Pellenes allegrii Caporiacco, 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 : 246

Pellenes allegrii Caporiacco, 1935

Figs 19A–B

Material. 1 ♂ (IBER), Thracian lowland, Yagodovo village, N 42.1107 ˚, E 24.8510 ˚, 160 m, 05.03.2019, V. Genchev leg., in a backyard.

Remarks. Known from Albania, Ukraine, European Russia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia and India ( Deltshev et al. 2011; Nentwig et al. 2021; World Spider Catalog 2021). Our specimen fits well available descriptions and drawings ( Caporiacco 1935; Logunov et al. 1999), both in the somatic traits and in the copulatory structures. Photographs of the male palp ( Figs 19A–B ) are provided for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 19A–B. Pellenes allegrii, left male palp (A ventral, B retrolateral). C—conductor (compound terminal apophysis), Em—embolus, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis.