Dysderocrates kibrisensis, Guecel, Salih, Charalambidou, Iris, Goecmen, Bayram & nt, Kadir Bogac K, 2019

Guecel, Salih, Charalambidou, Iris, Goecmen, Bayram & nt, Kadir Bogac K, 2019, New data of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Cyprus. 1. Dysderidae found in caves, ZooKeys 825, pp. 43-53 : 43

Dysderocrates kibrisensis sp. n. Figures 2-4, 5-6

Type.

Holotype ♀ (NMNU); CYPRUS, Lefkoşa, Beşparmak Mountains, Beşparmak (Pentadactylos) Cave (35°17'22"N; 33°27'56"E), collected as a dead specimen inside the cave, ca 40 m from the cave entrance, 15.I.2018, leg. S. Gücel.

Comparative material.

Dysderocrates cf. regina Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988: TURKEY 1♀ (ETAM), Konya, Beyşehir, Beyşehir Lake, Hacıakif Island (37°37'35.15"N; 31°28'55.66"E), 1183 m, 29.III.2011, leg. E.A. Yağmur (Fig. 7).

Dysderocrates tanatmisi Karakaş Kılıç & Özkütük, 2017: TURKEY 1♀ (ETAM), Antalya, Elmalı, Göltarla Village (36°34'38"N; 29°55'49"E), Cedrus libani forest, under stones, 1065 m, 24.XII.2015, leg. K.B. Kunt & E.A. Yağmur (Fig. 8).

Derivatio nominis.

The specific name refers to the type locality “Kıbrıs”, which is the Turkish name of Cyprus.

Diagnosis.

Dysderocrates kibrisensis sp. n. can be differentiated from D. silvestris Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 (spherical spermatheca) and D. storkani (pentagonal-shaped spermatheca) by the transverse spermatheca. The new species differs from D. regina by its longer spermatheca and triangular dorsal arch (Da, Fig. 7) and from D. marani ( Kratochvíl, 1937) by its anchor-shaped spermatheca and the dorsal arch longer than spermatheca. The spermatheca of D. kibrisensis sp. n. is similar to those of D. tanatmisi but differs by the angular shape of the anterior part of the dorsal arch versus the semicircular shape of the same in D. tanatmisi (cf. Figs 5, 8).

Measurements of holotype.

TL 17.00; AL 9.00; CL 8.00; CWmax 6.00; CWmin 4.80; AMEd 0.29; PLEd 0.21; PMEd 0.20; ChF 2.00; ChG 1.20; ChL 3.70. Leg measurements as shown in Table 1.

Description of holotype.

Female. Carapace red, smooth. Cephalic region much narrower and darker than thoracic region (Fig. 2).

Eyes well developed (Figs 2, 3). Chelicerae blackish red. Labium and gnathocoxae blackish. Sternum reddish. Anterior part of sternum darker than posterior. Legs reddish orange. Coxae and trochanters of legs I‒II darker than legs III‒IV. Spines clumped prolaterally on leg I, uniformly distributed along a line on leg II (Fig. 4). Leg spination as shown in Table 2.

Tarsi and metatarsi III‒IV with scopulae. Scopulae in the first quarter of the metatarsi very dense (Fig. 2). Abdomen greyish-cream, covered with short, adpressed, dark setae arranged longitudinally (Fig. 2).

Vulva. Anterior spermatheca (S) and transverse bar (Tb) strongly sclerotized, dorsal arch (Da) relatively less sclerotized. Posterior diverticulum scarcely visible. Spermatheca flat with a button-shaped structure posteromedially. Anterior margin of spermatheca not smooth. Dorsal arch mushroom-cap-shaped. Dorsal arch (Da) and transverse bar (Tb) support triangular membranous structure. Transverse bar (Tb) arched (Figs 5, 6).

Male unknown.

Distribution.

Known from the type locality only.

Comments.

Seven species of Dysderocrates are known, and the entire genus is restricted to the Mediterranean Basin. We placed this species in Dysderocrates because it fits the diagnosis: large body size, three strong teeth on the cheliceral groove, and many spines on the anterior femora. Dysderocrates kibrisensis sp. n. is the first and only species of the genus reported from Cyprus.