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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6067200" ID-GBIF-Dataset="753fbf2c-beb9-4ee0-a9a5-50e3198be373" ID-GBIF-Taxon="124992342" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6067200" checkinTime="1481228861188" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Jørgen Lissner &amp; Robert Bosmans" docDate="2016" docId="038F746B1215FF9BFCBDFAE1EAA5F950" docLanguage="en" docName="AM52_25_30.pdf" docOrigin="Arachnologische Mitteilungen 52" docStyle="DocumentStyle{}" docTitle="Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner, spec. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="8" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="29" masterDocId="FFB60C131215FF9FFFFAFFA0EA6DFFE9" masterDocTitle="Description of a new Gibbaranea (Araneae: Araneidae) from the Western Mediterranean" masterLastPageNumber="30" masterPageNumber="25" pageId="0" pageNumber="25" updateTime="1644790554386" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Description of a new Gibbaranea (Araneae: Araneidae) from the Western Mediterranean</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Jørgen Lissner</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Robert Bosmans</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName authority="Lissner" authorityName="Lissner" box="[839,1131,1345,1369]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bruuni" status="spec. nov.">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1042,1345,1369]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="25">Gibbaranea bruuni</emphasis>
Lissner
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<figureCitation box="[1249,1339,1345,1369]" captionStart-0="Fig. 1" captionStart-1="Fig. 2" captionStart-2="Fig. 3" captionStart-3="Fig. 4" captionStart-4="Fig. 5" captionStart-5="Fig. 6" captionStart-6="Fig. 8" captionStartId-0="0.[840,871,2114,2134]" captionStartId-1="1.[98,129,627,647]" captionStartId-2="1.[1194,1225,1809,1829]" captionStartId-3="2.[144,175,507,527]" captionStartId-4="2.[839,870,532,552]" captionStartId-5="2.[144,175,1124,1144]" captionStartId-6="2.[839,870,2088,2108]" captionTargetBox-0="[839,1489,1671,2104]" captionTargetBox-1="[98,748,185,618]" captionTargetBox-2="[98,1156,1790,2127]" captionTargetBox-3="[144,1489,185,516]" captionTargetBox-5="[144,1488,624,1108]" captionTargetBox-6="[839,1489,1734,2077]" captionTargetId-0="figure@0.[839,1489,1671,2104]" captionTargetId-1="figure@1.[98,748,185,618]" captionTargetId-2="figure@1.[98,1156,1790,2127]" captionTargetId-5="figure@2.[144,1489,624,1108]" captionTargetId-6="figure@2.[839,1489,1722,2077]" captionTargetPageId-0="0" captionTargetPageId-1="1" captionTargetPageId-2="1" captionTargetPageId-3="2" captionTargetPageId-5="2" captionTargetPageId-6="2" captionText-0="Fig. 1: Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι male" captionText-1="Fig. 2: Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι female" captionText-2="Fig. 3: Outline of prosomas of Gibbaranea species: a. G. bruuni Lissner spec. nov. male from Majorca; b. G. gibbosa (Walckenaerι 1802) ι male from Majorca; c. G. occidentalis Wunderlichι 1989 ι male from the Azores; d. G. bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι female from Majorca. Only lenses of eyes drawnι sockets omitted. Scale bar 0.5 mm" captionText-3="Fig. 4: Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι alcohol conserved specimens: a. female abdomen in anterior view; b. male abdomen in dorsal view. Scale bar 0.5 mm" captionText-4="Fig. 5: Median palpal apophysis: a. of Gibbaranea bruuni spec. nov.; b. G. gibbosa; c. G. occidentalis. Scale bar 0.1 mm" captionText-5="Fig. 6: Palp of G. bruuni Lissner spec. nov. in ventral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm Fig. 7: Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι male palp: a. retrolateral view; b.  ventral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm" captionText-6="Fig. 8: Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι epigyne: a. ventral view; b. vulva in dorsal / posterior view. Scale bar 0.1 mm" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/197198/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/197199/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/197202/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/197203/files/figure.png" httpUri-5="https://zenodo.org/record/197204/files/figure.png" httpUri-6="https://zenodo.org/record/197205/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="25">Figs 1-8</figureCitation>
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The species described here is assigned to
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<emphasis box="[1267,1386,1377,1401]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="25">Gibbaranea</emphasis>
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, based on the presence of the following characters: one pair of laterodorsal tubercles anteriorly on abdomen; a narrow, pale longitudinal dorsal band in front of tubercles; median eyes of the two rows placed in a quadrangle; posterior median eyes larger than anterior medians; all femora of males with blackish apical half in front legs, only apical third in hind legs, blackish area shorter in females; males with a distinct posterior-apical tooth on coxa I and femora I with two rows of ventral spines; leg II of male most heavily spined of all legs; tibia II shorter and slightly thicker than tibia I and with two rows of long and thick ventral to prolateral spines in the apical two-thirds; maxillae with a basal external tooth; male palpal femur with a swelling ventrally and prolaterally; cymbium not spinose, narrow and with straight edges in dorsal view; median apophysis in the male palp in transverse position possessing a narrow spur at proximal end, dilated and blunt at tip; epigyne with short scapus and of similar build as in congeners.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[840,896,2114,2134]" pageId="0" pageNumber="25">Fig. 1:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Lissner" authorityName="Lissner" box="[901,1128,2114,2134]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bruuni" status="spec. nov.">
<emphasis box="[901,1063,2114,2134]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="25">Gibbaranea bruuni</emphasis>
Lissner
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ι male
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[98,154,627,647]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Fig. 2:</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[159,321,627,647]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Gibbaranea bruuni</emphasis>
Lissner
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ι female
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[98,227,1057,1081]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named in honour of the outstanding arachnologist, friend and mentor of the first author, Lars Bruun.
