Less is more: eight new synonyms in Mediterranean spiders (Araneae), with a new Pelecopsis species from Tunisia (Linyphiidae)
Less is more: eight new synonyms in Mediterranean spiders (Araneae), with a new Pelecopsis species from Tunisia (Linyphiidae)
Weniger ist mehr: acht neue Synonymien mediterraner Spinnen (Araneae), mit einer neuen Pelecopsis-Art aus Tunesien (Linyphiidae)
Araneidae, Gnaphosidae, North Africa, Theridiidae, type material
Abstract
The following eight new synonyms are proposed: Araneus arganicola Simon, 1909 = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) syn. nov.; Drassus nugatorius Karsch, 1881 = Odontodrassus mundulus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881) syn. nov.; Drassus sockniensis Karsch, 1881 = Poecilochroa pugnax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) syn. nov.; Drassus tarrhunensis Karsch, 1881 = Megamyrmaekion caudatum Reuss, 1834 syn. nov.; Prosthesima kerimi Pavesi, 1880 = Zelotes tragicus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) syn. nov.; Prosthesima quadridentata Strand, 1906 = Scotophaeus quadridentatus Caporiacco, 1928 = Setaphis mollis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) syn. nov.; Steatoda erigoniformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) = Euryopis albomaculata Denis, 1951 syn. nov. The position of Drassus obscurus Lucas, 1846 in Drassodes is confirmed and the first figures of the female epigyne and vulva are given. The citation of Dactylopisthes digiticeps (Simon, 1881) from Tunisia by Pavesi (1884) is a misidentification and concerns Thaumatoncus indicator Simon, 1884. A new species is described: Pelecopsis pavesii spec. nov. from Tunisia, erroneously identified by Pavesi (1884) as Pelecopsis parumpunctata (Simon, 1881).
Folgende acht neue Synonymien werden vorgeschlagen: Araneus arganicola Simon, 1909 = Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) syn. nov.; Drassus nugatorius Karsch, 1881 = Odontodrassus mundulus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881) syn. nov.; Drassus sockniensis Karsch, 1881 = Poecilochroa pugnax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) syn. nov.; Drassus tarrhunensis Karsch, 1881 = Megamyrmaekion caudatum Reuss, 1834 syn. nov.; Prosthesima kerimi Pavesi, 1880 = Zelotes tragicus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) syn. nov.; Prosthesima quadridentata Strand, 1906 = Scotophaeus quadridentatus Caporiacco, 1928 = Setaphis mollis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) syn. nov.; Steatoda erigoniformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) = Euryopis albomaculata Denis, 1951 syn. nov. Die Zugehörigkeit von Drassus obscurus Lucas, 1846 zu Drassodes wird bestätigt und Epigyne und Vulva erstmals abgebildet. Die Nennung von Dactylopisthes digiticeps (Simon, 1881) aus Tunesien durch Pavesi (1884) beruht auf einer Fehlbestimmung und betrifft Thaumatoncus indicator Simon, 1884. Eine neue Art, Pelecopsis pavesii spec. nov., wird aus Tunesien beschrieben; sie war von Pavesi (1884) fälschlicherweise als Pelecopsis parumpunctata (Simon, 1881) bestimmt worden.