Key to the Haplodrassus species of the Maghreb region

MALES

1 Cymbium with abundant, strong spines (fig. 71)................................................... nigroscriptus

- Cymbium with few, less strong spines (fig. 32).............................................................. 2

2(1) Embolic apophysis hooked (fig. 190)........................................................ triangularis sp. n.

2 Embolic apophysis sigmoid or nearly straight (Figs 4, 14, 35 …)................................................. 3

3(2) Embolic apophysis small, occupying only one third of tegulum (Figs 122, 136); tibial apophysis slender, with narrow base (Figs 120, 137)............................................................................... rhodanicus

- Embolic apophysis large, occupying at least half of tegulum (Figs 4, 14, 35 …); tibial apophysis voluminous, with broad base (Figs 5, 12, 33 …)..................................................................................... 4

4(3) Embolic apophysis with dorsal keel (Figs 158, 169)..................................................... signifer

- Embolic apophysis without dorsal keel (Figs 4, 14, 35 …)...................................................... 5

5(4) Embolic apophysis with 2 prolateral teeth (Figs 14, 26, 93, 110)................................................. 6

- Embolic apophysis without (Figs 4, 35, 103 …) or at most with 1 prolateral tooth (Figs 62, 129)....................... 7

6(5) Embolic apophysis slender, elongated and with pointed tip (Figs 93, 108).................................... omissus

- Embolic apophysis compact, robust, with blunt tip (Figs 14, 25)........................................ dalmatensis

7(6) Embolic apophysis with one prolateral tooth (Figs 62, 77, 129, 140)............................................. 8

- Embolic apophysis without prolateral tooth (Figs 4, 35, 103 …)................................................. 9

8(7) Teeth on embolic apophysis equal, apophysis appearing bifid (Figs 62, 79)............................... lyndae sp. n.

- Teeth on embolic apophysis not equal (fig. 129, 142).................................................... rufipes

9(8) Embolus with a strong retrolateral tooth at its base (Figs 49, 51)....................................... dentifer sp. n.

- Embolus without retrolateral tooth at base (Figs 4, 45, 103 …)............................................ …….10

10(9) Tibial apophysis nearly symmetric (Figs 100, 114).................................................. ovatus sp. n.

- Tibial apophysis strongly asymmetric (Figs 5, 43, 147, 186)................................................... 11

11(10) Tibial apophysis terminally strongly pointed (Figs 186, 195).............................................. typhon

- Tibial apophysis bluntly pointed (Figs 5, 43, 147)........................................................... 12

12(11) Tibial apophysis gradually narrowing, with subterminal concavity (Figs 43, 55)....................... longivulva sp. n.

- Tibial apophysis not gradually narrowing, with basal concavity (Figs 5, 147)..................................... 13

13(12) Embolic apophysis terminally with pointed nipple (Figs 6, 20)........................................... crassipes

- Embolic apophysis terminally blunt (Figs 149, 164)............................................... securifer sp. n. FEMALES

1 Tarsus and tibia of palp with more than 20 ventral spines (fig. 73)..................................... nigroscriptus

- Tarsus of palp with less than 10 ventral spines (fig. 37........................................................ 2

2(1) Fovea triangular (Figs 178, 192)............................................................ triangularis sp. n.

- Fovea oval or rounded (Figs 7, 16, 38 …)................................................................... 3

3(2) Epigyne at least twice as long as wide (Figs 47, 64, 124)....................................................... 4

- Epigyne less elongate, at most 1.7 times as long as wide (Figs 7, 16, 38).......................................... 6

4(3) Fovea narrow anteriorly, widening distinctly to the back (Figs 64, 81)................................... lyndae sp. n.

- Fovea more or less rectangular (Figs 47, 124)............................................................... 5

5(4) Lateral margin of fovea with median angularity (Figs 47, 56)...................................... longivulva sp. n.

- Lateral margin of fovea with parallel margins (Figs 124, 138)........................................... rhodanicus

6(5) Fovea with postero-median septum (Figs 16, 95)............................................................. 7

- Fovea without postero-median septum (Figs 7, 38, 105)....................................................... 8

7(6) Fovea distinctly longer than wide (Figs 17, 28)..................................................... dalmatensis

- Fovea as long as wide (Figs 95, 111)................................................................. omissus

8(7) Foveal margin with distinct median tooth in lateral margin, dividing fovea into a trapezoid or rectangular anterior part and a rounded posterior part (Figs 40, 132)...................................................................... 9

- Foveal margin without such tooth, fovea oval or rounded (Figs 7, 105, 151, 160, 187).............................. 10

9(8) Areola anteriorly truncate (Figs 132, 143)............................................................. rufipes

- Areola anteriorly gradually narrowing (Figs 40, 52)................................................ dentifer sp. n.

10(9) Fovea longer than wide (Figs 105, 187)................................................................... 11

- Fovea as long as wide (Figs 7, 151, 160).................................................................. 12

11(10) Fovea oval, anterior margins converging (Figs 105, 116).............................................. ovatus sp. n.

- Fovea not oval, anterior margins diverging (Figs 187, 196)................................................ typhon

12(11) Areola elongated, anteriorly continuing into a chitinised crest (Figs 160, 170)................................. signifer

- Areola less elongated, anteriorly rounded (Figs 7, 151)....................................................... 13

13(12) Epigyne as long as wide (Figs 151, 165), lateral pockets nearly rounded (Figs 152, 166)................... securifer sp. n.

- Epigyne longer than wide, (Figs 7, 22), lateral pockets more oval (Figs 9, 23)............................... crassipes