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material.
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:
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(
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,
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(specimen matured in captivity), leg.
<collectorName box="[513,591,1249,1273]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Lissner</collectorName>
(
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)
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.
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,
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<collectingDate box="[98,197,1313,1337]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="2015-10-07">7.X.2015</collectingDate>
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(all matured in captivity), leg.
<collectorName box="[518,596,1313,1337]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Lissner</collectorName>
(
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).
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Holotype and paratypes are deposited at the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen.
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material examined.
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:
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:
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, mixed forest, beaten from branches (N39̊3127.8, E2̊555),
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,
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,
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and
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,
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<collectingDate box="[495,602,1473,1497]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="2016-04-08">8.IV.2016</collectingDate>
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(most specimens matured in captivity), leg.
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(CJL-10074). Majorca: Cuber, track along reservoir towards
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(N39̊4611”, E2̊46 5”),
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<elevation box="[372,445,1569,1593]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.15" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" unit="m" value="815.0">815 m</elevation>
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,
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,
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<collectingDate box="[502,608,1569,1593]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="2014-04-04">4.IV.2014</collectingDate>
</date>
(matured in captivity), leg.
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(CJL-1151). Majorca: Gorg Blau,
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, beaten from bushes in open coniferous forest adjoining the reservoir (N39̊483.5”, E2̊4844.5”),
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,
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<collectingDate box="[98,205,1697,1721]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="2016-04-07">7.IV.2016</collectingDate>
</date>
(specimen matured in captivity). Cadiz: Tari- fa, (N36̊053 W5̊3518),
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<elevation box="[1098,1147,193,217]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" unit="m" value="60.0">60m</elevation>
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,
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,
<date box="[1216,1304,193,217]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1992-04">
<collectingDate box="[1216,1304,193,217]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1992-04">IV.1992</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[1365,1444,194,217]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">P. Poot</collectorName>
(CRB).
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:
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:
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,
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,
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,
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<collectingDate box="[905,1026,289,313]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="2013-04-16">16.IV.2013</collectingDate>
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, leg.
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(CRB)
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. ALGERIA:
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:
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</location>
, Lake
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, beating branches in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Quercus suber</emphasis>
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forest (N36̊5235 E8̊2928),
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<elevation box="[1172,1217,353,377]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" unit="m" value="5.0">5 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<specimenCount box="[1230,1258,350,377]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<date box="[1272,1395,353,377]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1989-11-23">
<collectingDate box="[1272,1395,353,377]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1989-11-23">23.XI.1989</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[794,891,386,409]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Bosmans</collectorName>
(CRB).
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1416599723" collectingDate="1987-04-25" collectorName="Bosmans" country="Tonga" elevation="10" location="Zeralda" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="4" stateProvince="Tipaza">
<collectingRegion box="[988,1065,385,409]" country="Algeria" name="Tipaza" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Tipaza</collectingRegion>
:
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:038F746B1215FF9BFCBDFAE1EAA5F950:8EF993A61214FF9EFBCCFE21EEE7FE70" box="[1078,1162,385,409]" country="Tonga" name="Zeralda" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" stateProvince="Tipaza">Zeralda</location>
, beating branches of
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Pistacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lentisca">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Pistacia lentisca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in coastal dunes (N36̊4253E2̊5036),
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<elevation box="[1381,1439,417,441]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" unit="m" value="10.0">10 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<specimenCount box="[794,832,446,473]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" type="female">4♀♀</specimenCount>
,
<date box="[845,966,449,473]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1987-04-25">
<collectingDate box="[845,966,449,473]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1987-04-25">25.IV.1987</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[1021,1118,450,473]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Bosmans</collectorName>
(CRB)
</materialsCitation>
.
