A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae)
Author
Zonstein, Sergei
Author
Marusik, Yuri
Author
Omelko, Mikhail
text
Zoology in the Middle East
2015
61
4
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journal article
10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525
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Pardosa aenigmatica
Tongiorgi, 1966
(
Figure
2g
)
Pardosa aenigmatica
Tongiorgi, 1966
: 304, f. 127 (♀);
Tongiorgi, 1968
: 108, pl. II, f. 1‒3 (♂)
Material.
ISRAEL
:
Golan Heights
:
1 km
N
Merom Golan
,
33°08.5’N
35°46.3’E
,
950 m
,
14.v.2012
(SZ
) –
2♀
(
TAU
)
;
Judean Hills
:
Adullam Nat. Park
,
30.iii.2008
(
O. Skutelski
) –
1♀
(
TAU
)
.
Comments. Until recently, it was known only from northern Italy, Turkey and southern Azerbaijan (
WSC, 2015
;
Otto, 2014
). This species was not previously recorded from Israel, and the current records are the southernmost in the range. The shape of the epigyne (
Fig.
2g
) and the male palp indicate that
P. aenigmatica
is not related to
P. alacris
(C.L. Koch, 1833)
, the type species of the genus, and most likely represents a separate genus.