Phrurolithus festivus (C. L. Koch, 1835)

Marjan Komnenov, Eva Pitta, Konstantina Zografou & Maria Chatzaki, 2016, Discovering the still unexplored arachnofauna of the National Park of Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli, NE Greece: a taxonomic review with description of new species, Zootaxa 4096 (1), pp. 1-66 : 37

Phrurolithus festivus (C. L. Koch, 1835)

( Figs 75–78 )

Material examined. Site 6 (a: 10 ♂, 2 ♀; b: 1 ♂, 8 ♀), Site 6 (a: 1 ♀; b: 2 ♀).

Distribution. Europe, Russia, Japan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Algeria (Komnenov, 2014). Chorotype. Palearctic.

Remarks. The identification was based on Grimm (1986). Taxonomic drawings of this species are here provided for comparison to the newly described Phrurolithus species. Males of P. festivus are distinguished from other congeners by the large tibial apophysis with narrowing end ( Fig. 75 ) and the absence of median apophysis ( Fig 76 ), while females are distinguished by the V-shaped epigynal sclerotization ( Figs 77–78 ).

Figures

FIGURES 75 – 78. Phrurolithus festivus (C. L. Koch, 1835). 75 male palp, retrolateral view; 76 same, ventral view; 77 epigyne, ventral view; 78 vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.