Haplodrassus parvicorpus (Roewer, 1951) Roewer, 1951

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 : 11-12

Haplodrassus parvicorpus (Roewer, 1951) new combination ( Figs 27-28 )

Drassus parvulus L. Koch, 1882 : 632, pl. 20, fig. 10-11 (descr. male).

Drassus parvicorpus Roewer, 1951 : 443 (replacement name).

Haplodrassus maroccanus Denis, 1956 : 196, fig. 4-6; new synonymy (here removed from the synonymy of H. dalmatensis (L. Koch, 1866)) .

Type material

Holotype male of Drassus parvulus from Spain, Baleares, Mallorca, Riera near Palma, 22.IV.1882, Schaufuss leg. ( ZMB 7913 ); examined .

Type series of Haplodrassus maroccanus from Morocco, Pr. Taroudant, Ouled Teima (= Houara), according to DENIS (1956) composed of 1 male 3 subadult males, 1 female 3 subadult females, 21.II.1954 and 1 subadult female from Amzou; not examined, not found in the MNHNP.

Comparative material examined

SPAIN. Cadiz: Tarifa (N 36°0’50’’ E 5°36’25’’), 2 males 5 females, IV.1992, P. Poot leg. ( CRB) .

Comments

Drassus parvulus was described by KOCH (1882). Being preoccupied by Drassus parvulus Lucas, 1846 , ROEWER (1951) offered Drassus parvicorpus as a replacement name. The species has never been cited since.

According to KOCH (1882), this species is related to Drassus minusculus (= Haplodrassus dalmatensis ) and differs by the more arched prosoma with a black margin, and the disposition of the eyes, with the PM not touching and the AM separated by nearly their diameter. These characters are too variable in Haplodrassus to distinguish species, but Koch’s figure 10 ( 1882) shows a male palp with a large, subterminal tooth on the tegular apophysis, and his figure 11 shows a palpal tibia with an apophysis as long as wide ( Fig. 27 ). The male palps of the holotype male are both present and in good condition ( Fig. 28 ). Examination shows that they are identical to the palps of Haplodrassus maroccanus , described from Morocco by DENIS (1956) and occurring all over the south-western Mediterranean (unpublished data). In H. dalmatensis , the tegular apophysis has only a small subterminal tooth, and the tibial apophysis is shorter than wide; thus there are sufficient diagnostic characters to separate the species. Haplodrassus maroccanus Denis, 1956 becomes a junior synonym of H. parvicorpus (Roewer, 1951 n. comb.). The synonymy of H. maroccanus with H. dalmatensis , proposed by LEVY (2004) is rejected. The species will be fully redescribed in a further paper.

Distribution

Mallorca and Morocco.

Figures

Figs. 24 - 38. Figs. 24 - 26: Ozyptila furcula L. Koch, 1882. 24. Male palp of Ozyptila furcula in KOCH (1882); 25. Male palp, ventral view; 26. Idem, lateral view. Figs. 27 - 28. Haplo- drassus parvicorpus (Roewer, 1951). 27. Male palp of Drassus parvulus in KOCH (1882). 28. Male palp of Haplodrassus parvicorpus, specimen from Tarifa. Figs. 29 - 35. Zelotes callidus (Simon, 1878). 29. Epigyne of Zelotes semirufus in KOCH (1882); 30. Epigyne of Zelotes callidus, specimen from Talavan; 31. Vulva; 32. Male palp of Zelotes callidus in SIMON (1914, fig. 298); 33. Male palp, detail; 34. Male palp, ventral view; 35. Male palp, lateral view; Fig. 36. Male palp of Zelotes plumiger L. Koch, 1882 in L. KOCH (1882). Figs. 37 - 38 Phlegra bresnieri (Lucas, 1846). 37. Male palp of Phlegra simoni in L. KOCH (1882); 38. Male palp of Phlegra bresnieri in METZNER (1999).