The genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in the Mediterranean and the Maghreb in particular (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) Author Bosmans, Robert Author Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida Author Benhalima, Souâd Author Hervé, Christophe text Zootaxa 2018 2018-07-30 4451 1 1 67 journal article 29293 10.11646/zootaxa.4451.1.1 62552028-dd96-4a85-bd83-5e86bd957be4 1175-5326 1445080 5DCE18B3-9DBA-48F5-AEF7-90A50B984EA5 Haplodrassus dentifer Bosmans & Abrous , sp. n. Figs 30‒40 , 49‒53 , map 2 Types . Holotype ♂ , paratypes 1♂ 2♀ from Morocco , Souss-Massa , between Aoulouz and Tallliouine ( N30°34’41” W8°3’11” ), 600m , stones in steppe, 4.II.1996 , J. Van Keer leg.; deposited in RBINS . Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin noun dens (tooth) and the verb ferre (to wear) and refers to the presence of a tooth at the base of the embolus. Diagnosis. Haplodrassus dentifer sp. n. is closely related to H. rufipes . Males are at once recognized by the presence of a subterminal tooth at the prolateral margin of the embolic apophysis in H. rufipes ( Figs 131 , 142 ), absent in H. dentifer ( Figs 35 , 51 ), females by the converging, gradually narrowing antero-lateral branches of the areola ( Figs 40 , 52 ), straight and truncate in H. rufipes ( Figs 132 , 143 ). Description. Measurements: Male (n=5): Total length 5.6‒9,6 mm; carapace 1.22‒2.02 long, 0.99‒1.58 wide. Female (n=11): Total length 7.6‒9.6 mm ; carapace 1.96‒2.44 long, 2.44‒3.12 wide. Colour: Carapace yellowish brown with darkened eye region; chelicerae dark brown; sternum and legs yellowish brown; abdomen grey. Male palp ( Figs 32‒36 , 49‒51 ): Tibia 2.5 times as long as wide, gradually narrowing, slightly widened before the rounded tip ( Figs 33 , 50 ); embolic apophysis nearly straight, without denticulations, with pointed tip; base of embolus with strong denticulate keel ( Figs 36 ). Epigyne ( Figs 38‒40 , 52‒53 ): Anterior margin nearly as wide as areola; pro-fovea short, less than half the length of the fovea; foveal border marked by a strong medio-lateral tooth, but often obscured by the presence of concretions (compare Figs 39 and 40 ). Further material examined. AFRICA : ALGERIA , Laghouat , 20 km south of Laghouat ( N33°38’41” E2°55’51” ), 740m , 1♂ , pitfalls under Zizyphus bushes in a daya, 14.V.1990 , R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB ) , Ghardaia : Ksar el Atteuf ( N32°28’30” E3°44’57” ), 1♂ , pitfalls in alfalfa cultures, 25.III.2015 , Y. Alioua & A. Hadj Mhammed leg. (CYA) , Tamanrasset , Issek ( N22°34’35” E6°01’54” ), 1200m , 1♀ , II.1988 , K. De Smet leg. ( CRB ) . MOROCCO , Draâ-Tafilale t , Col de Tagalm , SE Zebzat , 1930m , 2♀ , stone field, 19.IV.2012 , R. Bosmans & J. Van Keer leg. ( CJVK , CRB ) , Tinerhir 20 km E. ( N31°30’36” W5°31’48” ), 1350m , 1♂ , litter in small palm yard, 6.II.1996 , J. Van Keer leg. ( CJVK ) , Tizi ‘n Ikhsane ( N30°26’56” W7°31’24” ), 1650m , 1♀ , stones in steppe, 6.II.1996 , J. Van Keer leg. ( CJVK ) , Fès-Meknès , Missour (N33°2’56” W3°59’22”), 1♀, 7.XII.2001 , 1♀, 7.III.2002 , 2♀, 27.IV.2002 , pitfalls in steppe, R. Bosmans leg. (CRB), Guelmim-Oued Noun , 10 km W. Taghjijt ( N29°04’02” W9°17’52” ), 650m , 1♀ , stones in steppe, 13. II.2007 , R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB ) , Tata ( N29°45’35” N7°58’57” E), 1♀ , litter in palm yards, 14. II.2007 , R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB ) , Lâayoune- Saguia al Hamra , Tarfaya 40 km S., ( N27°35'53” W12°57' 11'), 2♀ , stony desert, 11. II.2007 , R. Bosmans & J. Van Keer leg. ( CRB ) , Marrakech-Safi , Imi n’Tanoute (N31°10’16” W8°50’43”), 1♀, Coll. Simon 25299 (MNHN AR15687). TUNISIA , Sousse , Hergla S. ( N35°59’17” W10°30’41” ), 10m , 1♂ , pitfalls in salt marsh, 27.II‒8.III.2005 , J. Van Keer leg. ( CJVK ) . EUROPE : SPAIN : Cádiz: Sierra de los Pinos, Villalengua del Rosario ( N36°37’55” W5°22’33” ), 1400m , 1♀ , under stones in the crest of a limestone mountain, 16.II.2016 , I. Sánchez leg. ( CIS ) . FIGURES 30–40 . Haplodrassus dentifer sp. n. (paratypes from Morocco, Aoulouz). 30. Male, dorsal aspect; 31. Female, dorsal aspect; 32. Cymbium of male palp, dorsal view; 33. Male palpal tibia, dorsolateral view; 34. Male left palp, retrolateral view; 35. Idem, ventral view; 36. Idem, retrolateral view; 37. Distal part of female palp, lateral view; 38‒39. Epigyne, ventral view, two different specimens; 40. Vulva, ventral view. Ecology. The specimens were collected in steppe vegetation, salt marshes, stony fields, dunes with scarce vegetation and palm yards, situated in the arid, semi-arid and desert climate zones of the Maghreb. Males and females were found from December to May. Distribution. This species occurs in Algeria , Morocco and Tunisia and was once collected in the South of Spain (map 2).