Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958

Zamani, Alireza, Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A. Ali & Abdullah Najim, Shurooq, 2022, New data on Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Iraq, Evolutionary Systematics 6 (2), pp. 143-150 : 143

Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958

Figs 1A, B , 2A , 3D , 4B

Identification.

Marusik and Kovblyuk (2009), El-Gendy (2022)

Material.

IRAQ: Thi Qar Province: 2♀ (BNHM), Ur district , 31°01'42.5"N, 46°18'07.1"E, agricultural land, 31.3.2022 (G. A. A. Al-Yacoub) ; Basrah Province: 3♂ 4♀ (BNHM), Aboskhair ( Hour Al-dabbab ), 30°42.139'N, 047°25.373'E, wetland, 19.6.2021 (S. A. Najim) .

Distribution.

Egypt to Afghanistan.

Comment.

New record for Iraq. For discussions regarding the possible synonymy of this species with Minosiella pallida (L. Koch, 1875) see Marusik and Kovblyuk (2009) and El-Gendy (2022).

Figures

Figure 1. Habitus of male (A, D, E) and female (B, C, F) gnaphosids, dorsal view. A, B. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958; C. Marinarozelotes jaxartensis (Kroneberg, 1875); D. Odontodrassus aravaensis Levy, 1999; E. Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929; F. Pterotricha kovblyuki Zamani & Marusik, 2018.

Figure 2. Male palps of gnaphosids, ventral view. A. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958; B. Odontodrassus aravaensis Levy, 1999; C. Odontodrassus mundulus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872); D. Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929.

Figure 3. Male palps of gnaphosids, retrolateral view. A. Odontodrassus aravaensis Levy, 1999; B. Odontodrassus mundulus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872); C. Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929; D. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958.

Figure 4. Ventral view of epigynes (B, C, D) and dorsal view of vulvae (A, E) of gnaphosids. A. Haplodrassus dalmatensis (L. Koch, 1866); B. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958; C. Marinarozelotes jaxartensis (Kroneberg, 1875); D, E. Zelotes fagei Denis, 1955.