Plexippus strandi Spassky, 1939

Prószyński, Jerzy, 2017, Remarks on the genus Plexippus C. L. Koch, 1846 (Araneae: Salticidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 13, pp. 39-69 : 66

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2017.13.5

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/196587F4-FFED-FFE3-FD9F-FF6AFE8AFA34

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scientific name

Plexippus strandi Spassky, 1939
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Plexippus strandi Spassky, 1939 View in CoL

Figures 4H, K View Figure 4 , 5 I-I1, K-K1, 6E-F, 7D, E, 9F-H, N-P, V-W

Plexippus strandi Spassky, 1939b: 299 View in CoL , f. 1-2 (Dmf).

Plexippus strandi Andreeva, 1969: 90 View in CoL , f. 2 (mf).

Plexippus strandi Prószyński, 1976: 156 View in CoL , f. 281 (m)

Plexippus coccineus Nenilin, 1985a: 132 View in CoL (not documented synonymy!).

Plexippus coccineus Wesolowska, 1996: 36 View in CoL , f. 25A-C, 26A-C (mf) = P. strandi Spassky, 1939 View in CoL syn. n.

Plexippus coccineus Metzner, 1999: 136 View in CoL , f. 100a-j (mf) (female epigyne copied from Wesolowska (1996: 36, f. 26A-C) = P. strandi View in CoL from Turkmenistan, male palp and body belong to different species).

Plexippus setipes Prószyński 1973: 120-122 View in CoL , f. 64-66 only (= P. cf. strandi View in CoL )).

Documentation studied. Summary of world's literature provided by "Monograph of Salticidae View in CoL ( Araneae ) of the World 1995-2016. Part I & 2" by Prószyński (2016 a, b) and current literature.

Diagnosis. Unique character separating male P. strandi from all remaining species is dark (black?) and thick transverse belt in anterior abdomen, immediately behind anterior white area, separated posteriorly by light transverse belt at beginning of light median streak ( Fig 9 View Figure 9 F-H). Female has similar abdominal pattern. Male has also a pair of dark spots on thoracal slope. Other characters are less clear cut - excessive prolateral swelling of embolar basis seems to be bigger and somewhat more anterior, embolus is shorter and thinner ( Figs 9 View Figure 9 V-W) but that is comparable with several other Plexippus , a result of slight change of proportions. Epigyne ( Fig. 9O View Figure 9 , 6 E-F) has centrally located pocket and relatively short ducts, with bulging armature of pheromone exuding opening, but it resembles variety of similarly developed structures in related species, the constancy of that character has not been checked.

Uncertain species from Krasnovodsk and Lenkoran. Prószyński 1971: 120-122, f. 61-63 illustrated epigyne of two specimens of Plexippus “ setipes ”, found in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, mounted in permanent slides by F. Dahl, l from Lenkoran ( Azerbaijan) and Krasnovodsk ( Turkmenistan). These are resembling superficially epigyne of P. setipes , but are much closer to P. strandi by shorter ducts and prominent bulge of armature of pheromone exuding opening ( Figs. 5 K-K1 and 9P). These are classified provisionally as P. cf. strandi because final identification without knowing habitus appearance of specimens is not possible.

Distribution. Described from Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, its occurrence in Greece is mistake due to substitution of redrawn Turkmenistan specimen epigyne into plate illustrating Greek species ( Metzner (1999: 136, f. 100a-j, see Figs 5 I-I1) however matching male has entirely different abdominal color pattern ( Fig. 7D View Figure 7 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Plexippus

Loc

Plexippus strandi Spassky, 1939

Prószyński, Jerzy 2017
2017
Loc

Plexippus coccineus

Metzner, H. 1999: 136
Wesolowska, W. 1996: 36
1999
Loc

Plexippus coccineus

Wesolowska, W. 1996: 36
1996
Loc

Plexippus strandi Prószyński, 1976: 156

Proszynski J. 1976: 156
1976
Loc

Plexippus setipes Prószyński 1973: 120-122

Proszynski J. 1973: 122
1973
Loc

Plexippus strandi

Andreeva, E. M. 1969: 90
1969
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