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:
<collectingRegion box="[1338,1441,449,473]" country="Tunisia" name="Jendouba" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Jendouba</collectingRegion>
:
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:038F746B1215FF9BFCBDFAE1EAA5F950:8EF993A61214FF9EFCE0FE42E912FE10" box="[794,895,481,505]" country="Tunisia" name="Ras Rajel" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" stateProvince="Jendouba">Ras Rajel</location>
, beating branches in
<taxonomicName box="[1118,1255,481,505]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="suber">
<emphasis box="[1118,1255,481,505]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Quercus suber</emphasis>
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forest (N36̊599 E 8̊5140),
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<elevation box="[944,1021,513,537]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" unit="m" value="200.0">200 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
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,
<date box="[1087,1184,513,537]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="2006-05-08">
<collectingDate box="[1087,1184,513,537]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="2006-05-08">8.V.2006</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[1254,1351,514,537]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Bosmans</collectorName>
(CRB).
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<emphasis box="[794,993,545,569]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Gibbaranea gibbosa</emphasis>
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:
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:
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:
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,
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, beaten from bushes in open coniferous forest adjoining the reservoir (N39̊483.5”, E2̊4844.5”),
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,
<date box="[1168,1280,609,633]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="2014-10-29">
<collectingDate box="[1168,1280,609,633]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="2014-10-29">29.X.2014</collectingDate>
</date>
(specimen matured in captivity), leg.
<collectorName box="[1031,1109,641,665]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Lissner</collectorName>
(CJL-10072).
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:
<collectingRegion country="Algeria" name="Blida" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Blida</collectingRegion>
:
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:038F746B1215FF9BFCBDFAE1EAA5F950:8EF993A61214FF9EFCBBFD01E9F3FD50" box="[833,926,673,697]" country="Algeria" name="Meurdja" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" stateProvince="Blida">Meurdja</location>
, beating in
<taxonomicName box="[1053,1123,673,697]" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Cedrus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1053,1123,673,697]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Cedrus</emphasis>
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forest (N36̊2959 E3̊854),
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<elevation box="[794,876,705,729]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.05" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" unit="m" value="1050.0">1050 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<specimenCount box="[887,913,702,729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
,
<date box="[924,1045,705,729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1988-04-20">
<collectingDate box="[924,1045,705,729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1988-04-20">20.IV.1988</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[1098,1195,706,729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Bosmans</collectorName>
(CRB);
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,
<collectorName pageId="1" pageNumber="26">
<collectingMunicipality pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Massif du Djurdjura</collectingMunicipality>
</collectorName>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:038F746B1215FF9BFCBDFAE1EAA5F950:8EF993A61214FF9EFC54FD41EE76FD10" box="[942,1051,737,761]" country="Algeria" municipality="Massif du Djurdjura" name="Tala Rana" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" stateProvince="Bouira">Tala Rana</location>
, beating in
<taxonomicName box="[1173,1243,737,761]" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Cedrus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1173,1243,737,761]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Cedrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forest (N36̊2546 E4̊1357),
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<elevation box="[922,998,769,793]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" unit="m" value="1400.0">1400m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
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<specimenCount box="[1058,1084,766,793]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
,
<date box="[1096,1205,769,793]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1988-06-01">
<collectingDate box="[1096,1205,769,793]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1988-06-01">1.VI.1988</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[1260,1357,770,793]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Bosmans</collectorName>
(CRB);
<collectingRegion box="[794,905,801,825]" country="Algeria" name="Tissemsilt" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Tissemsilt</collectingRegion>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:038F746B1215FF9BFCBDFAE1EAA5F950:8EF993A61214FF9EFC67FC81EEFAFCD0" box="[925,1175,801,825]" country="Algeria" name="Massif de l'Ouarsenis" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" stateProvince="Tissemsilt">
<collectorName box="[925,1175,801,825]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Massif de lOuarsenis</collectorName>
</location>
, beating in
<taxonomicName box="[1327,1397,801,825]" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Cedrus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1327,1397,801,825]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Cedrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forest (N35̊5215, E1̊5641),
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<elevation box="[1149,1244,833,857]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.55" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" unit="m" value="1550.0">1550 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<specimenCount box="[1267,1295,830,857]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<date box="[1319,1440,833,857]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1988-04-19">
<collectingDate box="[1319,1440,833,857]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1988-04-19">19.IV.1988</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<specimenCount box="[794,820,862,889]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
,
<date box="[849,960,865,889]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1988-05-13">
<collectingDate box="[849,960,865,889]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1988-05-13">13.V.1988</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<specimenCount box="[989,1015,862,889]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
,
<date box="[1045,1154,865,889]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1988-06-01">
<collectingDate box="[1045,1154,865,889]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="1988-06-01">1.VI.1988</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[1244,1341,866,889]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Bosmans</collectorName>
(CRB).
