Gnathonarium dentatum ( Wider, 1834 )

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2013, On linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from Israel, Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (1), pp. 101-124 : 109-110

Gnathonarium dentatum ( Wider, 1834)

MATERIAL: 5 Ƌ, 6 ♀; ISRAEL, south shore of Lake Kinneret near Deganya; 26.IV.2010; leg. C. Drees & L. Friedman ; – 3 Ƌ; same; 30.I.2011; leg. C. Drees & L. Friedman. – 2 ♀; same; 12.II.2010; leg. C. Drees & L. Friedman. – 1 ♀; 6 km S of Ahusam, Pura (31º29’49”N 34º46’50”E); 24.II.2011; leg. C. Drees & L. Friedman. – 7 Ƌ, 6 ♀; 2 km W of Yeruham, bank of Lake Yeruham (30º59.3’N 34º54’E), Tamarix spp. and Arundo donax , 450 m a.s.l., pitfall traps; 14.III.2011; leg. C. Drees & L. Friedman. – 3 Ƌ; same; 3.VIII.2010; leg. C. Drees & L. Friedman. – 12 Ƌ & 17 ♀; same; 7.III.2011; leg. C. Drees & L. Friedman. – 2 Ƌ, 2 ♀; Upper Galilee , env. of Lake Hula; 21.II.2011; leg. C. Drees & L. Friedman. – 10 Ƌ, 10 ♀; same; 30.I.2011; leg. C. Drees & L. Friedman.

REMARKS: On the basis of a particular abdominal colour pattern alone, O. P.- Cambridge (1872) described a subspecies, Erigone dentata orientalis O. P.- Cambridge, 1872, from Elisha’s Well, Jericho, the Palestinian territory. Specimens at my disposal show a standard, ordinary body coloration.