A review of the linyphiid spiders of Portugal, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae) 2473
Author
Bosmans, Robert
Author
Cardoso, Pedro
Author
Crespo, Luis Carlos
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-05-14
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2473.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2473.1.1
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Pelecopsis monsantensis
Bosmans & Crespo
new species
(
Figs 94–98
)
Type material:
Holotype
male from
Portugal
,
Lisboa
,
Monsanto
, mixed woodland forest,
24.X.2004
,
A. Rebelo
leg.; deposited in KBIN.
Etymology:
The species is named after its
type
locality, the Monsanto park in
Lisboa
.
Diagnosis:
Pelecopsis monsantensis
new species
is distinghuished from other
Pelecopsis
species
by combined characters of the shape of the prosoma and the structure of the male palp. The prosoma has a cephalic tubercle with a large sulcus behind the eyes, generally much smaller in other species and the palpal tibia has a twisted base, straight in all other species.
Description:
Male: Measurements: Total length 2.0; prosoma 0.75 long, 0.71 wide.
FIGURES 94–104.
Figs 94–98.
Pelecopsis monsantensis
Bosmans & Crespo
new species
; 94. Male prosoma, lateral view; 95. Idem, dorsal view; 96. Male palp, prolateral view; 97. Male palpal tibia, dorsal view; 98. Embolic division, anteroventral view. Figs 99–104.
Pelecopsis susannae
(Simon, 1914)
; 99. Male prosoma, lateral view; 100. Male palp, prolateral view; 101. Male palpal tibia, dorsal view; 102. Embolic division, anteroventral view; 103. Epigynum, ventral view; 104. Vulva, ventral view.
Colour:
Prosoma orange brown, paler at margins; legs yellowish orange; abdomen dark grey, with dark purplish brown, strongly denticulate scutum covering 9/10 of the abdomen. Prosoma (
Figs 94–95
): Cephalic part with large, rounded lobe carrying the PM, with strong concavity between AM and PM and with large sulcus behind the PL; cephalic lobe with long erect hairs, eye region with short, oblique hairs; thoracic part coriaceous towards the margin, with punctuated striae. Eyes: a = 1, b = 1.5, c = 2, d = 3. Chelicerae: Fang groove with 3 promarginal and 3 small retromarginal teeth; stridulating file hardly perceptible, with 21–23 files. Sternum: Smooth. Legs: Tibiae spineless; Tb Mt I = 0.64; Tb Mt IV absent. Palp (
Figs 96–98
): Tibia twisted at its base, with elongate dorsal apophysis with terminal hook and short, hooked retrolateral apophysis; cymbium with small basal hump; tegulum with large, triangular protegulum; embolus spirally coiled, describing 2.5 circles, terminally pointed.
Female:
Unknown.
Distribution:
Only known from
Portugal
.
Habitat
type
:
Collected in mixed woodland.
Phenology:
The only specimen was collected in November.