On European Spiders Of The Nominal Families Liocranidae, Miturgidae And Zoridae (Araneae), With Descriptions Of New Taxa
Author
Wunderlich, Joerg
text
Beiträge zur Araneologie
2011
6
1
108
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.823210
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823210
Apostenus
grancanariensis
WUNDERLICH 1992
(figs. 17a-d)
Material:
Canary Islands
:
Gran Canaria
,
numerous specimens from different localities, pit falls
,
P. NABAVI
leg., coll. P. N.;
6 ♂
2♀
, NW
Artenara
,
grasland with pines
,
1250 m
, P. N. leg.
21. XI. 1999
-
15. I. 2000
,
CJW
.
Description of the male which was unknown up to now:
Measurements (in mm): Body length 1.7-2.0, prosomal length 0.9-1.0, tibia I 0.7, tibia IV 0.8. - Opisthosoma ventrally with a large field of tiny bristles (fig. 17a) like in other congenerics. Leg bristles like in the female. Pedipalpus (
figs. 17b-c; d
): with a thick and almost pointed embolus and a slender median apophysis.
Relationships:
In
A. annulipedes
WUNDERLICH 1987
from Tenerife the apical part of the embolus
is
wider - see
WUNDERLICH (1992: Fig.
750g
)
in
A.
sp. indet. from Tenerife (
fig. 16a
) the embolus is more pointed.
Remark: In one of the males (
CJW
) the left pedipalpus is a malformation in which an additional tibial apophysis exists (arrow in
fig. 17d
), the cymbium is shortened, and the bulbus
is
absent. The right pedipalpus has a normal shape.
Distribution:
Canary Islands: Gran Canaria.