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8 M. Isaia, T. Kronestedt, F. Ballarin & A. Chiarle Pardosa vlijmi den Hollander & Dijkstra, 1974: 58, fig. 1: 1 ()( ), courtship behaviour; Chiarle & Isaia 2013: courtship behaviour. Chiarle et al. 2013: 119, courtship behaviour. Syn. nov. Brief description of the courtship behaviour. The male quickly raises and lowers the whole body on the spot, with a series of small jumps. The vibration turns into a conspicuous hopping, characterized by up and down movements of the whole body toward the female. At the same time, the male performs some very rapid movements of the opisthosoma, kept parallel to the substrate. During hopping, the palps and opisthosoma scrape on the substrate. Type material. Pardosa proxima: Lectotype ( with old labels “ Pardosa proxima ” and “Griechenland Type” in Natural Histo- ry Museum, London, here examined and designated: Gree- ce, possibly near Nafplio (cf. “Historical background” abo- ve). Another female stored in a separate tube labelled “ Lyc. proxima type” (not old label) turned out to be P. hortensis . Pardosa vlijmi: Holotype ) and allotype ( from France, Lozère, Pas d’Esculette and 2 ( paratypes from FRANCE, Yonne , Le Pin in Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, ex- amined. Other material examined. Asterisks (*) indicate specimen used in previous studies for behavioural analysis. BULGARIA. Blagoevgrad: Sandanski, shore, 20.VI.1963, 16 ) ( J. Buchar, NMP). – FRANCE. Corse: Haut-Asco, short grazed grass partly wet from water flow, 24.V.2005, 6 ) 3 ( (T. Kronestedt, NHRS). – GREECE. Eastern Mace- donia and Thrace: Lake Mitrikou area, 1.IV.1988, 12 ) 17 ( (D. Cordes, NHRS). Crete: La Canea, Vryses, ashore with stones, 24.VI.1999, 4 ) 1 ( ( J. Buchar, NMP); Moni Toplou, small basin, 12.V.2010, 1 ) ( J. Buchar, NMP); also material in Bosmans et al. (2013). Peloponnese: Nomia, 16.VI.1974, 1 ) (V. Švihla, NMP); Tolo, drain, 20.VI.2000, 3 ) 3 ( ( J. Buchar, NMP); Argos, brook, 22.VI.2000, 3 ) 1 ( ( J. Buchar, NMP). – ITALY. Calabria: Cosenza, Cecita lake, 6.VIII.1958, 2 ) (F. Papi, coll. P. Tongiorgi); S. Giovanni in Fiore, Lorica, 24.VIII.1999, 1 ) (E. Ferrario, MSNB). Emilia–Romagna: Ravenna, Cervia, inside the city, IV.1991, 1 ) (P. Tongiorgi, MCSNB); Reggio Emilia, Regnano, meadow with Medicago sativa , 23.IV.1978, 4 ) 20 ( , lake shore, 1 ) 1 ( (P. Tongiorgi, MCSNB); Viano, 275 m, 30.IV.1978, 1 ) 6 ( (P. Tongior- gi, MCSNB). Lazio: Roma, Campaegli, Cervare di Roma, Monti Simbruini, 18.VIII.2010, 11 ) 1 ( (F. La Casella, CI); Palatino hill, 14.III.1965, 1 ) (P. Brignoli, MCSNB). Ligu- ra: LaSpezia, Bozzi, suburbs, 24.III.1957, 2 ) 2 ( ; Canaletto, ?.V.1957, 1 ) (G. Mazza, MCSNB). Lombardia: Bergamo, Bariano, Serio river, 120 m, pitfall trap, uncultivated mea- dow, 8.III.–8.IV.2002, 1 ) ; 16.VI. –7.VII.2002, 3 ) (S. Ciocca, MCSNB); Bonate Sotto, Brembo river, 175 m, pitfall trap, dry grassland, 11.II .–23.III.2002, 2 ) (S. Ciocca, MCSNB). Zanica, Serio river, 190 m, pitfall trap, grassland with Artemi- sia sp., 8.III.–8.IV.2002, 2 ) (S. Ciocca, MCSNB); river shore, 1.IV .–13.IV.2003, 1 ) (S. Ciocca, MCSNB); Pavia, 20th navi- glio, ?.IV.1999, 1 ) (S. Ciocca, MCSNB); Piemonte: Alessan- dria, Pecetto di Valenza, poplar wood, 06.VII.2006, 1 ) (M. Isaia, CI); Asti, Canelli, vineyard, 4.VII.2009, 3 ) (E. Caprio, Figs 1-4: 1-2. Pardosa proxima , male: 1. SEM picture of the embolus; 2. embolus with inclination angle. 3-4. P. tenuipes , male: 3. SEM picture of the em- bolus; 4. embolus with inclination angle. Scale lines = 100 µm. 1-2. male from Vicoforte Mondovì, Cuneo (IT) 3-4. male from “La Mandria” natural park, Venaria Reale, Torino (IT)