Lepthyphantes brevihamatus Bosmans, 1985

Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus & Mederos, Jorge, 2020, The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco, Zoosystema 42 (1), pp. 1-29 : 6

Lepthyphantes brevihamatus Bosmans, 1985

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco. 2♂, 8♀, 7 juv.; Ifri Caid , Aït M’Hammed, Azilal; 28.VIII.1970, O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2904 • 1♀; same locality; 29.VIII.2013; J. Comas leg.; MZB 2014-7290 • 2♂, 4♀; same locality; 29.VIII.2013; L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2016- 0036 • 1♂, 1♀, 5 juv.; same locality; 3.IX.2013; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-0038 • 1♀, 1 juv.; same locality; 3.IX.2013; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-0039 • 16♀, 19 juv.; Ifri Bernat , Aït M’Hammed, Azilal; 25.IV.1984; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2910 • 7♂, 7♀, 5 juv.; same locality; 28.IX.1985; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2912 • 7♂, 8♀, 5 juv.; same locality; 1.X.1985; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2913 • 1♂, 1♀; Ifri Nboutadarth , Tagleft, Azilal; 14.V .2004; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2004-0657 • 1♀; Ifri Bouyzem , Aglefth , Taglefth, Azilal; 20.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4065 • 2♂, 1♀, 2 juv.; Ifri Bernat , Aït M’Hammed, Azilal; 24.VIII.1972; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 83-4001 .

DIAGNOSIS. — The characters indicated by Bosmans (1985) are especially useful. The male, although very close to that of L. longihamatus , can be easily distinguished by the shape of its suprategular process (simple and non-bifid); the paracymbium is strongly curled in its median part. The females can be distinguished more easily; the proscape is clearly rounded, without a median notch distally, and the strecher (distal part of the scape) is short and protrudes very little below. This species is clearly included in the “ afer group”.

DISTRIBUTION. — The holotype comes from the cave Ifri Bernat, Ait Mohammed, Azilal ( Bosmans 1985) and has also been collected in the Ifri el Kaid cave ( Tanasevitch 2014). Our data confirm the presence of this species in both localities and add two more cavities; all of them in the Azilal region, in the Moroccan high Atlas.