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Histopona on the Balkan Penisula 39 epigyne has the heart-shaped central sclerite typical for the torpida group, with a more strongly sclerotized posterior mar- gin. The copulatory openings are situated just in front of it, well separated. Epigynal plate, nearly hemicircular. Copula­ tory ducts long, with three large coils, one transparent and two sclerotized. Sclerotized ‘heads’ situated anteriorly at the transparent entrance coil. Spermathecae small, nearly globu- lar, set apart from each other. Distribution. Albania, RN Macedonia. Histopona vignai Brignoli, 1980 (Figs 8–10) Albania, Frashër, Hotova NP, 4.07.2017, 1 ) , leg. A. Kůrka; RN Macedonia, Kozhuf Mt., Michailovo, 1 ) , 26.05.2003, leg. C. Deltshev, G. Blagoev. Distribution. Albania, Greece, RN Macedonia. Acknowledgements We are much obliged to Antonín Kůrka and Petr Dolejš (National Museum – Natural History Museum, Praha) who provided us with spider material from Albania, to Gergin Blagoev (University of Gu- elph) for the collection of RN Macedonian material and to Angelo Bolzern (Naturhistorisches Museum Basel) and Fulvio Gasparo (Trieste, Italy) for helpful remarks on the manuscript. References Bolzern A, Pantini P & Isaia M2013 Revision of the Histopona italica group (Araneae: Agelenidae), with the description of two new species. – Zootaxa 3640: 23-40 – doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.1.2 Deeleman-Reinhold CL 1983The genus Histopona Thorell (Araneae, Agelenidae) with description of two new cave-dwelling species. – Mémoires de Biospéologie 10: 325-337 Deltshev C 1978 A new Histopona (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Bul- garian caves. – Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 10: 57-59 Deltshev C & Petrov B 2008 The spiders (Araneae) in the caves of the western Rhodope Mountains (Bulgaria). – Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 60: 41-50 Gasparo F 2005 Note sulle Histopona Thorell, 1986, de gruppo myops di Grecia, con descrizione die una nuova specie cavernicola (Ara- neae, Agelenidae). – Atti e Memorie della Commissione Grotte “E. Boegan” 40: 17-35 Helsdingen P van (2018) Fauna Europaea: Araneae. Fauna Europaea version 2.5, http://www.faunaeur.org WSC 2018 World Spider Catalog. Version 19.5. Natural History Museum, Bern. – Internet: http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.7.2018) – doi: 10.24436/2 Figs 11–12, 16–17: Histopona kurkai sp. n., female paratype, epigyne/vulva, dorsal and ventral views, scales: 0.2 mm Figs 13–15: Histopona kurkai sp. n., holotype, male palp, prolateral, ventral and retrolateral views, sca- les: 0.25 mm Table 3. Histopona kurkai sp. n., chaetotaxy (holotype) Leg Femur Patella Tibia Metatarsus I 3d, 2p, 1r 2d 2d, 2p, 4v 1d, 2p, 2r,3v II 3d, 1p, 2r 2d 1d, 2p, 5v 1d, 2p, 2r,3v III 2d, 1p, 1r 2d 2d, 2p, 2r, 3v 3d, 3p, 3r, 3 v IV 2d, 1p, 1r 2d 1d, 2p, 24, 4v 3d, 3p, 3r, 3v