<taxonomicName box="[794,1043,897,921]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occidentalis">
<emphasis box="[794,1043,897,921]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Gibbaranea occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<collectingCountry box="[1071,1228,897,921]" name="Portugal" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">PORTUGAL</collectingCountry>
:
<collectingRegion box="[1252,1330,897,921]" country="Portugal" name="Acores" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Azores</collectingRegion>
:
<collectingMunicipality box="[1352,1440,897,921]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Terceira</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:038F746B1215FF9BFCBDFAE1EAA5F950:8EF993A61214FF9EFCE0FC02E9F5FC50" box="[794,920,930,953]" country="Portugal" municipality="Terceira" name="Terra Brava" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" stateProvince="Azores">Terra Brava</location>
(N38̊447, W27̊127),
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<elevation box="[1198,1268,929,953]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.5" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" unit="m" value="650.0">650 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<specimenCount box="[1281,1322,926,953]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" type="male">6♂♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[1330,1368,926,953]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" type="female">5♀♀</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount box="[1381,1441,929,953]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" type="generic">4 juv.</specimenCount>
,
<date box="[794,883,961,985]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="2012-06">
<collectingDate box="[794,883,961,985]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" value="2012-06">VI.2012</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[937,1078,961,986]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Paulo Borges</collectorName>
(CJL-11309-11311).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="1" pageNumber="26" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph blockId="1.[794,1444,1025,1241]" box="[794,908,1025,1049]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">
<heading bold="true" box="[794,908,1025,1049]" fontSize="10" level="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" reason="6">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[794,908,1025,1049]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Diagnosis</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="1.[794,1444,1025,1241]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">
The species is separated from congeners by the genitalia being distinctive in both sexes. Males are most easily separated by the shape of the median apophysis. The epigynes of
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<emphasis box="[1344,1444,1121,1145]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">G. bruuni</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[839,982,1153,1177]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">G. occidentalis</emphasis>
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are quite similar, but the females of the two species do not overlap in size or in distribution, the much larger
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<emphasis box="[861,1004,1217,1241]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">G. occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
being endemic to the
<collectingRegion box="[1243,1320,1217,1241]" country="Portugal" name="Acores" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Azores</collectingRegion>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[794,929,1281,1305]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Description</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="1.[794,1444,1281,1721]" box="[794,852,1313,1337]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">
<heading bold="true" box="[794,852,1313,1337]" fontSize="10" level="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" reason="6">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[794,852,1313,1337]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Male</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[794,960,1345,1369]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Measurements</emphasis>
(n=14, average value with range in parenthesis). TL: 3.4 (2.6-4.2), PL: 1.8 (1.4-2.0), PW: 1.4 (1.1-1.6).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[794,880,1409,1433]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Colour.</emphasis>
A well-camouflaged species, habitus of live specimen as in
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. Carapace dark brown, rather densely covered with light brown and whitish hairs, particularly in cephalic region (
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). Chelicerae yellow with grey reticulations on anterior surface. Sternum with dark reticulations. Abdomen with dark brown folium and dark spots in anterior part (
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,
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b). Areas to the sides of the folium also brownish, only the median line reaching the fore margin of the abdomen is cream or whitish (white in alcohol conserved specimens). Area between epigastric furrow and spinnerets black. With dense co- verage of hairs of same colour as carapace. Trochanters and basal half of femora pale, remaining leg parts annulated with dark brown as in
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. The many strong spines vary in colour, some whitish with brown bases, some entirely dark, and some dark with pale median part.
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<paragraph blockId="1.[1194,1446,1809,2133]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">
<caption httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197202/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" targetBox="[98,1156,1790,2127]" targetPageId="1">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1194,1252,1809,1829]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Fig. 3:</emphasis>
Outline of prosomas of
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<emphasis box="[1228,1330,1835,1855]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">Gibbaranea</emphasis>
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species:
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1427,1444,1835,1855]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">a.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Lissner" authorityName="Lissner" box="[1194,1345,1860,1880]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bruuni" status="spec. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1194,1276,1860,1880]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">G. bruuni</emphasis>
Lissner
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1353,1445,1860,1880]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
male from Majorca;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1395,1413,1885,1905]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">b.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gibbosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">G. gibbosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Walckenaerι 1802)ι male from Majorca;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1397,1413,1936,1956]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">c.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occidentalis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">G. occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Wunderlichι 1989ι male from the Azores;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1194,1212,2012,2032]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">d.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Lissner" authorityName="Lissner" box="[1224,1385,2012,2032]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bruuni" status="spec. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1224,1311,2012,2032]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">G. bruuni</emphasis>
Lissner
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="1" pageNumber="26" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
ι female from Majorca. Only lenses of eyes drawnι sockets omitted.
