Eusparassus dufouri ( Simon, 1932 )

Moradmand, Majid & Jäger, Peter, 2012, Taxonomic revision of the huntsman spider genus Eusparassus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae) in Eurasia, Journal of Natural History 46 (39 - 40), pp. 2439-2496 : 2445-2450

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2012.707249

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6501750

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scientific name

Eusparassus dufouri ( Simon, 1932 )
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Eusparassus dufouri ( Simon, 1932) View in CoL

( Figures 2 View Figure 2 , 3 View Figure 3 , 23C View Figure 23 )

Micromata argelasia ( Walckenaer, 1805) – Latreille, 1818: 517 (misidentification, description of female, Spain); Dufour, 1820: 299, pl. 2 (misidentification).

Sparassus argelasius – Walckenaer, 1830: 108, pl. 7, fig. 1 (misidentification, male); Walckenaer, 1837: 584 (misidentification, female); Simon, 1875: 334 (misidentification); Simon, 1880: 290 (misidentification).

Eusparassus argelasius – Simon, 1903: 1020, 1025 (type species designation, new replacement name, description of the genus) – Järvi, 1912: 57, 175, figs 9, 10, 49, pl. 4; Järvi, 1914: 175; Roewer, 1928: 118, pl. 2, figs 38–39 (misidentification).

E. dufouri Simon, 1932: 890 View in CoL (new replacement name). – Barrientos and Urones, 1985: 356, figs 4, 5; Urones, 2006: 102, figs 1–24.

Sparassus dufouri (Simon) – Levy, 1989: 138, fig. 20.

Type material

(syntype females unavailable, see notes below). Neotype: male ( SD 815 ), Portugal: Distrito de Portalgere , Montalvão, [39 ◦ 36 ′ N, 07 ◦ 31 ′ W] 6 May 2011, S. Henriques leg. ( SMF). GoogleMaps

Other material examined

PORTUGAL: 1♂ ( SD 834 ), 1♀ ( SD 822 ), with same data as for neotype ( SMF) ; 1♂, Pulo do Lobo , May 2011, S. Henriques leg. ( SMF, SD 838 ) ; 1♀, Distrito de Beja: Serpa, Altenju , May 2011, S. Henriques leg. ( SMF, SD839 ) ; 1♂, 1♀, Pomarao , 120 m, (37 ◦ 34.5 ′ N 7 ◦ 32.100 ′ W) 19–22 May 2006, Cardoso et al. leg. ( ZMUC) GoogleMaps ; SPAIN: 1♂, 1♀, Huelva Province: Alajar, Aracena , (37 ◦ 53 ′ 28 ′′ N 6 ◦ 33 ′ 40 ′′ W) 7 July 1969, A. Senglet leg. ( MHNG) GoogleMaps ; 2♂♂, Jaén Province: Sierra de Cazorla, Guadalquivir , (37 ◦ 56 ′ 12 ′′ N 02 ◦ 57 ′ 30 ′′ W), 24 July 1971, A. Senglet leg. ( MHNG) GoogleMaps ; 1♂, 1♀, Cordoba , 3 June 1909 ( MNCN) ; 1♀, Rabida , June 1959, V. Buddenbrock leg. ( SMF) .

Diagnosis

Closely related to E. levantinus but differing from it by much stouter embolus tip and more sickle-like dRTA in ventral view ( Figure 2A,C View Figure 2 ); EM sheath-like and covering part of embolus tip in retrolateral view ( Figure 2B View Figure 2 ); vulva differing from that of E. levantinus by glandular process located on a continuous part distinguishable from turning loop ( Figure 3C View Figure 3 ).

Redescription

Male (n = 8). Medium-sized Eusparassus species ; Total length: 9.9–13.8, prosoma length 5.5–6.8, prosoma width 5.3–6.6, anterior width of prosoma 2.6–3.5, opisthosoma length 4.5–7.0, opisthosoma width 3.0–4.5. Eyes subequal, eye diameters (neotype): AME 0.40, ALE 0.32, PME 0.31, PLE 0.34; eye interdistances: AME– AME 0.22, AME–ALE 0.10, PME–PME 0.43, PME–PLE 0.42, AME–PME 0.32, ALE–PLE 0.22, clypeus height at AME 0.20, clypeus height at ALE 0.27.

