Agelescape livida (Simon, 1875)

(Figs. 2D, 3 A–B, 4A–B, 5A–B, 6D, G–H, 8A–E, 15A)

Agelena livida Simon 1875: 112, pl. 6, fig. 10 (♂♀).

Agelena livida: Kulczyński 1911: 44, pl. 2, figs. 54, 56 (♂♀). Agelena livida: Brignoli 1977: 14, figs. 3–4 (♀).

Agelena livida: de Blauwe 1980: 23, figs. 36–41 (♂♀). Agelescape livida: Levy 1996: 89, figs. 14–17 (♂♀).

Material examined: ISRAEL: 3♀ (SMNH), 0.4 km S Latrun Monastery, 31°50′N 34°59′E, 220 m, 29 October 2011 (S. L. Zonstein) ; 1♀ (SMNH), Adulam, 20 May 2008 (O. Skutelsky) ; 13♂ (SMNH, tentative identification as there are no females in the collection), Upper Galilee, N slope of Mt Meron, Meron Field School, 900 m, 33°01′N 35°23.5′E, 25 May 2013 (S. L. Zonstein) .

Diagnosis: Females differ from those of A. afFnis by the trapezoidal scape widening posteriorly ( v. rounded) and the C-shaped anterior loop (Ac) of the copulatory duct (v. Ushaped) (cf. Figs. 8 A–D and 8F–G). Males of the two species are indistinguishable (Levy 1996).

Description: See Levy (1996) and de Blauwe (1980). This species exhibits extreme size variation in both sexes, even within individuals from the same population (Fig. 2D).

Distribution: Mediterranean, from Spain to Israel, although unreported between Spain and Albania (Helsdingen 2020) (Fig. 15A).