Hoplopholcus minotaurinus Senglet, 1971

Huber, Bernhard A., 2020, Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae), Zootaxa 4726 (1), pp. 1-94 : 18

Hoplopholcus minotaurinus Senglet, 1971

Figs 47–75

Hoplopholcus minotaurinus Senglet, 1971: 349 , figs 17–26 (♂ ♀). Brignoli 1976: 561, figs 33, 37. Brignoli 1984: 289. Senglet 2001: 46, figs 1–5, 8–12. Gasparo 2003: 62. Bosmans et al. 2013: 26 (except specimens from Doxa Cave, Kronos Antron Cave, and Trapezas Cave; see H. labyrinthi ). Eberle et al. 2018 (molecular data). Huber et al. 2018: fig. 6.

Pholcus opilionoides (Schrank) (misidentification)— Roewer 1959: 10 (specimens from Milatos and Katofygi Caves; see Notes under H. labyrinthi ).

Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (misidentifications)— Brignoli 1971: 260, figs 13–18. Bosmans et al. 2013: 25 (only specimens from Milatos Cave, Katofygi Caves, Koufeospileos Cave, and from Karouba).

Figures

FIGURES 47–55. Hoplopholcus minotaurinus Senglet, 1971. Left male palp in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views (arrow points at transversal dark line on femur); epigyna, ventral views, and cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. 47–52. Male and female from Spilaio Milatou (ZFMK Ar 20889). 53–55. Female from Spilaio Katsibourdou (MHNG).

FIGURES 56–63. Hoplopholcus minotaurinus Senglet, 1971 from Spilaio Milatou (ZFMK Ar 20889). 56–57. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views; arrow in Fig. 56 points at distinctive apophysis between ventral spine and transparent process, arrow in Fig. 57 points at distinctive membranous process. 58–61. Left genital bulb, dorsal, prolateral, ventral, and retrolateral views (arrow points at distinctive prolateral process). 62–63. Cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. mp, median pouch of uterus externus; lp, lateral pouch of uterus externus. Scale lines: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 64–69. Hoplopholcus minotaurinus Senglet, 1971 (CJVK 2267). 64–65. Stridulatory ridges on male and female chelicerae. 66. Male palpal tarsal organ. 67. Left male cheliceral apophysis. 68–69. Cone-shaped hairs at tips of male cheliceral apophyses. Scale lines: 10 µm (66–69), 100 µm (64–65).

FIGURES 70–75. Hoplopholcus minotaurinus Senglet, 1971 (CJVK 2267). 70. Embolar sclerite with sperm duct opening (arrow). 30. Hair-like processes on embolar sclerite. 72. Male gonopore with epiandrous spigots. 73. Epigynum. 74–75. Male and female ALS. Scale lines: 10 µm (74), 20 µm (70, 75), 30 µm (71), 100 µm (72), 200 µm (73).