Oedothorax fuscus (Blackwall, 1834)

Bosmans & Van Keer, 2012, On the spider species described by L. Koch in 1882 from the Balearic Islands (Araneae), Arachnologische Mitteilungen 43 (1), pp. 5-16 : 8

Oedothorax fuscus (Blackwall, 1834) ( Figs. 4-5 )

Erigone marina L. Koch, 1882 : 629, pl. 20, fig. 7 (descr. female); new synonymy.

Type material

Holotype female of Erigone marina from Spain, Baleares, Mallorca, Soller , mid-April, Schaufuss leg. ( ZMB 7915 ); examined .

Comments Examination of the holotype clearly shows that this species is identical to Oedothorax fuscus (Blackwall, 1834) and thus Erigone marina becomes a junior synonym of that species. Koch’s drawing of the epigyne ( Fig. 4 ) is somewhat confusing but shows clearly the two typical curved lateral folds as in Fig. 5 taken from LOCKET & MILLIDGE (1953). Distribution

Europe, North

Africa, Azores, European part of

Russia.

Figures

Figs. 1 - 10: Fig. 1. Male palp of Dysdera mordax L. Koch, 1882 in L. Koch (1882). Figs. 2 - 3: Enoplognatha diversa (Blackwall, 1859) 2. Epigyne of Theridion elimatum in Koch (1882); 3. Epigyne of Enoplognatha diversa in Bosmans & Van Keer (1999). Figs. 4 - 5. Oedothorax fuscus (Blackwall, 1834). 4. Epigyne of Erigone marina in Koch (1882). 5. Epigyne of Oedothorax fuscus in LocKet & miLLidge (1953). Figs. 6 - 7: Liocranum inornatum (L. Koch, 1882). 6. Epigyne of Zora inornata in Koch (1882); 7. Epigyne of Liocranum variabilis in WunderLich (2008). Figs. 8 - 10: Cheiracanthium occidentale L. Koch, 1882. 8. Epigyne of Cheiracanthium occidentale in Koch (1882). 9. Vulva, ventral view; 10. Idem, dorsal view.