Evaneg, Prószyński, 2018

Prószyński, Jerzy, 2018, Review of genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax, Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae) *, Ecologica Montenegrina 16, pp. 130-179 : 149-151

Gen. Evaneg gen. n. (10 species)

Figures 1 I-L, 3A-D, 10A-M

Type species. Evarcha negevensis

Type material: Evarcha negevensis sp. n. Holotype, female, paratypes females and males: Israel Negev, Halukim Ridge near Sede Boqer (also Hatira Ridge), pitfall traps, leg. Y. Lubin. All kept in the Mitrani Center for Desert Ecology, Ben Gurion University, Sede Boqer, Israel .

Etymology. Name is created as arbitrary combination of letters coined of words Eva -[rcha] indicating relation to Evarcha , and neg -[evensis]. Assumed grammar gender feminine.

Documentation studied. Summary of world's literature provided by "Monograph of Salticidae ( Araneae ) of the World 1995-2016" Prószyński (2016a, b), Part I, by Prószyński (2016a) and current literature.

Diagnosis. Key characters are shown on Fig. 1 I-L, on comparative background of remaining four genera shown on Figs 1 A-H and M-V.

Description. Diversity of species is shown on Fig. 10 , of external appearance on Fig. 3 A-D and 4A-M. Male: bulbus flat or slightly convex, round or broad oval, without protuberances. Embolus emerging from anterior retrolateral quarter of bulbus (exact point of origin from bulbus unknown), follows anterior edge of bulbus, tightly pressed to it, and ending as broad, complicated plate in the middle of width of bulbus, often terminally bent anterior wards ( Fig. 1 I-J). Tibial apophysis very short, stretching perpendicularly to tibia and ending with sharp, sclerotized edge. Female: epigyne with large "window", anteriorly without sclerotized rim, pocket lateral, in some species moved far anteriorly ( Fig. 1K ), spermathecae consist of several round, strongly sclerotized chambers, ducts soft, as broad as spermathecae, running from spermathecae straight posteriorly, towards posterior rim of epigyne ( Fig. 1L ) Color pattern shown on Fig. 3 A- D, 4A-M.

Composition (diagnostic documentation indicated in brackets). Type species: Evaneg negevensis (Proszynski, 2000) comb. n. ( Fig. 10 A-B), other species - Evaneg aegyptiaca Prószyński, 2017 sp. n. ( Fig.10L- M ), Evaneg armeniaca (Logunov, 1999) comb. n. ( Fig. 10I ), Evaneg darinurica (Logunov, 2001) comb. n. ( Fig. 10E ), Evaneg nenilini ( Rakov, 1997) comb. n. ( Fig. 10F ), Evaneg nepos (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) comb. n. ( Fig. 10H ), Evaneg nigricans (Dalmas, 1920) comb. n. ( Fig. 10J ), Evaneg pileckii (Proszynski 2000) comb. n. ( Fig. 10G ), Evaneg praeclara (Prószyński & Wesolowska, in Proszynski, 2003) comb. n. ( Fig. 10C- D ), Evaneg seyun (Wesolowska W., van Harten, 2007) comb. n. ( Fig. 10K ). [ATTENTION: all names are new combinations].

SOURCES: A -B, C-D, E, G, H, J - Proszynski 2003.Annales zoologici: 55, f. 202-204, 208-210, 215-216; 58-59, figs 201, 217-219, 222-223;,62-63, f. 205, 207, 211-214, 216; 64, f. 236-237, 175, f. 721-722; F - Rakov S.Y. 1997. Arthropoda selecta 6 (1/2): 110-111, figs 18-21; I -Logunov, 1999b: Arthropoda Selecta 7: 301, f. 1-4, K - Wesolowska W., van Harten A. 2007. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, 3: 32, pl 5-6, f 12-16. L, O - Prószyński, 1984 a: Atlas 64-65; 93, M-N - Denis 1947: Bulletin de la Société Fouad 1er d'Entomologie 31: 17-103,78, pl. 5, f. 14-16.All ©copyrights are retained by the original authors and copyright holders, used here by their courtesy.

Figures

Figure 1-I. For figure caption see under Figure 1-II.

Figure 3. Color pattern and body shape of Evaneg gen. n., Evacin gen. n. & Evalba gen. n. A - Evaneg negevensis, B- C - Evaneg praeclara, D1 - Evaneg sp. n. - from Israel, Shoam area (35 km east of Tel Aviv), D - Evaneg seyun, E-G - supposedly Evacin flavocincta [= E - F - Evacin flavocincta (from Brunei)], G - Maevia flavocincta C. L. Koch, 1846 (holotype from Bintang Is), G1 - Evacin flavocincta (Vietnam, by Zabka)], H - Evacin cf. infrastriata, J - Evacin cf. cancellata? Sigiriya Hotel, Sri Lanka, on shady, wetter exterior walls, K - Evacin striolata, L -Evawes longula, M - Evalba albaria, N - Evalba selenaria (Ryukyu Is.).

Figure 10-I. For figure caption see under Figure 10-II.