ledoux (2014)
: p. 32
, Figs. 6A–D (
♂
♀
).
I. mazarredoi
—
Fernández-Pérez
et al.
(2014)
: p. 80
, Figs. 7–9 (
♂
♀
).
Material examined.
SPAIN
:
Cantabria
,
S.
Roque de Riomiera
,
Sima
PO-153,
12 Nov 2016
,
1 ♂
, leg.
C. Prieto
, M. Gutiérrez and
J. A. Noriega
(
FC-ZUPV
, No. 4194)
• Bizkaia, Galdames, Sima Escachabel-2,
30 Nov 2014
,
1 ♀
, leg.
C. Prieto
and
A. Calvo
(
FC-ZUPV
, No. 2654)
.
Description.
♀
(from Galdames,
Spain
). CW
0.54 mm
. The carapace is pale yellow, and the abdomen is a pale whitish grey. Leg measurements: I: 2.25 (0.66, 0.22, 0.52, 0.44, 0.41); II: 2.14 (0.64, 0.21, 0.47, 0.42, 0.40); III: 1.96 (0.56, 0.20, 0.41, 0.42, 0.37); IV: 2.55 (0.72, 0.21, 0.59, 0.58, 0.45). The vulva has two pairs of small spermathecae, far in the front of the epigastric fold (
Fig. 5A
).
♂
(from
S.
Roque de Riomiera
,
Spain
): The tibial apophysis starts with a conical narrowing of the tibia and has cuttings (
Fig. 3A
). The tip of the cymbium is rounded and the embolus makes about three turns around the bulbus (
Fig. 4A
)
.
Ecology.
Exclusively in caves.
Geographic distribution.
Endemic to a limited territory in the Basque-Cantabrian Region (
Spain
) and in the western part of the Pyrenees Mts. (
France
) (
Fernández-Pérez
et al.
2014
).