Malthonica daedeli, BRIGNOLI, 1980

Bolzern, Angelo, Burckhardt, Daniel & Hänggi, Ambros, 2013, Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 168 (4), pp. 723-848 : 773

MALTHONICA DAEDELI BRIGNOLI, 1980

INCERTAE SEDIS

Malthonica daedeli Brignoli, 1980: 80 , 81, fig. 13, female.

Type

Holotype. Greece: Crete, 10 km south of Heraklion , ♀ ( MSNB), 27.v.1964, Valle & Bianchi.

Description

A detailed description was provided by Brignoli (1980).

Discussion

Brignoli (1980: 81) stated that ‘... the generic position of this species is very puzzling;...’. He assigned it to Malthonica because: ‘... The absence of “teeth” on the epigyne and the small number of cheliceral teeth would not suggest relations with Malthonica , but a certain general similarity with M. minoa (Brignoli, 1976) and the impossibility of placing it elsewhere make it preferable to place it provisionally in this genus...’. The holotype is the only known specimen to date. Until more material is available the generic affiliation of this species remains uncertain.