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palaestinensis
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Strand
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, 1915
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(
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)
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picaceus
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palaestinensis
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Strand, 1915: 169 (Dd).
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<taxonomicName id="4C09D9AE2C67DA11FC9883182DFEFC97" authority="Proszynski, 2003" authorityName="Proszynski" authorityYear="2003" box="[830,1231,786,805]" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Pseudicius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="88" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="palaestinensis">
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palaestinensis
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: Prószyński
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, 2003
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: 152
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, figs. 598, 601602,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6A22D2C67DA11FCD883272D30FCF2" box="[894,1025,812,832]" pageId="3" pageNumber="88">610611 (D♀).</paragraph>
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Figs. 712: Copulatory organs of
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<taxonomicName id="4C09D9AE2C67DA11FE12880F2B64F7AB" box="[436,597,2053,2073]" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Plexippus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="88" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clemens">
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clemens
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(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
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(710 specimens from Iran, 1112 holotype).
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Male palp, ventral view;
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Ditto, retrolateral view;
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Epigyne;
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C67DA11FD0988162BC2F786" bold="true" box="[687,755,2076,2100]" pageId="3" pageNumber="88">10, 12</emphasis>
Spermathecae, dorsal view. Scale lines=0.25 mm (7, 8), 0.1 mm (912).
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Figs. 1316: Copulatory organs of
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<taxonomicName id="4C09D9AE2C60DA16FE1D83962BA6FC1D" box="[443,663,924,943]" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Pseudicius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="palaestinensis">
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palaestinensis
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Strand
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, 1915
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(specimens from Iran).
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Male palp, ventral view;
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FB5783922C3DFC02" bold="true" box="[1265,1292,920,944]" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">14</emphasis>
Ditto, retrolateral view;
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Epigyne;
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FE0683B9288BFC79" bold="true" box="[416,442,947,971]" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">16</emphasis>
Spermathecae, dorsal view. Scale lines=0.1 mm
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB6A22D2C60DA16FCDF83BD2A4CFC78" box="[889,893,951,970]" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB6A22D2C60DA16FF3483F42848FBC4" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FF3483F42839FBA4" box="[146,264,1022,1046]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">Comments</emphasis>
: A poorly known species, recorded to date only from the Levant and Iran (Logunov
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FDCA84142B90FB84" box="[620,673,1054,1078]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">et al</emphasis>
., 2002; Prószyński, 2003); previously reported from Iran by Logunov
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FF4E8454282BFBC4" box="[232,282,1118,1142]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">et al</emphasis>
. (2002).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6A22D2C60DA16FF3484772B4EF966" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">
This name was described by Strand (1915) as a subspecies of the south EuropeanMediterranean species
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<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FF7484B7289EFB64" box="[210,431,1213,1238]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">
<taxonomicName id="4C09D9AE2C60DA16FF7484B72877FB64" box="[210,326,1213,1238]" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Pseudicius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pseudicius</taxonomicName>
picaceus
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</taxonomicName>
(Simon, 1868)
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from Israel, and was recently elevated to the status of full species by Prószyński (2003: figs. 610, 611), who re-examined the d
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. However, when diagnosing the male of
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FFDE85342807FAE7" box="[120,310,1341,1365]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">P. palaestinensis</emphasis>
, Prószyński (2003: 153) compared it with that of
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Logunov, 1999 from Armenia (see Logunov, 1999), rather than with that of
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, the closest if not identical species of
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<taxonomicName id="4C09D9AE2C60DA16FD0285972993FA67" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Pseudicius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FD0285972993FA67" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">Pseudicius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FF1285B728DFFA67" box="[180,494,1469,1493]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">
<taxonomicName id="4C09D9AE2C60DA16FF1285B72819FA67" box="[180,296,1469,1493]" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Pseudicius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pseudicius</taxonomicName>
pseudocourtauldi
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
indeed belongs to the same species group, as does the more common
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FD7B85D429D6F9A7" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">P. courtauldi</emphasis>
Bristowe, 1935 (see Logunov, 1993: figs. 4a f), but it is easily distinguishable from
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FD9B86172BC7F987" box="[573,758,1565,1589]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">P. palaestinensis</emphasis>
by the much wider and stronger dorsal tibial apophysis and the much shorter ventral tibial apophysis (cf.
