A taxonomic revision of the genus Drassodex Murphy, 2007 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)
Author
Hervé, Christophe
Author
Roberts, Michael J.
Author
Murphy, John A.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2171
1
28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.189206
60cbb643-8df2-44b2-b799-b8b1fe7b61a2
1175-5326
189206
Drassodex hispanus
(
L. Koch, 1866
)
Figs 39–40
Drassus hispanus
L. Koch, 1866
: 90
, pl. 4, fig. 60 (female
holotype
, examined).
Drassodes hispanus
Reimoser, 1919
: 161
;
Roewer, 1954
: 386
;
Bonnet, 1956
: 1567
;
Canard, 2005
: 190
.
Drassodex hispanus
Murphy, 2007
: 41
, 55;
Platnick, 2008
.
Type
material:
Holotype
:
female from
Spain
, no specific locality, L. Koch collection (NHM 780.90.7.1).
Other material examined.
SPAIN
.
Barcelona
:
1 Ƥ,
Monserrat
, L. Fage (
MNHN
AR
9247);
Segovia
:
1 Ƥ, La
Granja
, Simon collection n° 21844 (
paralectotype
of
D. cervinus
) (
MNHN
AR
9215).
Va l e n c ia
:
1 Ƥ, surroundings of Valencia, Torre Baja,
740 m
,
April 8, 1997
, R. Bosmans, Bosmans collection.
Castellón
:
1 Ƥ, Robredal de Sant-Joan,
June 5, 2007
, S. Montagud, Bosmans collection.
Cuenca
:
1 Ƥ, north of Molinia de Aragon,
1050 m
,
April 14, 1998
, R. Bosmans, Bosmans collection.
Diagnosis.
Female genitalia of
D. hispanus
resemble those of
D. fritillifer
, but can be easily distinguished by the shape of the epigynal atrium, subrectangular (
Fig. 39
), and the shape of the membranous coils, slightly extended forwards (
Fig. 40
).
Description.
Female dimensions (
holotype
): total length 9.10. Carapace 4.38 long, 3.25 wide. Leg I: femur 3.02, patella 1.71, tibia 2.38, metatarsus 2.04, tarsus 1.44, total 10.59. Leg II: femur 2.81, patella 1.56, tibia 2.15, metatarsus 1.88, tarsus 1.35, total 9.75. Leg III: femur 2.50, patella 1.39, tibia 1.73, metatarsus 1.70, tarsus 1.17, total 8.49. Leg IV: femur 3.43, patella 1.71, tibia 2.87, metatarsus 2.85, tarsus 1.38, total 12.24. Leg spination: femora: III p0-1-0, r0-0-1(0); tibiae: IV
v1
p-2-2; metatarsi: III, IV p0-2-2, r0-2-2. Atrium very large, subrectangular, wider than high (0.65–0.70 wide, 0.51–0.55 high, ratio 1.23–1.31), with a large anterior tongue projecting posteriorly (
Fig. 39
); two large copulatory openings, plugged with thick concretion in examined specimens; membranous coils short, with external contour followed by coiled ducts looped around once (
Fig. 40
).
Male unknown.
Distribution.
Central and eastern
Spain
.