Cybaeodes avolensis, Platnick & Di Franco, 1992

Platnick & Di Franco, 1992, On The Relationships of the Spider Genus Cybaeodes (Araneae, Dionycha), American Museum Novitates 3053, pp. 1-9 : 8

Cybaeodes avolensis , new species

Figures 15-18

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken in pitfall traps at Cava Grande di Avola , Siracusa, Sicily, Italy (Sept. 6-Oct. 12, 1989; A. Adomo), deposited in MCSN .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name refers to the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males of this species can be recognized by the combined presence of an irregularly shaped palpal tibia, a small tibial apophysis, and a short embolar projection ( Figs. 15, 16 ); females can be recognized by wide, straight, sclerotized anterior epigynal ridge and two posterolateral tubercules ( Fig. 17 ).

MALE: Total length 4.44. Carapace 1.92 long, 1.51 wide. Femur 11 1.67 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.05, PME 0.07, PLE 0.06; AME-AME 0.04, AME- ALE 0.02, PME-PME 0.09, PME-PLE 0.07, ALE-PLE 0.05; MOQ length 0.18, front width 0.18, back width 0.23. Leg spination: femora: II rO-0- 1; IV p0-0-1; tibiae II p0-1-0, v2-2 - 2. Median apophysis long, thick, pointed, curved distally ( Fig. 15 ); retrolateral tibial apophysis small ( Fig. 16 ).

FEMALE: Total length 4.07. Carapace 1.85 long, 1.44 wide. Femur 11 1.30 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.06, PME 0.05, PLE 0.05; AME-AME 0.06, AME- ALE 0.04, PME-PME 0.09, PME-PLE 0.09, ALE-PLE 0.06; MOQ length 0.18, front width 0.16, back width 0.20. Leg spination: femora: II rO-0-1; IV p0-0-1; tibiae II vl-3-3. Epigynum with wide anterior epigynal ridge ( Fig. 17 ); vulva with large anterior saclike spermathecae and coiled median ducts ( Fig. 18 ).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: ITALY: Sicily: Siracusa: Cava Grande di Avola , pitfall traps, Sept. 6.-Nov. 15, 1989 ( UC, AMNH), 76; Vendicari ( Noto ), pitfall traps, Sept. 18- Nov. 18, 1984 ( UC), 36 .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Sicily.

Figures

Figs. 15-18. Cybaeodes avolensis, new species. 15. Left male palp, ventral view. 16. Same, retrolateral view. 17. Epigynum, ventral view. 18. Same, dorsal view.