Cryptodrassus hungaricus (Balogh, 1935)

Naumova, Maria, Blagoev, Gergin & Deltshev, Christo, 2021, Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 4984 (1), pp. 228-257 : 233

Cryptodrassus hungaricus (Balogh, 1935)

Figs 3A–C

Material. 1 ♂ (IBER), Besapari hills, Sinitovo village, N 42.1255 ˚, E 24.3761 ˚, 301 m, 28– 29.04.2020, Moericke trap, T. Ljubomirov leg., open rocky habitat with scarce vegetation.

Remarks. Known from France to South European Russia (Nentwig et al. 2021; World Spider Catalog 2021). First record of the genus from Bulgaria. Photographs of the male palp with the characteristic shape of embolus, conductor and RTA ( Figs 3A–C ) are provided for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 3A–C. Cryptodrassus hungaricus, left male palp (A prolateral, B ventro-retroventral, C retrolateral). C—conductor, Em—embolus, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis.