Icariella hauseri Brignoli, 1979

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Icariella hauseri Brignoli, 1979

MATERIAL: 1 ♀, Greece, Ikaria , above Aghios Kirikos, Metallio, in old mine, 30 m a.s.l., 23.XI.1991, leg. B. Hauser [ZS-91/46] . – 8 ♀, same locality, 23.XI.1991, leg. B. Hauser [ZS- 91/45] .

DISTRIBUTION: This species is still known from the Greek island of Ikaria only.

Improphantes cypriot sp. n. Figs 59-64 HOLOTYPE: Ƌ, Cyprus, Larnaca, N of airport, sifting litter along a canal, 5.IV.1981, leg.

C. Besuchet [1]. PARATYPE: 1 Ƌ, Cyprus, SW of Kumayli , alluvial deposits, 9.IV.1998, leg. S. Vit [98-4a].

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name, a noun, refers to an inhabitant of Cyprus.

DIAGNOSIS: The species is characterised by the circular saw-shaped lamella characteristica.

DESCRIPTION: Male paratype. Total length 1.63. Carapace unmodified, 0.73 long, 0.63 wide, greyish yellow. Chelicerae 0.28 long. Legs yellow, leg I 3.15 long (0.78+0.23+0.83+0.78+0.53), IV 3.19 (0.88+0.20+0.83+0.78+0.50). Chaetotaxy: FeI- IV: 0-0-0-0; TiI: 2-1-1-0; II: 2-0-1-0, III-IV: 2-0-0-0; MtI-III: 1-0-0-0, IV: 0-0-0-0. TmI 0.18. Palp (Figs 59-64): Cymbium without posterodorsal outgrowth. Paracymbium with a strong tooth in middle part. Lamella characteristica short, distally circular sawshaped. Radix with a spear-shaped outgrowth near base of lamella characteristica. Embolus with a poorly expressed thumb and small but distinct carina. Abdomen 0.93 long, 0.50 wide, grey.

FIGS 53-58

Gongylidiellum orduense Wunderlich, 1995 , Ƌ and ♀ from Küre , Turkey. (53) Male chelicera, frontal view. (54, 55) Right palp, retrolateral and prolateral view, respectively. (56) Palpal tibia and paracymbium, lateral view. (57) Palpal tibia, dorsal view. (58) Epigyne, ventral view.

VARIABILITY: The number of teeth and their arrangement in distal part of the lamella characteristica differs in different specimens and even on the left and right palp of the same animal.

TAXONOMIC REMARKS: The new species is most similar to I. turok sp. n., see below.

DISTRIBUTION: Known from Cyprus only.

FIGS 59-64

Improphantes cypriot sp. n., Ƌ paratype from Kumayli , Cyprus. (59) Right palp, retrolateral view. (60) Paracymbium , lateral view. (61) Embolic division. (62) Embolus. (63, 64) Lamella characteristica, different aspects .