</caption>
Scale bar 0.5 mm
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197203/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" targetBox="[144,1489,185,516]" targetPageId="2">
<paragraph blockId="2.[144,795,507,578]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[144,199,507,527]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Fig. 4:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Lissner" authorityName="Lissner" box="[203,430,507,527]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bruuni" status="spec.nov.">
<emphasis box="[203,365,507,527]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Gibbaranea bruuni</emphasis>
Lissner
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[434,522,507,527]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" rank="species">spec.nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
ι alcohol conserved specimens:
<emphasis bold="true" box="[144,161,532,552]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">a.</emphasis>
female abdomen in anterior view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[468,486,532,552]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">b.</emphasis>
male abdomen in dorsal view. Scale bar 0.5 mm
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<paragraph blockId="2.[839,1490,532,577]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,896,532,552]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Fig. 5:</emphasis>
Median palpal apophysis:
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1135,1152,532,552]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">a.</emphasis>
of
<taxonomicName box="[1181,1345,532,552]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bruuni" status="spec. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1181,1345,532,552]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Gibbaranea bruuni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1350,1441,532,552]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1448,1466,532,552]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">b.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gibbosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">G. gibbosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[916,932,557,577]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">c.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName box="[936,1059,557,577]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="occidentalis">
<emphasis box="[936,1059,557,577]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">G.occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Scale bar 0.1 mm
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197204/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" targetBox="[144,1488,624,1108]" targetPageId="2">
<paragraph blockId="2.[144,1491,1124,1169]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[144,200,1124,1144]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Fig. 6:</emphasis>
Palp of
<taxonomicName authority="Lissner" authorityName="Lissner" box="[273,419,1124,1144]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bruuni" status="spec. nov.">
<emphasis box="[273,353,1124,1144]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">G. bruuni</emphasis>
Lissner
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[425,514,1124,1144]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in ventral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm
<emphasis bold="true" box="[823,880,1124,1144]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Fig. 7:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Lissner" authorityName="Lissner" box="[885,1115,1124,1144]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bruuni" status="spec. nov.">
<emphasis box="[885,1049,1124,1144]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Gibbaranea bruuni</emphasis>
Lissner
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1121,1210,1124,1144]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
ι male palp:
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1317,1334,1124,1144]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">a.</emphasis>
retrolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[144,161,1149,1169]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">b.</emphasis>
ventral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="2.[144,795,1249,2138]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[144,204,1409,1433]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Eyes.</emphasis>
Median eyes projecting and forming a quadrangle as seen in frontal view (
<figureCitation box="[368,435,1441,1465]" captionStart="Fig. 3" captionStartId="1.[1194,1225,1809,1829]" captionTargetBox="[98,1156,1790,2127]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[98,1156,1790,2127]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 3: Outline of prosomas of Gibbaranea species: a. G. bruuni Lissner spec. nov. male from Majorca; b. G. gibbosa (Walckenaerι 1802) ι male from Majorca; c. G. occidentalis Wunderlichι 1989 ι male from the Azores; d. G. bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι female from Majorca. Only lenses of eyes drawnι sockets omitted. Scale bar 0.5 mm" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197202/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Figs 3</figureCitation>
a, 3d). All eyes ringed with black, posterior medians with much wider encircling, thus appearing larger than anterior medians (
<figureCitation box="[462,525,1505,1529]" captionStart="Fig. 3" captionStartId="1.[1194,1225,1809,1829]" captionTargetBox="[98,1156,1790,2127]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[98,1156,1790,2127]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 3: Outline of prosomas of Gibbaranea species: a. G. bruuni Lissner spec. nov. male from Majorca; b. G. gibbosa (Walckenaerι 1802) ι male from Majorca; c. G. occidentalis Wunderlichι 1989 ι male from the Azores; d. G. bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι female from Majorca. Only lenses of eyes drawnι sockets omitted. Scale bar 0.5 mm" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197202/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
a). Measurements of eyes relate here only to the diameter of lenses or distances between them: anterior median eyes separated by 0.18 (2.4 times the diameter of an anterior median eye), posterior medians separated by 0.16, anterior medians separated by 0.13 from posterior medians. Sockets of anterior and posterior lateral eyes are contiguous, lenses separated by 0.065. Lens diameter of an anterior median eye 0.075, posterior median eye 0.091, anterior lateral eye 0.066 and posterior lateral eye 0.073.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[144,795,1249,2138]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[144,250,1793,1817]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Prosoma.</emphasis>
Clypeus as high as the width of an anterior median eye. The lateral edges of carapace rather sharply bent at about midway between the eyes and rear edge (
