Eusparassus dufouri, Simon, 1932

Moradmand, Majid, 2013, The stone huntsman spider genus Eusparassus (Araneae: Sparassidae): systematics and zoogeography with revision of the African and Arabian species, Zootaxa 3675 (1), pp. 1-108 : 24

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3675.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6949804

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Eusparassus dufouri
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dufouri View in CoL species group

Diagnosis. Opisthosoma ventrally with a distinct dark marking ( Figs 48b, d View FIGURE 48 ; 49b, f View FIGURE 49 ); chelicerae without intermarginal denticles ( Figs 13e View FIGURE 13 , 15d View FIGURE 15 , 23e View FIGURE 23 ); male palp with ST reduced in size and mostly not visible ( Figs 12a View FIGURE 12 , 15a View FIGURE 15 , 17a View FIGURE 17 , 20a View FIGURE 20 , 22a View FIGURE 22 ); female epigyne with fused AMLL encircling MS entirely ( Figs 11c View FIGURE 11 , 13a View FIGURE 13 , 16a View FIGURE 16 , 18a View FIGURE 18 , 21a View FIGURE 21 , 23a, f View FIGURE 23 )

Species composition. Eight species: Eusparassus dufouri Simon, 1932 ; E. barbarus ( Lucas, 1846) ; E. oraniensis ( Lucas, 1846) ; E. fritschi ( Koch, 1873) stat. rev.; E. letourneuxi ( Simon, 1874) ; E. atlanticus Simon, 1909 stat. nov.; E. syrticus Simon, 1909 and E. levantinus Urones, 2006 .

Distribution. From Iberian Peninsula ( Portugal and Spain) to North-western Africa ( Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya) ( Fig. 70b View FIGURE 70 ).

Remarks. Identification of females in the dufouri group is difficult; therefore a combination of characters must be used to identify the species, including eye pattern and structures of vulvas. Males are easily distinguishable by the shape of RTA and ET. Eusparassus fritschi stat. rev. is removed from synonymy with E. oraniensis . Eusparassus atlanticus stat. nov. which was subspecies of E. dufouri is elevated to species level, for comparison the nominate species ( E. dufouri ) is illustrated ( Figs 11a–e View FIGURE 11 ) [for more details see Moradmand and Jäger 2012a: figs 2–3, 23C].

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Sparassidae

Genus

Eusparassus

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