<figureCitation id="1332BEA82C60DA16FD198656298BF926" captionStart="Figs. 13 16" captionStartId="4.[120,162,924,943]" captionTargetBox="[149,1437,165,879]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[144,1437,160,908]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figs. 13 16: Copulatory organs of Pseudicius palaestinensis Strand, 1915 (specimens from Iran). 13 Male palp, ventral view; 14 Ditto, retrolateral view; 15 Epigyne; 16 Spermathecae, dorsal view. Scale lines = 0.1 mm." pageId="4" pageNumber="89">Figs. 1314</figureCitation>
and Logunov, 1999: figs. 78); females of both species are very close and almost indistinguishable by the conformation of their copulatory organs.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6A22D2C60DA16FF3486D62BC2F846" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">
A series of 2d and 2♀ of
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collected together from SW Iran allowed me to provide a di
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erential diagnosis of this species from
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, from which it di
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ers in having a slightly shorter ventral tibial apophysis, a notched dorsal tibial apophysis (arrowed in
<figureCitation id="1332BEA82C60DA16FFDE877629FEF826" box="[120,207,1916,1940]" captionStart="Figs. 13 16" captionStartId="4.[120,162,924,943]" captionTargetBox="[149,1437,165,879]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[144,1437,160,908]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figs. 13 16: Copulatory organs of Pseudicius palaestinensis Strand, 1915 (specimens from Iran). 13 Male palp, ventral view; 14 Ditto, retrolateral view; 15 Epigyne; 16 Spermathecae, dorsal view. Scale lines = 0.1 mm." pageId="4" pageNumber="89">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
), a wider tegulum with a well-marked lateral bulge (arrowed in
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) and, particularly, the mutual arrangement of the insemination ducts and spermathecae (cf.
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and Metzner, 1999: figs. 58de).
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<paragraph id="8BB6A22D2C60DA16FF3487F12DA7FAE7" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">
Thus, in my opinion,
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FE2C87F62B73F7A6" box="[394,578,2043,2068]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">P. palaestinensis</emphasis>
is distinct from the true
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FF4688162850F786" box="[224,353,2076,2100]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">P. picaceus</emphasis>
. The distribution of both species, particularly in Asia Minor and the Near East, needs to be further clarified when more material becomes available.
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<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FCDD84342D6BFBE4" box="[891,1114,1086,1110]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">
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picaceus
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is quite common in Greece and Turkey (Metzner, 1999; Logunov, unpubl. data), whereas
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FC3B84742D6BFB24" box="[925,1114,1149,1174]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">P. palaestinensis</emphasis>
remains known only from a few localities in Israel and Iran (Logunov
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FA8A84942C6EFB04" box="[1324,1375,1181,1206]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">et al</emphasis>
., 2002; Prószyński, 2003; present data). Incidentally, the male of
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FC9084D42AE0FB47" box="[822,977,1245,1269]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">P. courtauldi</emphasis>
reported from the Greek islands and illustrated by Metzner (1999: figs. 56ac) almost certainly belongs to
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FBA785142D8BFA87" box="[1025,1210,1309,1333]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">P. palaestinensis</emphasis>
. This matter requires further attention in the future.
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<paragraph id="8BB6A22D2C60DA16FCF785572D6BFA07" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">
<emphasis id="B97D7E3F2C60DA16FCF785572A82FAC7" box="[849,947,1373,1397]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="89">Material</emphasis>
:
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:
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(
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),
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(
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.
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,
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), fallen tree on dry mound,
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</date>
, coll.?
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