A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria Author Dimitrov, Dragomir Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal Author Zonstein, Sergei 0000-0002-4515-0630 Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel-Aviv University, Klauzner Str. 12, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4515 - 0630 text Zootaxa 2022 2022-07-01 5159 4 583 592 journal article 85798 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7 51dc6f98-1fef-41ad-b501-14be1cc85355 1175-5326 6786151 837528A5-61DA-4001-9531-9C87353A7A8F Brachythele langourovi Lazarov, 2005 Figs 10–12 B. langourovi Lazarov, 2005: 189 , figs 1–5. B. langourovi : Le Peru, 2011: 88 , fig. 42. B. langourovi : Naumova, Hristovski & Hristov, 2016: 505 , fig 2B. Material examined. 1 male paratype , Bulgaria , Struma valley , 2 km south of Kamenitsa vill., deciduous forest ( Quercus coccifera ), 5.04– 9.05.2002 , S. Lazarov leg. ( NMNHS ) . 1 male , North Macedonia , Scopje (Üsküb, as labelled), no other data ( SMF 3482 a) . Diagnosis (partial, male). Males are morphologically similar to those of B . bentzieni Zonstein, 2007 and B. rhodopensis sp. n. by having an embolic keel, but can be distinguished by the thin, curved embolic portion ( Figs 10, 12 ) vs. more massive in B. rhodopensis sp. n. ( Figs 7–9 , 13–15 ) and straighter in B . bentzieni ( Figs 26–27 ). FIGURES 7–12. Brachythele rhodopensis sp. n. , holotype male, palp (7–9) and Brachythele langourovi , paratype, male, palp (10–12) . 7, 10 prolateral; 8, 11 ventral; 9, 12 retrolateral. Scale 0.5 mm. Description. See Lazarov (2005) . Distribution. Previously known only from Bulgaria ( World Spider Catalog 2022 ), and here reported from North Macedonia for the first time.