Gnaphosa dolanskyi, Řezáč & Růžička & Oger & Řezáčová, 2018

Řezáč, Milan, Růžička, Vlastimil, Oger, Pierre & Řezáčová, Veronika, 2018, European species of the Gnaphosa alpica complex (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), Zootaxa 3, pp. 289-294 : 290-291

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.1145567
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5958056
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/526987B3-FFAF-B115-57BF-11B0FC36FE5C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Gnaphosa dolanskyi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Gnaphosa dolanskyi View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs 1B, 1E, 1H View FIGURE 1 , 2C, 2G View FIGURE2 )

GnaphOsa mOdestiOr View in CoL — Ovtsharenko et al. (1992): p. 63, figs 213–214, 225–228 (♂ ♀), misidentification. LaZarov et al. (2001): p. 22,

misidentification. Komnenov et al. (2016): p. 48, figs 123–127 (♂ ♀), misidentification.

Types. Male holotype. Bulgaria: Sredna GOra Mts, Panagyurishte (42.5096°, 24.1885°), tOwn park, 4 June 1996, 1 ♂, leg. S. LazarOv, cOll. NMP . Female allotype. Bulgaria: same lOcality, 7 August 1996, 1 ♀, leg. S. LazarOv, cOll. NMNHS . Other paratypes. Bulgaria: same lOcality, 2 June1996, 4 ♂, leg. S. LazarOv, cOll. NMNHS .

Etymology. Named after the Czech arachnOlOgist and Our friend, Jan DOlanský.

Diagnosis. Males differ frOm thOse Of Other species Of the cOmplex in that they pOssess a very shOrt, tOOth-like tibial apOphysis ( Fig. 1H View FIGURE 1 ) and an almOst straight embOlus (in cOntrast tO G. alpica , there is nO S shaped curvature On the base as in Other species, Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ). Females differ frOm thOse Of Other species in the cOmplex in that they have relatively lOng pOsterOlateral pOckets, with the lateral edges bent tOwards the inside ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE2 ) and they alsO have an almOst smOOth scapus (in Other species it is markedly wrinkled transversally), cOnverging tO the rear and lacking a cOnstrictiOn On its base fOund in Other species.

Description. Male holotype. TOtal length 6.9. Carapace 3.6 lOng, 2.9 wide. Femur II 2.4 lOng. PrOsOma brOwn, Only femOra Orange brOwn, OpisthOsOma grey-black. FOr leg spinatiOn see the Table 1. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.15, PME 0.11, PLE 0.11; AME-AME 0.11, AME-ALE 0.06, PME-PME 0.04, PME-PLE 0.23, ALE-PLE 0.25; median Ocular quadrangle length 0.38, frOnt width 0.30, back width 0.25. Palp with almOst straight embOlus ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ), median apOphysis in lateral view apically twisted, hOOklike ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ); retrOlateral tibial apOphysis very shOrt, tOOthlike ( Fig. 1H View FIGURE 1 ).

Female allotype. TOtal length 9.0. Carapace 3.6 lOng, 2.7 wide. Femur II 2.0 lOng. PrOsOma brOwn, Only femOra Orange brOwn, OpisthOsOma grey-black. FOr leg spinatiOn see the Table 1. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.11, ALE 0.17, PME 0.13, PLE 0.11; AME-AME 0.11, AME-ALE 0.04, PME-PME 0.06, PME-PLE 0.21, ALE-PLE 0.25; median Ocular quadrangle length 0.40, frOnt width 0.30, back width 0.30. The pOsterOlateral pOckets Of the epigyne are lOng, with parallel lateral margins, bent tOwards the inside ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE2 ). The scapus is shOrt, cOnverging tO the rear and almOst smOOth, with the base clOse tO the pOsterOlateral pOckets. The median ducts Of the vulva cOnverge at the frOnt in an even manner (like the sides Of the letter A, Fig. 2G View FIGURE2 ).

Remarks. BOth sexes Of this species were described as G. modestior in the revisiOn Of the genus (OvtsharenkO et al. 1992).

Ecology and Distribution. Open grassland habitats. Adults in late spring. SOutheastern EurOpe (DneprOpetrOvsk RegiOn in Ukraine, KrasnOdar and ROstOv RegiOns in Russia—OvtsharenkO et al. 1992, Bulgaria—LazarOv et al. 2001, NE Greece—KOmnenOv et al. 2016), Caucasus ( Azerbaijan, GeOrgia), and Turkey (OvtsharenkO et al. 1992).

Other material examined. Russia: ROstOv RegiOn, Krymskiy village , Savateevskaya gully (47.650°, 40.783°), 2 May—29 July 2005, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. A. POnOmarev, persOnal cOll. Of P. Oger.