<figureCitation box="[600,666,1857,1881]" captionStart="Fig. 3" captionStartId="1.[1194,1225,1809,1829]" captionTargetBox="[98,1156,1790,2127]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[98,1156,1790,2127]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 3: Outline of prosomas of Gibbaranea species: a. G. bruuni Lissner spec. nov. male from Majorca; b. G. gibbosa (Walckenaerι 1802) ι male from Majorca; c. G. occidentalis Wunderlichι 1989 ι male from the Azores; d. G. bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι female from Majorca. Only lenses of eyes drawnι sockets omitted. Scale bar 0.5 mm" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197202/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
a). Maxillae with a basal external rounded tooth projecting retrolaterally. Cheliceral promargin with four large teeth, three form a group positioned opposite mid position of fang, and a fourth projecting ca. 45̊ forward, situated near basal position of fang. Cheliceral retromargin with three smaller teeth.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[144,795,1249,2138]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[144,205,2049,2073]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Legs.</emphasis>
Coxa I with distinct posterior-apical tooth or hook. All legs with strong spines, tibia
<potCollectionCode box="[448,468,2082,2105]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">II</potCollectionCode>
most heavily spined of all segments. Leg formula
<potCollectionCode box="[360,483,2114,2137]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">I-II-IV-III</potCollectionCode>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[839,1490,1249,1497]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,958,1249,1273]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Abdomen.</emphasis>
Abdominal humps weakly developed (
<figureCitation box="[1373,1437,1249,1273]" captionStart="Fig. 4" captionStartId="2.[144,175,507,527]" captionTargetBox="[144,1489,185,516]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 4: Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι alcohol conserved specimens: a. female abdomen in anterior view; b. male abdomen in dorsal view. Scale bar 0.5 mm" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197203/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
b).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,960,1281,1305]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Male palp.</emphasis>
Patella of male palp with two strong dorsal spines (
<figureCitation box="[888,949,1313,1337]" captionStart="Fig. 5" captionStartId="2.[839,870,532,552]" captionText="Fig. 5: Median palpal apophysis: a. of Gibbaranea bruuni spec. nov.; b. G. gibbosa; c. G. occidentalis. Scale bar 0.1 mm" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
c). Paracymbium with distinct hook, gradually bent (
<figureCitation box="[847,918,1345,1369]" captionStart="Fig. 6" captionStartId="2.[144,175,1124,1144]" captionTargetBox="[144,1488,624,1108]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[144,1489,624,1108]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 6: Palp of G. bruuni Lissner spec. nov. in ventral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm Fig. 7: Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι male palp: a. retrolateral view; b.  ventral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197204/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Figs 6</figureCitation>
, 7b). Median apophysis of the male palp transverse with blackish endal spur abruptly narrowed near tip and with a blunt ectal end (
<figureCitation box="[1033,1100,1409,1433]" captionStart="Fig. 5" captionStartId="2.[839,870,532,552]" captionText="Fig. 5: Median palpal apophysis: a. of Gibbaranea bruuni spec. nov.; b. G. gibbosa; c. G. occidentalis. Scale bar 0.1 mm" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Figs 5</figureCitation>
a, 7b). Conductor spoon-like, narrowed and smoothly bent near tip (Fig.7a). Terminal apophysis barely with dark sclerotization.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[839,1489,1537,1657]" box="[839,921,1537,1561]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<heading bold="true" box="[839,921,1537,1561]" fontSize="10" level="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" reason="6">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,921,1537,1561]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Female</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[839,1489,1537,1657]" lastBlockId="3.[98,751,865,1530]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="28" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1005,1569,1593]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Measurements</emphasis>
(n=11, average value with range in parenthesis).
<potCollectionCode box="[887,926,1602,1625]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">TL</potCollectionCode>
: 4.1 (3.6-4.8),
<potCollectionCode box="[1084,1121,1602,1625]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">PL</potCollectionCode>
: 2.1 (1.9-2.3),
<potCollectionCode box="[1278,1324,1602,1625]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">PW</potCollectionCode>
: 1.8 (1.5-1.9).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,921,1633,1657]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Colour</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[934,997,1633,1657]" captionStart="Fig. 2" captionStartId="1.[98,129,627,647]" captionTargetBox="[98,748,185,618]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[98,748,185,618]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 2: Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι female" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197199/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). In drab colours as male and with similar colour of pubescence. Dark annulations of femora
<collectionCode box="[620,630,866,889]" country="Romania" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14415" name="&amp;quot;Alexandru Ioan Cuza&amp;quot; University" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">I</collectionCode>
and II less prominent, only apical quarter of segments are dark brown. Chelicerae and sternum coloured as in male. Abdomen with folium. One female out of eleven collected in Majorca has different abdominal markings, possessing a dark triangle spanning the width of the dorsum in area of humps. Females from
<collectingCountry box="[191,272,1057,1081]" name="Tunisia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Tunisia</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry box="[326,419,1057,1081]" name="Portugal" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Portugal</collectingCountry>
have prosoma grey brown, cephalic part with triangular whitish spot, abdomen at level of humps with triangular grey to nearly black spot with median white stripe in anterior part, posterior part white with minute brown speckles contrasting abruptly with grey brown venter.
