Microctenonyx subitaneus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2011, On linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Eastern and Central Mediterranean kept at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (1), pp. 49-91 : 75-76

Microctenonyx subitaneus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875)

Archaraeoncus prospiciens (Thorell, 1875) sensu Tanasevitch, 1987: 337 , fig. 73, ♀ from

Kyrgyzstan, misidentification, examined.

MATERIAL: 1 Ƌ, Italy, Sardinia, Decimomanu , 18.IX.1969, leg. A. Senglet. – 1 ♀, Malta , without locality, 9. V.1974, leg. V. Mahnert. – 1 ♀, same locality, 13. V.1974, leg. V. Mahnert. – 1 ♀, Hagar Qim, 2. V.1976, leg. P. Strinati & V. Aellen. – 1 ♀, Greece, Etolia , Amphilochia , under stones, 29.III.1978, leg. S. Vit [13]. – 2 ♀, Cyprus , 4 km E of Ksilofagu, sifting litter in ravine, 6.IV.1981, leg. C. Besuchet [3b]. – 4 ♀; 2 ♀ ( ZMMU), Lebanon, environs of Dâmoûr, valley of left tributary of Nahr ed Damour River , 6 km from branching, sifting leaf litter on bank of river after flooding, 28.III.1975, leg. C. Besuchet [5]. – 1 ♀, Mazraal Nabi Kassem , close to confluent of Nahr el Litani, bank of river, under grass, 29.III.1975, leg. C. Besuchet [7]. – 2 ♀, Israel, Galilee, Jordan , near Ohalo (1 km S of Lake Tiberias), 200 m a.s.l., 27.IV.1982, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl.

REMARKS: A drawing of the epigyne of Archaraeoncus prospiciens from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan given by Tanasevitch (1987) actually refers M. subitaneus . This species is here reported for the first time for the Cypriot and Jordanian faunas.

RANGE: European-Ancient Mediterranean.