Dysdera bogatschevi Dunin, 1990

Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2024, New data on Dysdera Latreille, 1804 and Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae: Dysderidae) of the Caucasus, with new species and records, Zootaxa 5397 (2), pp. 195-217 : 199

Dysdera bogatschevi Dunin, 1990

Figs 4A–D , 10C, E–F

Dysdera bogatschevi Dunin, 1990: 141 , fig. 1.1–3 (♂♀).

Dysdera bogatschevi : Dunin 1992b: 62, fig. 6 (♂♀).

Material. AZERBAIJAN: Zagatala District: 1♂ ( ZMMU), Rotshugel , [41°46'N, 46°36'E], 22.06.2003 (N. Snegovaya, H. Aliev) .

Comments. This species has been treated in two taxonomic publications. It is found in oak-beech hornbeam forests at elevations ranging from 700 to 2400 m. Additionally, it can be found in subalpine habitats and is known to inhabit leaf litter and reside under stones ( Dunin 1992b).

Distribution. Transcaucasia. Known from the adjacent parts of northern Azerbaijan and eastern Georgia. These localities are located on the southern macroslope of the Caucasus Major ( Otto 2022).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Male of Dysdera bogatschevi, left bulb. A retrolateral B prolateral C dorsal D ventral. Scale bar = 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: AL—additional lateral sheet, C—crest, DH—distal haematodocha, L—lateral sheet, LML—lateral margin of the lateral sheet, P—posterior apophysis, T—tegulum.

FIGURE 10. Males of Dysdera atabekia (A, B, D), D. bogatschevi (C, E, F), and D. dunini (G, H), SEM images of left bulbs. A, C, G retrolateral B, E same, close-ups of psembolus D, H dorsal F retrodorsal, close-ups of psembolus. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.