</paragraph>
<caption httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197205/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" targetBox="[839,1489,1734,2077]" targetPageId="2">
<paragraph blockId="2.[839,1489,2088,2134]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,897,2088,2108]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Fig. 8:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Lissner" authorityName="Lissner" box="[904,1136,2088,2108]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bruuni" status="spec. nov.">
<emphasis box="[904,1068,2088,2108]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Gibbaranea bruuni</emphasis>
Lissner
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1143,1233,2088,2108]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
ι epigyne:
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1326,1343,2088,2108]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">a.</emphasis>
ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1472,1489,2088,2108]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">b.</emphasis>
vulva in dorsal/posterior view. Scale bar 0.1 mm
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197206/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" targetBox="[98,1419,185,718]" targetPageId="3">
<paragraph blockId="3.[98,1445,734,779]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[98,155,734,754]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Fig. 9:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Lissner" authorityName="Lissner" box="[160,390,734,754]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Gibbaranea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bruuni" status="spec. nov.">
<emphasis box="[160,324,734,754]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Gibbaranea bruuni</emphasis>
Lissner
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[396,487,734,754]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
:
<emphasis bold="true" box="[493,510,734,754]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">a.</emphasis>
epigyne in ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[734,752,734,754]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">b.</emphasis>
detached epigyne in ventral-slightly anterior view showing underlying vulva;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[98,118,759,779]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">c.</emphasis>
vulva in dorsal-posterior view for maximum visibility of structures. Scale bar 0.2 mm
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="3.[98,751,865,1530]" lastBlockId="3.[794,1444,865,1401]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[98,158,1249,1273]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Eyes.</emphasis>
Quadrangle of median eyes situated on a less projecting prominence compared to the male. Eyes of the same size as in male, but spaced more apart due to a wider head in the female. Measurements: anterior median eyes separated by 0.23 (3.1 times the diameter of an anterior median eye), posterior medians separated by 0.22, anterior medians separated by 0.15 from posterior medians. Sockets of anterior and posterior lateral eyes contiguous, lenses separated by 0.075. Lens diameter of an anterior median eye 0.075, posterior median eye 0.091, anterior lateral eye 0.075 and posterior lateral eye 0.077.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="3.[794,1444,865,1401]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[794,900,929,953]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Prosoma.</emphasis>
Clypeus 1½ times higher as the width of an anterior median eye. Lateral edges of carapace smoothly narrowed with protruding sides of head convex (
<figureCitation box="[1229,1295,993,1017]" captionStart="Fig. 3" captionStartId="1.[1194,1225,1809,1829]" captionTargetBox="[98,1156,1790,2127]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[98,1156,1790,2127]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 3: Outline of prosomas of Gibbaranea species: a. G. bruuni Lissner spec. nov. male from Majorca; b. G. gibbosa (Walckenaerι 1802) ι male from Majorca; c. G. occidentalis Wunderlichι 1989 ι male from the Azores; d. G. bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι female from Majorca. Only lenses of eyes drawnι sockets omitted. Scale bar 0.5 mm" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197202/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
d). Cheliceral promargin with four large, equally spaced teeth, retromargin with three smaller teeth as in male.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="3.[794,1444,865,1401]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[794,855,1089,1113]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Legs.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry box="[862,891,1089,1113]" name="American Samoa" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">As</collectingCountry>
in male but with tooth on coxa I lacking and spination of tibia II not much different from that of other tibiae.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[794,912,1153,1177]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Abdomen.</emphasis>
Humps of female much more pronounced than in male (compare
<figureCitation box="[958,1025,1185,1209]" captionStart="Fig. 2" captionStartId="1.[98,129,627,647]" captionTargetBox="[98,748,185,618]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[98,748,185,618]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 2: Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι female" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197199/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Figs 2</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation box="[1036,1050,1185,1209]" captionStart="Fig. 4" captionStartId="2.[144,175,507,527]" captionTargetBox="[144,1489,185,516]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 4: Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι alcohol conserved specimens: a. female abdomen in anterior view; b. male abdomen in dorsal view. Scale bar 0.5 mm" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197203/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">4</figureCitation>
a, with figs 1, 4b).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="3.[794,1444,865,1401]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[794,966,1217,1241]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Epigyne/vulva.</emphasis>
with central structure looping around lateral bulb-like structures all the way to the posterior margin of the epigyne, almost to join opposite loop (
<figureCitation box="[1275,1341,1281,1305]" captionStart="Fig. 8" captionStartId="2.[839,870,2088,2108]" captionTargetBox="[839,1489,1734,2077]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[839,1489,1722,2077]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 8: Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov. ι epigyne: a. ventral view; b. vulva in dorsal / posterior view. Scale bar 0.1 mm" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/197205/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Figs 8</figureCitation>
a, 9a, 9b). Scape circular in ventral view. Ducts of vulva form mirrored “S” (
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b, 9c). Spermathecae circular, separated by slightly less their diameter (
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b, 9c).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[794,918,1441,1465]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Discussion</emphasis>
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This is the smallest member of the genus with measured males and females not exceeding 4.2 and
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respectively. The species does not overlap in size with any congeners, except males of
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(
