New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel
Author
Levy, Gershom
text
Zootaxa
2009
2066
1
49
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.186952
4239119c-102b-417f-b91e-619957e061c1
1175-5326
186952
Setaphis mediterranea
n. sp.
Figs 47–50
Type
material.
Adult male
holotype
and female
paratype
from Sedot
Mikha
, foothills of Judea,
Israel
, leg. Yael Mandelik,
May 14, 2002
, pitfall trap (
HUJ
15525).
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the distribution of the species.
Description
. Prosoma and legs brown to deep brown, opisthosoma grey to almost black. Legs with widened femora. Male with small, inconspicuous scutum. Eyes large with AME smallest. Chelicerae in male with 3 pro- and 0–1 retromarginal teeth; in female with 6–7 pro- and 2 retromarginal teeth.
Male
. Measurements (
holotype
+ 10ɗɗ;
holotype
listed first): total length 4.4, 3.9–5.1; carapace length 2.0, 1.9–2.3, width 1.5, 1.4–1.8, index 1.33, 1.25–1.35; labial index 1.69, 1.47–1.77;clypeal index 2.67, 1.75–3.0; MOQ index 10.0, 8.2–11.1; legs length: I 4.6, 4.3–5.5, II 4.1, 4.1–4.9, III 3.5, 3.4–4.4, IV 5.8, 5.2–6.7; patella-tibia index 0.85, 0.82–0.95.
Palpus.
Medium sized with short, slightly attenuated tibial apophysis. Large loops of embolus encircle a tegular black, sclerotic, leaf-like, scooped sclerite (
Figs 47, 48
).
FIGURES 47, 48.
Setaphis mediterranea
n. sp.
♂, holotype, left palpus. 47. Mesal view. 48. Retrolateral view.
FIGURES 49, 50.
Setaphis mediterranea
n. sp.
Ψ. 49.
Epigynum
, ventral view. 50. Spermathecae, dorsal (inner) view.
Female
. Measurements (5 ΨΨ): total length 5.4–6.9; carapace length 2.4–2.8, width 1.9–2.3, index 1.20–1.33; labial index 1.27–1.40; clypeal index 1.22–1.33; MOQ index 7.7–9.0; legs length: I 6.7–7.1, II 5.3–6.1, III 4.7–5.2, IV 7.2–8.5; patella-tibia index 0.89–1.04.
Epigynum
. Large epigynal plate with median septum and thick, raised blackish rims extending along anterior and lateral sides of plate (
Fig. 49
); dark internal tubes discernible at septum base. Large spermathecal ducts consist of partly thick brown coiled tubes and loops of yellow ducts giving rise to fine transparent ducts with small globular distensions (
Fig. 50
).
Diagnosis
.
Setaphis mediterranea
is easily distinguished from all other
Setaphis
species by the shape of the peculiar sclerite on the male palpal tegulum and the large embolar loops, and by the alignment of the spermathecal ducts of the epigynal plate.
Distribution
.
Israel
. Records: Ramat
Avishur
, Sedot
Mikha
,
Zekharya
, Nehusha,
Lehavim
.