Cebrennus clercki ( Audouin, 1826 ) Audouin, 1826

Jäger, Peter, 2014, Cebrennus Simon, 1880 (Araneae: Sparassidae): a revisionary up-date with the description of four new species and an updated identification key for all species, Zootaxa 3790 (2), pp. 319-356 : 354

Cebrennus clercki ( Audouin, 1826) comb. nov. nomen dubium

Fig. 172

Philodromus clerckii Audouin, 1826: 159 (Description of female, Fig. 172 ). Roewer 1955: 1623 [„nicht zu deuten”; sub „ Philodromus clerckii Audouin 1827 “]

Sparassus clercki (Audouin) . Bonnet 1958: 4102 [Transfer to Sparassidae ; sub “ Sparassus clercki (Sav. & Aud. 1825) , Egypte ”]

Philodromus clercki (Audouin) . Platnick 2000 – 2014 (Transfer to Philodromidae ; nomen dubium, Egypt)

Type material. The original type material (most likely a female holotype; Audouin 1826: “individu femelle de grandeur naturelle”) is supposed to be lost. Since the type locality is not fixed and several Cebrennus species occur in Egypt and Israel ( El-Hennawy 2002, Jäger 2000, Levy 1989), no neotype is designated here.

Systematic position. The affiliation to the family Sparassidae was once recognised by Bonnet (1958), but not followed by Platnick (2000 – 2014), who used Roewer’s (1955) catalogue as base for the online version. The placement of the species in the genus Cebrennus is supported by the clear concordance of somatic characters shown in Savigny’s plate ( Audouin 1826; Fig. 172 ) with other Cebrennus species (see Jäger 2000). Species identity can only be clarified by copulatory organs. Since these are in this case not available as drawings or as from the original type material, C. clercki comb. nov. is considered a nomen dubium.

Figures

FIGURE 172. Cebrennus clerckii (Audouin, 1826) from Egypt or Israel, holotype (female?) (from Audouin 1826: habitus, leg claws, prosoma, eye arrangement, and mouthparts).