Centromerus desmeti Bosmans, 1986

Ballarin, Francesco & Pantini, Paolo, 2020, Three new species and new records of the genus Centromerus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Italy, European Journal of Taxonomy 660 (660), pp. 1-23 : 18-19

Centromerus desmeti Bosmans, 1986

Figs 7 C–D, 9–10

Centromerus desmeti Bosmans, 1986: 90 , figs 8–16.

Material examined

ITALY – Calabria Region • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Reggio Calabria, San Luca, Serra Juncari ; 38.1559° N, 15.9367° E; 1750 m a.s.l.; Nov. 2013 – Apr. 2014; mixed wood with beech ( Fagus sylvatica ), juniper ( Juniperus communis ) and pine trees ( Pinus sp.); pitfall traps; E. Castiglioni and F. Manti leg.; MSNB.

Distribution

Morocco, Algeria, Majorca, Italy (Aspromonte Massif, see Fig. 10 ).

Remarks

This species shows a North African distribution ( Bosmans 1986); previously the only European record was from the island of Majorca ( Nentwig et al. 2020). New data reported here are the first record of this species for Italy and for Continental Europe.

Figures

Fig. 7. A–B. Centromerus cf. paradoxus (Simon, 1884), from Canale Monterano. A. Male palp, retrolateral view. B. Ditto, prolateral view. C–D. Centromerus desmeti Bosmans, 1986, from Serra Juncari. C. Male palp, retrolateral view. D. Ditto, prolateral view.

Fig. 10. Distribution in the Italian peninsula of the species C. tongiorgii sp. nov. (= red dots); C. hanseni sp. nov. (= azuretriangles); C. gatoi sp. nov. (= yellow diamonds); C. cf. paradoxus (Simon, 1884) (= green pentagons); C. desmetiBosmans, 1986 (= violetstar); C. succinus (Simon, 1884) (= dark bluesquares).