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: 3.2-5.5 according to data in
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). Measurement data is based mainly on Majorcan specimens, and the size-ranges presented here may not extrapolate to all populations throughout the distributional range of the species. The species resembles
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with which it may co-occur, but possesses no green markings. The green colours of
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may be striking in live specimens, but fades in alcohol with time. Southern European specimens of
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are generally much less greenish than Northern European ones. Accordingly, the Majorcan specimen of
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has only a green median spot at the anterior border of the abdomen. In
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there is a fairly thin midline in this place, white or cream in all live specimens inspected.
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complete lack of green colours may be distinctive for
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and allow separation from
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in the field. The shape of the male prosoma as seen in dorsal view also differs between the two species. The lateral margin is rather abruptly narrowed in
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, while tapering smoothly in
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, and the head is not approximately parallel-sided as in
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. Abdominal humps as in congeners, largest in females, but with base of humps in non-gravid females less clearly delineated from the abdomen compared to
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and humps are not directed upwards, but to the side as in
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. Size and direction of the humps may be different in gravid females. The palp is highly distinctive, particularly the wedgeshaped median apophysis terminating in a blackish spur and with edges undulating (
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a). The ectal end is blunt in all three species:
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,
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and
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(
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). Paracymbium with distinct hook as in
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, but more gradually bent. The marginal sclerotized coil of the epigyne is parallel-sided and not widened anteriorly as in
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(compare
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a with Fig.
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in
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). The scapus of
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is roughly as long as wide in ventral view, not longer than wide as in
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, and the spermathecae are situated further apart (compare
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a, 8b with
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,
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in
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. Otherwise the epigynes appear very similar in ventral view, that of
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only slightly larger than that of
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even though the overall size of females differs considerably between these species.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[98,170,2038,2058]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Fig. 10:</emphasis>
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Wunderlichι 1989ι female from Azores. The carapace has a conspicuously dark triangular marking. Abdominal humps vary in size but are generally rather small in this species (photo courtesy of Paulo A.V. Borges)
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,909,873,893]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Fig. 11:</emphasis>
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Wunderlichι 1989 (Azores)ι examples of variation in abdominal colour markings (alcohol conserved specimens):
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female;
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ι
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subadult females;
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male. Scale bar 1 mm
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The new species is assumed to be closest to
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and
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, based on a similar build of the male palp and epigyne as illustrated by
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and
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.
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seems to possess relatively little variability in colouration compared to the huge variability in
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, the markings of the latter species also highly variable among specimens captured at the same locality (
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[144,410,1153,1177]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Habitat and phenology.</emphasis>
In Majorca specimens were beaten from bushes and lower branches of conifers in fairly shaded areas at
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a.s.l. At Cuber and Gorg Blau it is particularly common in dense stands of thorny, unpalatable shrubs in grazed, open forest. At Gorg Blau it co-occurred with
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">G. gibbosa</emphasis>
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, at Puig Randa with
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<emphasis box="[452,617,1313,1337]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">G. bituberculata</emphasis>
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. Subadults were collected in late October and performed their final moult in captivity from late November early January (males generally earlier than females). In the field males have been encountered in October, April and May and females in April. Subadults of both sexes collected in April matured later in April or in May. In
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, one adult male was captured in October, in
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one adult male in May. Adult females were captured in April in
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and
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. In North Africa,
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<emphasis box="[599,794,1569,1593]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Gibbaranea bruuni</emphasis>
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was only captured at low altitude, from sea level to
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, while
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<emphasis box="[208,312,1633,1657]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">G. gibbosa</emphasis>
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was only found in forests above
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[144,294,1665,1689]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Distribution.</emphasis>
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,
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,
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(Majorca, Cadiz),
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.
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