Chelicerae with two anterior and three posterior teeth, cheliceral furrow without denticles; Basal segment of chelicerae at distal end close to base of fangs with one bristle ( Figure 2E View Figure 2 ).

Leg formula: 2 4 1 3. Measurements of palp and legs (neotype): Palp 8.3 [2.7, 1.2, 1.0, 3.4], I 25.9 [7.2, 2.3, 6.8, 7.3, 2.3], II 28.7 [8.3, 2.9, 7.6, 7.5, 2.4], III 24.3 [7.2, 2.6, 6.1, 6.3, 2.1], IV 26.7 [7.9, 2.3, 6.8, 7.4, 2.3].

Spination. Palp 131, 000 / 001, 1111; Legs: Femur I–III 323 / 424, IV 321 / 322 / 422; Patella I–IV 000(1) / 101; Tibia I–IV 2024 / 2224; Metatarsus I–III 1014 / 2024, IV 3034 / 3(4)036.

Palp. As in diagnosis with cymbium nearly twice as long as tibia; tegulum shorter than embolus and tip of embolus proximad, embolic projection consists of a large sheath-like part distally and a hyaline part proximally ( Figure 2A–C View Figure 2 ).

Female (n = 6). Total length: 16.2–17.5, prosoma length 8.0–8.5, prosoma width 6.7–7.7, anterior width of prosoma 4.3–4.5, opisthosoma length 8.2–9.0, opisthosoma width 4.5–6.0. Eye diameters: AME 0.45, ALE 0.41, PME 0.34, PLE 0.40; eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.35, AME–ALE 0.16, PME–PME 0.60, PME–PLE 0.58, AME–PME 0.48, ALE–PLE 0.42, clypeus height at AME 0.27, clypeus height at ALE 0.35.

Chelicerae with two anterior and three or four posterior teeth. Cheliceral furrow without denticles. Basal segment of chelicerae at distal end close to base of fangs mostly with one bristle or two bristles.

Leg formula: 2 4 1 3. Measurements of palp and legs: Palp 8.7 [2.3, 1.5, 1.7, 3.2], I 26.1 [7.5, 3.4, 6.2, 6.8, 2.2], II 28.5 [8.5, 3.5, 7.0, 7.3, 2.2], III 24.2 [7.4, 3.2, 5.7, 5.8, 2.1], IV 26.7 [8.0, 3.1, 6.3, 7.1, 2.2].

Spination. Palp 131, 000 (001), 1111, 1013; Legs: Femur I–III 323 / (3)424, IV 322(1) / 422; Patella I–IV 000(1) / 101; Tibia I–IV 1014 / 2024; Metatarsus I–III 2024, IV 3034 / 3036.

Epigyne / vulva. As in diagnosis, epigyne is longer than wide, AMLL are fused together and encircling MS entirely, EFB present and combined with AMLL ( Figure 3A View Figure 3 ).

Colouration. Olive-brown with clearly banded legs; ventral opisthosoma with a Vshaped dark marking ( Figure 23C View Figure 23 ).

