Drassodex hispanus ( L. Koch, 1866 )

Hervé, Christophe, Roberts, Michael J. & Murphy, John A., 2009, A taxonomic revision of the genus Drassodex Murphy, 2007 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), Zootaxa 2171, pp. 1-28 : 20-21

Drassodex hispanus ( L. Koch, 1866)

Figs 39–40

Drassus hispanus L. Koch, 1866: 90 , pl. 4, fig. 60 (female holotype, examined). Drassodes hispanus Reimoser, 1919: 161 ; Roewer, 1954: 386; Bonnet, 1956: 1567; Canard, 2005: 190. Drassodex hispanus Murphy, 2007: 41 , 55; Platnick, 2008.

Type material: Holotype: female from Spain, no specific locality, L. Koch collection (NHM 780.90.7.1).

Other material examined. SPAIN. Barcelona: 1 Ƥ, Monserrat, L. Fage ( MNHN AR 9247); Segovia: 1 Ƥ, La Granja , Simon collection n° 21844 (paralectotype of D. cervinus ) ( MNHN AR 9215). Va l e n c ia: 1 Ƥ, surroundings of Valencia, Torre Baja, 740 m, April 8, 1997, R. Bosmans, Bosmans collection. Castellón: 1 Ƥ, Robredal de Sant-Joan, June 5, 2007, S. Montagud, Bosmans collection. Cuenca: 1 Ƥ, north of Molinia de Aragon, 1050 m, April 14, 1998, R. Bosmans, Bosmans collection.

Diagnosis. Female genitalia of D. hispanus resemble those of D. fritillifer , but can be easily distinguished by the shape of the epigynal atrium, subrectangular ( Fig. 39 ), and the shape of the membranous coils, slightly extended forwards ( Fig. 40 ).

Description. Female dimensions (holotype): total length 9.10. Carapace 4.38 long, 3.25 wide. Leg I: femur 3.02, patella 1.71, tibia 2.38, metatarsus 2.04, tarsus 1.44, total 10.59. Leg II: femur 2.81, patella 1.56, tibia 2.15, metatarsus 1.88, tarsus 1.35, total 9.75. Leg III: femur 2.50, patella 1.39, tibia 1.73, metatarsus 1.70, tarsus 1.17, total 8.49. Leg IV: femur 3.43, patella 1.71, tibia 2.87, metatarsus 2.85, tarsus 1.38, total 12.24. Leg spination: femora: III p0-1-0, r0-0-1(0); tibiae: IV v1 p-2-2; metatarsi: III, IV p0-2-2, r0-2-2. Atrium very large, subrectangular, wider than high (0.65–0.70 wide, 0.51–0.55 high, ratio 1.23–1.31), with a large anterior tongue projecting posteriorly ( Fig. 39 ); two large copulatory openings, plugged with thick concretion in examined specimens; membranous coils short, with external contour followed by coiled ducts looped around once ( Fig. 40 ).

Male unknown.

Distribution. Central and eastern Spain.

Figures

FIGURES 32 – 40. 32 – 33 Drassodex cervinus (Simon, 1914) (MNHN AR 9241, paralectotype D. validior). 32 – 33 epigyne (32 ventral view, 33 dorsal view). 34 – 38 Drassodex fritillifer (Simon, 1914) (MNHN AR 1646, syntypes). 34 – 35 epigyne (34 ventral view, 35 dorsal view); 36 – 37 left male palp (36 ventral view, 37 retrolateral view); 38 left male chelicerae. 39 – 40 Drassodex hispanus (L. Koch, 1866) (MNHN AR 9247). 39 – 40 epigyne (39 ventral view, 40 dorsal view).