Improphantes huberti ( Wunderlich, 1980 ) Tanasevitch, 2019

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2019, On linyphiid spiders collected by Antoine Senglet on Corsica, with the description of a new species (Araneae, Linyphiidae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 126 (1), pp. 43-51 : 48-49

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.2619516
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3812921
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA0387BD-FF90-FFA6-F528-DCEBFECA4856
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Improphantes huberti ( Wunderlich, 1980 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Improphantes huberti ( Wunderlich, 1980) View in CoL comb. nov.

Lepthyphantes huberti Wunderlich, 1980: 327 View in CoL , figs 25-31 (description of male and female).

Type material examined: SMF #29194; 3 male and 3 female paratypes labeled as “ Lepthyphantes huberti

Wunderlich; Korsika: Lac de Melo; 1976; det. und ded. Wunderlich ”. – SMF #34609; 1 male and 2 female paratypes labeled as “ Lepthyphantes huberti Wunderlich ; Korsika, Lac de Melo + Lac de Capitello; VII.1986; leg. und det. Wunderlich ”.

Taxonomic remarks: The species was original described under Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 from Corsica ( Wunderlich, 1980). Examining the genitalia of paratypes of both sexes showed that this species belongs to Improphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996 , and in its slender embolus is similar to I. turok Tanasevitch, 2011 (from Turkey) and to I. cypriot Tanasevitch, 2011 (from Cyprus).

Range: Central Mediterranean, presumed endemic to the island.