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
Zelotes harmeron
n. sp.
Figs 73–76
Type
material.
Adult male
holotype
from Har Meron,
Israel
, leg.Yael Lubin,
May 5, 2006
, pitfall trap (
HUJ
15503); females were discovered, courtesy of Dr. Maria Chatzaki, among pairs examined from Rodos island, Afandou-Psinthos,
Greece
,
May–July 2006
(
NHMC
; Fc:8461).
Etymology
. The specific name is a noun in apposition referring to the
type
locality.
Description
. Colouration black. Edges of dorsal scutum in male barely visible. Small eyes, ALE largest. Chelicerae with 3–4 pro- and 1–2 retromarginal teeth.
Male
. Measurements (
holotype
): total length 6.2; carapace length 3.0, width 2.3, index 1.3; labial index 1.28; clypeal index 2.8; MOQ index 11.1; legs length: I 7.4, II 6.4, III 5.5, IV 8.8; patella-tibia index 0.9.
Palpus
. Large with two thick, slightly bent, black sclerotized processes protruding apically (
Figs 73, 74
). Massive, brown tibial apophysis ends with little hooked tip.
Female
. Note. Adult females have not yet been collected in
Israel
. Drawings of the epigynal plate and spermathecae of a female from Rodos are provided (
Figs 75, 76
).
Diagnosis
.
Zelotes harmeron
can be easily separated from all other
Zelotes
species by the male palpus with the conspicuous horn-like protrusions and the shape of the female epigynal plate.
Distribution
. Rodos island,
Greece
,
Israel
. Records.
Israel
: Mt. Meron; Rodos: Afandou-Psinthos.