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<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,367,236,263]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Anatolidion gentile</emphasis>
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<figureCitation box="[140,230,272,298]" captionStart-0="Figures 1-5" captionStart-1="Figures 6-9" captionStartId-0="3.[140,222,1590,1612]" captionStartId-1="4.[140,222,1622,1644]" captionTargetBox-0="[147,1102,582,1557]" captionTargetBox-1="[140,1108,848,1602]" captionTargetId-0="figure@3.[140,1108,570,1571]" captionTargetId-1="figure@4.[140,1108,847,1602]" captionTargetPageId-0="3" captionTargetPageId-1="4" captionText-0="Figures 1-5. Theridion gentile Simon from Algeria (MHNP AR 2250; 1-3) and Morocco (4-5). Male palp, retrolateral (1), ventral (2), prolateral view (3). Epigynum/vulva, ventral (4), dorsal view (5). 1-3 and 4-5 drawn at same scale. Scale lines: 0.20 mm (1-3), 0.10 mm (4-5)." captionText-1="Figures 6-9. Theridion gentile Simon from Algeria (MHNP AR 2250). Habitus of specimens preserved in alcohol. Juvenile female (6), adult male (7), subadult male (8, 9). Photos: B. Knoflach." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3814456" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3814458" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/3814456/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/3814458/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Figs 1-9</figureCitation>
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<emphasis box="[140,323,343,369]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Theridion gentile</emphasis>
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, male,
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locality:
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.
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<emphasis box="[140,371,378,404]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Theridion crinigerum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Simon" box="[379,573,378,404]" firstAuthor="Simon" pageId="2" pageNumber="229" pagination="1 - 180" refId="ref17239" refString="Simon E (1881) Les arachnides de France. Roret, Paris 5: 1 - 180, pl. XXV." type="journal article" year="1881">Simon, 1881: 72</bibRefCitation>
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, female,
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locality:
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1881" box="[140,371,413,439]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Theridion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="229" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crinigerum">
<emphasis box="[140,371,413,439]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Theridion crinigerum</emphasis>
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:
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, male,
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del Giglio.
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<emphasis box="[140,353,448,474]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Anatolidion osmani</emphasis>
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, figs 491-495, photo 352, male,
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locality:
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,
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<emphasis box="[140,243,553,579]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229" reason="1">Detailed</emphasis>
description.
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<bibRefCitation author="Wunderlich" box="[400,613,554,580]" firstAuthor="Wunderlich" pageId="2" pageNumber="229" pagination="1 - 870" refId="ref17826" refString="Wunderlich J (2008) Fossil and extant spiders (Araneae). Fossile und heutige Spinnen. Beitraege zur Araneologie 5: 1 - 870." type="journal article" year="2008">Wunderlich (2008</bibRefCitation>
, sub
<taxonomicName authority="Wunderlich, 2008" authorityName="Wunderlich" authorityYear="2008" box="[671,1103,554,580]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Anatolidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="229" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="osmani">
<emphasis box="[671,885,554,580]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Anatolidion osmani</emphasis>
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, male).
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<emphasis box="[185,312,624,650]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229" reason="1">Synonymy</emphasis>
.
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Recent syntopically collected males and females of this striking theridiid from Chios allow matching of the sexes on the one hand, but also synonymy of Simons
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<emphasis box="[267,501,695,721]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Theridion crinigerum</emphasis>
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, as well as the recently described species
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Anatolidion osmani</emphasis>
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. According to Simons material,
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<emphasis box="[797,1028,730,756]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Theridion crinigerum</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">T. gentile</emphasis>
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, which since their description have been known from one sex only, can clearly be assigned as conspecific with the Greek specimens, and thus are considered here as synonyms. As both species were described in the same year and the same work it is in compliance with the principle of the first reviser (ICZN 24.2, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp) for our decision to determine precedence, which is in favour of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1881" box="[773,843,941,967]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Theridion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="229" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gentile">
<emphasis box="[773,843,941,967]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">gentile</emphasis>
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. The genus created by
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cannot be appropriately discussed here.
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<emphasis box="[820,1023,976,1002]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Anatolidion gentile</emphasis>
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, which now becomes the
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species of the monotypic genus
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<emphasis box="[763,888,1011,1037]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Anatolidion</emphasis>
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, appears to share some features with the genus
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<emphasis box="[669,773,1047,1072]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Neottiura</emphasis>
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, such as voluminous palps, a non-bulging epigaster, as well as an elevated clypeus, so that the cheliceral apodeme is far distant from the anterior eyes.
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:
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(
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sub
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<collectedFrom box="[859,1090,1152,1178]" pageId="2" pageNumber="229">Theridion crinigerum</collectedFrom>
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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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,
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(shortly before maturation)
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,
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(
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sub
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,
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,
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(
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, leg.
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.
