Glyphesis taoplesius Wunderlich, 1969

Grbić, Gordana, Hänggi, Ambros & Krnjajić, Slobodan, 2021, Spiders (Araneae) Of Subotica Sandland (Serbia): Additional Arguments In Environmental Protection, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 67 (1), pp. 15-61 : 30

Glyphesis taoplesius Wunderlich, 1969

Material: 27.04.2014 W5 1 m; 18.05. 2014 W5 1 m; 30.05.2014 W5 1 m1f; 13.06.2014 W5 1 m2ff; 27.06.2014 W5 1 f.

Determination: WUNDERLICH 1969, ÉNEKESOVÁ et al. 2011, OLESZCZUK et al. 2011.

Global distribution: Europe.

Habitat: Prefers humid conditions, in damp woodland and moss of bogs HÄNGGI et al. (1995), and the reed belts of Lake Velence ( KANCSAL et al. 2010) and Lake Balaton ( BLICK & SZINETÁR 1996) in Hungary.

Note: For comprehensive discussions of this rare, hygrophilous species see OLESZCZUK et al. (2011) and ÉNEKESOVÁ et al. (2011). In addition to the figure of the male palp in OLESZCZUK et al. (2011) and photos in ÉNEKESOVÁ et al. (2011) (male palp in unusual angles, epigyne as SEM only) we add photos of the male palp in retrolateral view and the epigyne in situ ( Fig. 10 ).

In the Subotica Sandland G. taoplesius was recorded in the flooded forest of white and grey poplar ( Populus alba + Populus canascens ) (W5) with a high level of groundwater. This very stenoecious and rarely found species should be included in the list of Serbian protected spiders and monitored in the future. In Germany, the species is classified as critically endangered in the Red List of species.

Figures

Fig. 10. Gylphesis taoplesius: A = left male palp, retrolateral, B = epigyne in situ. Scale bars: 0.1 mm for A, 0.5 mm for B