The genera Agroeca, Agraecina, Apostenus and Scotina in the Maghreb countries (Araneae: Liocranidae)
Author
Bosmans, Robert
text
Bulletin Di L' Institut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles De Belgique Entomologie
1999
69
25
34
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.826217
c08a0701-368a-475e-9e86-35edc68ff30b
826217
Apostenus algericus
n. sp.
(
Figs. 29-22
)
Type material:
Holotype
male
from
Algeria
, Wilaya of
El Bayadh
,
N.E. Les Arbaouattes
,
900m
, in Nerium oleander litter,
20.I.1988
,
R. Bosmans
leg.; deposited in
IRSNB
.
Diagnosis: Closely related to
Apostenus maroccamis
n. sp.
differing by the subterminally curved median apophysis and the gradually narrowing embolus.
Description:
Measurements: Male: Total length 2.3; carapace 1.14 long, 0.86 wide.
Colour: Carapace yellowish orange, before fovea, region of striae with some grey; legs uniformly yellowish orange; abdomen brown with some greyish markings. Spination as in preceding species.
Palp (Figs.
29-30
): Tibia with oblique, pointed apophysis; median apophysis gently curved, subterminally curved in anterior direction; embolus thick, gradually narrowing.
Other material examined: None.
Distribution: Only known from the type locality in Algeria.