Harpactea indistincta Dunin, 1991

Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2024, New data on Dysdera Latreille, 1804 and Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae: Dysderidae) of the Caucasus, with new species and records, Zootaxa 5397 (2), pp. 195-217 : 212

Harpactea indistincta Dunin, 1991

Fig. 18A–C

Harpactea indistincta Dunin, 1991b: 83 , fig. 3.7–9 (♂♀).

Harpactea indistincta : Dunin 1992b: 71, fig. 17 (♂♀).

Material. AZERBAIJAN: Quba District: 2♂ 11♀ ( ZMMU) , Quba, [41°21'N 48°30'E], 04.2010 (N. Snegovaya); 1♂ 6♀ ( ZMMU) , Quba, [41°21'N 48°30'E], 06.2010 (N. Snegovaya) .

Comments. This species has only been treated in the two publications mentioned above and was previously known solely from two neighbouring localities in northeastern Azerbaijan and the adjacent southern Dagestan ( Otto 2022). The examined material was collected from the type locality. It inhabits oak-hornbeam forests at elevations ranging from 600 to 800 m and can be found within leaf litter or beneath stones ( Dunin 1991b).

Distribution. Caucasus: Azerbaijan and North Caucasus (Dagestan).

Figures

FIGURE 18. Males of Harpactea indistincta (A–C), H. dunini sp. n. (D–F), and H. modesta (G–I), left bulbs. A, D, G prolateral B, E, H retrolateral C, F, I ventral. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.