Haplodrassus ovatus Bosmans & Hervé, 2018

Bosmans, Robert, Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida, Benhalima, Souâd & Hervé, Christophe, 2018, The genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in the Mediterranean and the Maghreb in particular (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), Zootaxa 4451 (1), pp. 1-67 : 29

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4451.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5996951

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Haplodrassus ovatus Bosmans & Hervé
status

sp. nov.

Haplodrassus ovatus Bosmans & Hervé View in CoL , sp. n.

Figs 98‒107 View FIGURES 98–107 , 113‒117 View FIGURES 108–117 , map 3

Types: Holotype ♂, 3♂ 3♀ paratypes from Tunisia, Kebili, Nefzaoua (N33°23’0” E7°48’0”), Vibert leg., Coll. Simon 12687 (MNHN AR15685); deposited in MNHN.

Etymology. The species name refers to the oval form of the epigynal fovea.

Diagnosis. Males of H. ovatus sp. n. differ from other species by the sickle-shaped embolic apophysis in the male ( Figs 101 View FIGURES 98–107 , 115 View FIGURES 108–117 ), females by the oval epigynal fovea, much more elongated than in the related H. signifer and H. pseudosignifer ( Figs 105 View FIGURES 98–107 , 116 View FIGURES 108–117 ).

Description. Measurements: Male (n=4): Total length 6.2‒8.0; carapace 2.66‒3.44 long, 2.22‒2.44 wide. Female (n=3): Total length 6.8‒8.8 carapace 2.16‒3.14 long, 2.08‒2.36 wide. Colour: Carapace yellowish brown, eye region infuscate; chelicerae, labium and maxillae dark reddish brown; sternum orange brown with darker margins; legs yellowish brown; abdomen pale grey. Spinulation: General pattern, with metatarsi I spineless in all specimens examined and metatarsi II spineless in 1 female.

Male palp ( Figs 100‒104 View FIGURES 98–107 , 113‒115 View FIGURES 108–117 ): Tibial apophysis as long as the tibia’s diameter, with nearly symmetric margins, with obtuse tip ( Figs 100 View FIGURES 98–107 , 114 View FIGURES 108–117 ); embolic apophysis with nearly straight retrolateral margin and strongly curved prolateral margin, at its base half as wide as in the middle, with subterminal prolateral angularity, terminally pointed ( Figs 101 View FIGURES 98–107 , 115 View FIGURES 108–117 ).

Epigyne ( Figs 105‒106 View FIGURES 98–107 , 116‒117 View FIGURES 108–117 ): Hood much wider than fovea, weekly sclerotized, with protruding median margin; pro-fovea narrow; fovea oval ( Figs 105 View FIGURES 98–107 , 116 View FIGURES 108–117 ), basal margin with an angularity; lateral pockets elongated, at its base with supplementary pocket ( Figs 106 View FIGURES 98–107 , 117 View FIGURES 108–117 ).

Further material examined. ALGERIA, Biskra, Biskra (N34°51’1” E5°43’41”), 1♂, Coll. Simon 22881 ( MNHN AR15686 About MNHN ); idem, 1♂, Coll. Simon 25542 ( MNHN AR15701 About MNHN ) GoogleMaps , M’sila, Baniou S., Chott el Hodna (N35°24'55” E4°20'39”), 1♀, 1.VII.1988, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB) GoogleMaps . TUNISIA, Kairouan, Oglet Tarfa (N35°45'49” E9°57'21”), 60m, 1♀, stones in dry river bed, 23.I.1995 ( CRB) GoogleMaps .

Ecology. The species was captured in chotts (inland salt marshes) and in a dry river bed in the semi-arid and arid climate zones of the Maghreb.

Distribution. The species is known from two localities in the Nord East of Algeria, and two localities in central and southern Tunisia (map 3).

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Gnaphosidae

Genus

Haplodrassus

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