Micrargus herbigradus (Blackwall, 1854)

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2011, On linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Eastern and Central Mediterranean kept at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (1), pp. 49-91 : 74-75

Micrargus herbigradus (Blackwall, 1854)

MATERIAL: 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀, Italy, Tuscany, Mt Argentario, Maremma, 280-400 m a.s.l., sifting litter under Quercus ilex & Q. suber , 13.-14.II.1980, leg. A. Focarile. – 2 ♀, Piedmont Province, Cuneo, Mt Antorovo, 1700 m a.s.l., litter under Alnus viridis , 16. VI.1982, leg. A. Focarile [13]. – 1 ♀, Lombardia, Fondra, 25. VI.1966, leg. A. Comellini. – 1 ♀, Turkey, SW of Artvin, pasture in Fagus & Picea forest, 1900 m a.s.l., under stones, 9. VI.1986, leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt [10a]. – 1 Ƌ, Cankurtaran Geçidi, between Borçka and Hopa, deciduous forest with Quercus, Castanea, Acer, Tilia , Alnus, Buxus , sifting litter, 700 m a.s.l., 8. VI.1986, leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt [7c]. – 1 ♀, near Pirnalli, Karkal Dagi Mts, 1250 m a.s.l., sifting litter in ravine, 11. VI.1986, leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt [15b]. – 2 Ƌ, 2 ♀, FIGS 82-83

Megalepthyphantes turkeyensis Tanasevitch, Kunt & Seyyar, 2005 (after Tanasevitch et al., 2005) (82) and Lepthyphantes congener (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) (after Kulczyński, 1908) (83). Not to scale.

Kastamonu, Ilgazdag, route Kastamonu - Çankiri, Diphan, 1300 m a.s.l., 17.V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [20]. – 2 Ƌ, Kastamonu, 5 km S of Küre, 1200 m a.s.l., Fagus forest, sifting litter, 18.V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [24]. – 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, 10 km from Zonguldak, route Zonguldak - Caycuma, 500 m a.s.l., Fagus forest with Rhododendron , sifting litter, 16.V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [16].

REMARKS: This species is here reported for the first time for the Turkish fauna.

RANGE: Palaearctic.