Pelecopsis parallela Wider, 1834

Seropian, Armen, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Krammer, Hans-Joachim, Thormann, Jana, Hein, Nils, Karalashvili, Elisabeth, Kachlishvili, Nino & Datunashvili, Anastasia, 2024, Picking pearls from the Silk Road: Insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL) project. Part III, Caucasiana 3, pp. 89-118 : 89

** Pelecopsis parallela Wider, 1834

Figs 18-19

Pelecopsis parallela Roberts, 1987: 61, figs 23h, 24d (♂♀).

Pelecopsis parallela Marusik, Koponen & Danilov, 2001: 87, figs 25-26, 31-32 (♂).

Material examined.

GEORGIA - Shida Kartli • 1♂; Gori, Kvernaki ridge, Gori ; N41.9833°, E44.1494°; 641 m a.s.l.; Paliurus spina-christi dominated shrubland, under rocks; leg. Bulbulashvili N.; 08 April 2023; CaBOL-ID 1035448 .

Remarks.

Transpalaearctic species, also occurring in West Greenland (WSC 2023). It is the first record of P. parallela in the Caucasus. Males of P. parallela are distinguished from those of co-occurring in the Caucasus P. crassipes Tanasevitch, 1987 by its flat, 1/2 as high as long cephalic lobe of the carapace (round and high in P. crassipes ) and the absence of long frontal outgrowth on the tegulum (present in P. crassipes ). Another species, P. odontophora ( Kulczyński, 1895), similar to P. parallela , can be distinguished by the presence of a rounded projection in the proximal part of the cymbium (absent in P. parallela ) ( Tanasevitch 1990). A male from Gori resembles P. parallela but has a rounded projection, suggesting P. odontophora might be a junior synonym of P. parallela . Further examination of the holotype specimen and local specimens is needed to confirm this.

Family Liocranidae Simon, 1897

Genus Agroeca Westring, 1861

Figures

Figures 18 - 19. Pelecopsis parallela, male (18: left palpus, retrolateral view; 19: carapace, lateral view). Scale bars: 0.1 mm (18); 0.2 mm (19).