Centromerus succinus ( Simon, 1884 )

Ballarin, Francesco & Pantini, Paolo, 2020, Three new species and new records of the genus Centromerus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Italy, European Journal of Taxonomy 660 (660), pp. 1-23 : 20-21

Centromerus succinus ( Simon, 1884)

Sintula succinus Simon, 1884: 451 , figs 234–236 (♂ ♀).

Tapinasta biskrensis Simon, 1894: 647 , fig. 609 (♂).

Centromerus succinus – Simon 1929: 551, 555, 724, fig. 819 (♂ ♀). — Bosmans 1986: 99, figs 34–41 (♂ ♀).

Material examined

ITALY – Piemonte Region • 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀; Cuneo, Sampeyre, fr. Chiotti ; 13 Nov. 2006; Rania leg.; MSNB . – Sardegna Region • 1 ♂; Nuoro, Belvì, Canale e’ Figu ; 576 m a.s.l.; 11–18 Nov. 2008; pitfall traps; ISE leg.; MSNB .

Distribution

Western Mediterranean, Italy (Western Alps, Sardinia).

Remarks

This species has a Western-Mediterranean distribution ( Nentwig et al. 2020). Previously, C. succinus was known in Italy only for a few specimens collected in Sardinia ( Bosmans & Colombo 2015; Pantini &

Isaia 2019). New records reported herein extend the distribution of this species to the northern Italian Peninsula, see Fig. 10 .

Figures

Fig. 10. Distribution in the Italian peninsula of the species C. tongiorgii sp. nov. (= red dots); C. hanseni sp. nov. (= azuretriangles); C. gatoi sp. nov. (= yellow diamonds); C. cf. paradoxus (Simon, 1884) (= green pentagons); C. desmetiBosmans, 1986 (= violetstar); C. succinus (Simon, 1884) (= dark bluesquares).