Mesiotelus cyprius Kulczyński, 1908

Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A., Naumova, Maria, Kaya, Rahşen S. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2024, New taxonomic and faunistic data on Liocranidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of West Palaearctic), with nine new species of Mesiotelus Simon, 1897, Zootaxa 5519 (2), pp. 190-214 : 199

Mesiotelus cyprius Kulczyński, 1908

Figs 7 , 74

Mesiotelus cyprius Kulczyński, 1908: 76 , pl. 2, fig. 13 (♀).

Mesiotelus cyprius : Bosselaers & Jocqué 2002: 251, fig. 4H (♂); Bosmans 2023: 34, figs 9A, G, 10A, F (♂ ♀).

Material. TÜRKIYE: Ankara Prov.: 1♀ ( ZMUT), Kızılcahamam Dist., Soğuksu National Park , 40°27'14.9"N, 32°37'20.3"E, 27.V.2004 .

Distribution. Greece (incl. Crete), Cyprus, and here newly recorded from Türkiye (the northeasternmost record in the entire known range) ( Fig. 75 ).

Figures

FIGURE 75. Collection localities of the studied liocranid species. 1—Agroeca angirasu; 2—A. cuprea; 3—A. inopina; 4—A. proxima; 5—Mesiotelus alanyensis sp. nov. (in part, specimens from Antalya); 6—M. bosmansi sp. nov.; 7—M. confusus sp. nov.; 8—M. cyprius; 9—M. damavandicus sp. nov.; 10—M. scopensis; 11—M. kravetsi sp. nov.; 12—M. mediterraneus sp. nov. and M. alanyensis sp. nov. (in part, specimens from Mersin); 13—M. patricki; 14—M. sistanus sp. nov.; 15—M. tadzhikus sp. nov.; 16—M. turanicus sp. nov.; 17—M. kulczynskii; 18—Scotina celans; 19—Sestakovaia annulipes. Some symbols could refer to more than one closely situated locality.

FIGURES 7–12. Dorsal habitus of Mesiotelus cyprius (7), M. damavandicus sp. nov. (8), M. kravetsi sp. nov. (9), M. mediterraneus sp. nov. (10), M. patricki (11) and M. sistanus sp. nov. (12). 7–8, 10–12—female; 9—male. Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURES 70–74. Epigyne of Sestakovaia annulipes (70–72), Agroeca cuprea (73) and Mesiotelus cyprius (74). 70, 73–74— intact, ventral; 71—macerated, ventral; 72—macerated, dorsal. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.