Taxonomic notes

In the description of the genus Sparassus, Walckenaer (1805: 40) just listed Sparassus argelasius without a description (nomen nudum) along with the following nominal species: S. samaragdulus (Fabricius, 1793) , S. pallens (Fabricius, 1794) , S. roseus (Clerck, 1757) and S. ornatus (Walckenaer, 1802) [for more details see Jäger (1999: 3)]. One year later ( Walckenaer 1806: 146, table 2) he published a description and illustration of a male under the name Sparassus argelasius , which was a misidentification and was later transferred to the genus Olios . Walckenaer’s original description of Sparassus was actually based on species of the previously established genus Micrommata Latreille, 1804 and a single male of Olios argelasius . Latreille (1818) examining two female specimens from Spain tried to describe the female of Walckenaer’s species, “ Sparassus argelasius ”, and transferred it to Micrommata (sub Micromata argelasia ), but he failed to identify it correctly. This misidentification was pointed out later by Simon (1903: 1025), who described his new genus Eusparassus and cited Latreille’s description and indicated the type species as E. argelasius Latreille. But the Latreille misidentification was based on Walckenaer (1805) and the species name was already occupied by Olios argelasius (sub Sparassus ). Later, Simon (1932: 890) realized this confusion when he described and illustrated O. argelasius (Walckenaer) and proposed E. dufouri as a new replacement name (nomen novum) to substitute the previously established name E. argelasius . Simon noted that “the species described under the name Sparassus argelasius Latreille (in Simon 1875: 334) must take the new name (nom. nov.) as Eusparassus dufouri ”. Before proposing the genus Eusparassus, Simon in his publications (1875: 334; 1880: 290) used the nominal species “ Sparassus argelasius ” for describing E. dufouri . In the literature, Sparassus itself was used to record not only different species but also different generic taxa including Micrommata , Olios and Eusparassus .

Neotype designation

According to all the facts noted, Simon (1932) did not designate any name-bearing type specimen subsequently while referring to Latreille (1818). According to Article 72.4.2 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, when a new nominal species-group taxon ( E. dufouri ) is based on a published misidentification by an earlier author ( M. argelasia Lat. ), the type series consists of the specimens that had been misidentified. No material of Latreille can be traced in MNHN and it is generally understood that none exists. Consequently, it is necessary to designate a neotype for E. dufouri at this time to establish its identity, define the nominal taxon objectively and avoid taxonomic confusion with similar and closely related species in the Iberian Peninsula (i.e. E. levantinus Urones, 2006 ), in Northern Africa [i.e. E. oraniensis (Lucas, 1846) ] and in the eastern Mediterranean (i.e. E. walckenaeri ). There are two forms in the Iberian Peninsula, E. dufouri of uncertain identity, and E. levantinus , which was described by Urones (2006). The latter species is distributed in eastern and southern Spain but is replaced by E. dufouri in the western Iberian Peninsula. Accordingly, a neotype is designated for E. dufouri from the western Iberian Peninsula on the border of Portugal and Spain, in Montalvão. Based on the distribution map presented by Urones (2006) and also using the distribution records of the present study, type locality is selected to be as far as possible from the distribution range of E. levantinus . Specimens were freshly collected and DNA samples are available.

Known geographical distribution and habitat

Western Iberian Peninsula in Spain and Portugal, mostly under stones; under old tree bark in the southeast of Portugal (Barrancos Valley), including in Eucalyptus trees. (S. Henriques, personal observation).

Doubtful record

Simon (1932: 890) stated that the single report of the species from France (Pyrenees-Orientales) was actually collected in a shipment from Spain, Iberia.

SMF

Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg

ZMUC

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen

MHNG

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

MNCN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Sparassidae

Genus

Eusparassus

Loc

Eusparassus dufouri ( Simon, 1932 )

Moradmand, Majid & Jäger, Peter 2012
2012
Loc

Sparassus dufouri (Simon)

Levy G 1989: 138
1989
Loc

E. dufouri

Urones C 2006: 102
Barrientos JA & Urones MC 1985: 356
Simon E 1932: 890
1932
Loc

Eusparassus argelasius

Roewer CF 1928: 118
Jarvi TH 1914: 175
Jarvi TH 1912: 57
Simon E 1903: 1020
1903
Loc

Sparassus argelasius

Simon E 1880: 290
Simon E 1875: 334
Walckenaer CA 1837: 584
Walckenaer CA 1830: 108
1830
Loc

Micromata argelasia ( Walckenaer, 1805 )

Dufour L 1820: 299
Latreille PA 1818: 517
1818
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