Scotina palliardii ( L. Koch 1881 )

Seo, Bo, 2011, Description of three liocranid spider species from Korea (Araneae: Liocranidae), Entomological Research 41 (1), pp. 98-102 : 101

Scotina palliardii ( L. Koch 1881) (Korean name: Jom-bat-go-rang-geo-mi) ( Figs 9–12 )

Liocranum palliardii Koch, 1881: 60. Apostenus bertkaui Bösenberg, 1899: 118. Apostenus fuscus Bösenberg, 1902: 256. Agroeca diversa Cambridge, 1913: 113. Scotina paillardi: Simon, 1932: 945, 973; Tullgren, 1946: 54; Locket and Millidge, 1953: 410; Roberts, 1985: 90; Roberts, 1995: 141; Almquist, 2006: 349.

Diagnosis. The general coloration and appearance resembles S. gracilipes ( Blackwall, 1859) but a pair of seminal ducts in epigynum approached one another more closely than in that species ( Fig. 11 ).

Description. Carapace dark brown with radiated black pattern on submargins and a dark borderline; linear median furrow distinct ( Fig. 9 ). Clypeus height about 0.8 times of diameter of AME. AER recurved and PER procurved slightly in dorsal view ( Fig. 10 ), but both eye rows procurved in frontal view. Eye ratio, ALE = PLE> PME> AME (8:7:6). AMEs separated by a third of their radius, nearly contiguous to laterals. PMEs about 0.6 times of their diameter apart, about 0.3 times of their diameter from laterals. ALE and PLE about 0.4 times of diameter of ALE apart. MOQ, posterior side = height> anterior side (18:12). Chelicerae with three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth. Sternum covered with fine dark dots on yellow ground and labium dark with yellow anterior margin. Segments except femora of leg I and II dark brown, rest leg segments brown. Leg I/c 2.74. Fem. I/c 0.75. Tib. I/c 0.68. Met. I/c 0.52. Met. I/tar. I 1.38. Met. IV/tar. IV 1.77. Pat. I + tib. I/c 1.09. Leg spination: Femora; I d1-1-1, p0-0-1-1; II d1-1; III d1-1-1, p0-0-1; IV d1-1-1, p0-0-1, r0-0-1. Tibiae; I v2-2 -2–2-2–2- 2–2-1; II v2-2 -2–2-2-2; III d1-0, p0-1-1, r0-1-0, v1-1; IV d1-1-0, p1-1, r1-1, v1-2 -1. Metatarsi; I, II v2-2 -2-2; III d0-2-2, p0-0-1, r0-0-1, v2 -0-0; IV d0-2-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1, v2-2 -1. Abdomen oval and overall black except yellow spinnerets. Epigynum and internal genitalia with a pair of ducts and spermathecae (Figs 11,12).

Measurements. Body length 2.92; carapace length 1.40, width 1.04; cephalic width 0.60; sternum length 0.82, width 0.73; labium length 0.13, width 0.25; anterior eye row 0.36; posterior eye row 0.42; abdomen length 1.72, width 1.16. Leg I 3.84 (1.05, 0.58, 0.95, 0.73, 0.53), II 3.36 (0.93, 0.55, 0.80, 0.53, 0.55), III 3.37 (0.88, 0.48, 0.63, 0.83, 0.55), IV 4.96 (1.25, 0.55, 1.08, 1.33, 0.75).

Material examined. 1♀, Ogi-ri, Subi-myeon, Yeongyanggun, Gyeongsangbuk-do , 36°45′16″N, 129°12′23″E, 24.vii.2010, J.C. Lim .

Distribution. Europe, Northern Urals and Korea.

Figures

Figures 1 – 12 Agroeca bonghwaensis n. sp.: 1 female, dorsal view; 2 eye area, dorsal view; 3 epigynum; 4 internal genitalia, dorsal view. Agroeca montana Hayashi, 1986: 5 female, dorsal view; 6 eye area, dorsal view; 7 epigynum; 8 internal genitalia, dorsal view. Scotina palliardii (Koch 1881): 9 female, dorsal view; 10 eye area, dorsal view; 11 epigynum; 12 internal genitalia, dorsal view. Scales, 1, 5, 9 1.0 mm; 2, 6, 10 0.5 mm; 3 – 4, 7 – 8, 11 – 12 0.1 mm.