</emphasis>
Male (n=3, min-max): Total length 1.6-1.9, carapace length 0.7- 0.8, width 0.7-0.8, length femur I 0.9-1.0, tibia I
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. Femur of male palp
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long. Female (n=2, min-max): Total length 2.2-2.5, carapace length 0.8- 0.9, width 0.8, length femur I 0.8-0.9, tibia I
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features, colouration
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(
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). Carapace as long as wide, rather high. Eye region of male raised, clypeus projecting. Cheliceral apodeme quite distant from anterior eyes. Male epigaster not protruding. Carapace dark brown, with cephalic and lateral diffused dark areas. Sternum dark brown. Legs uniformly brown or with tibiae apically darkened, in males rather faint. Abdomen with blackish areas of various extent on brownish background, males considerably darker. Abdominal hairs long and strong, as indicated by the naming of Simons female as
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<emphasis box="[775,923,167,192]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="230">T. crinigerum</emphasis>
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. For further details see
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and
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.
</paragraph>
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Surprisingly,
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, sub
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<emphasis box="[617,768,238,263]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="230">T. crinigerum</emphasis>
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) mentions an apical spur on femur IV in the male “Léperon apical du femur IV du mâle est une particularité très remarquable de cette espèce.”. This particular spur was not visible in the males examined and was not mentioned by
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.
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<emphasis box="[185,245,378,404]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="230" reason="1">Male</emphasis>
palp
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(
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). Palp rather large (
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), femur long (see measurements) and slender. Tibia likewise well developed, with two retrolateral trichobothria, distinctly tapering at its base. Base about 0.3 width of distal rim in ventral view (
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). Cymbium voluminous and rounded. Embolus forms a conspicuous, heavily sclerotised spiral (
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), as described by
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“bulbe volumineux, … pourvu dun très fin stylum circulaire, …” and by
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“...un fort style roulé en deux spires dans un plan perpendiculaire au tarse”. The conductor is a membranous, lobed outgrowth, only its distal part enclosing the embolus. Median apophysis furcate, Y-shaped. Apparently, a second tegular apophysis is missing (see fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,270,1590,1612]" pageId="3" pageNumber="230">Figures 1-5.</emphasis>
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Simon
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from
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(
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AR 2250;
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) and
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(
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). Male palp, retrolateral (
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), ventral (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[420,433,1622,1644]" pageId="3" pageNumber="230">2</emphasis>
), prolateral view (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[606,619,1622,1644]" pageId="3" pageNumber="230">3</emphasis>
). Epigynum/vulva, ventral (
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), dorsal view (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1039,1052,1622,1644]" pageId="3" pageNumber="230">5</emphasis>
).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1073,1108,1622,1644]" pageId="3" pageNumber="230">1-3</emphasis>
and
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drawn at same scale. Scale lines:
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(
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),
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(
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).
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<emphasis box="[185,310,377,403]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="231" reason="1">Epigynum</emphasis>
/vulva
</emphasis>
(
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). Epigynal cavity small and round, with anterior margin sclerotised (
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). Copulatory ducts rather wide, ca.
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long, running in several loops, winding in several directions and around each other, proximal coil overlapping receptacles posteriorly (
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). Lumen narrows with last coil towards entrance into receptacula seminis (
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).
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<emphasis box="[185,339,553,579]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="231" reason="1">Distribution</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
This little-known species is apparently widespread in the Mediterranean, but records are scattered:
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,
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,
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(
<bibRefCitation author="Simon" box="[821,964,589,615]" firstAuthor="Simon" pageId="4" pageNumber="231" pagination="1 - 180" refId="ref17239" refString="Simon E (1881) Les arachnides de France. Roret, Paris 5: 1 - 180, pl. XXV." type="journal article" year="1881">Simon 1881</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Simon" box="[976,1038,589,615]" firstAuthor="Simon" pageId="4" pageNumber="231" refId="ref17360" refString="Simon E (1914) Les Arachnides de France 6 (1). Roret, Paris, 308 pp." type="book" year="1914">1914</bibRefCitation>
),
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(
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,
<collectingCountry box="[258,310,624,650]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="231">Isola</collectingCountry>
del Giglio, see
<bibRefCitation author="Dalmas" box="[497,654,624,650]" firstAuthor="Dalmas" pageId="4" pageNumber="231" pagination="79 - 96" refId="ref15565" refString="Dalmas R de (1922) Catalogue des araignees recoltees par le Marquis G. Doria dans l'ile Giglio (Archipel toscan). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (3) 10 (50): 79 - 96." type="journal article" year="1922">Dalmas 1922</bibRefCitation>
, sub
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<emphasis box="[719,870,625,650]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="231">T. crinigerum</emphasis>
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; Firenze, Villa Mercatale, see
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, sub
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),
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and
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(
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). Interestingly, the report of
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concerns a single female of
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, which at that time and until now was known from the male only.
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