Brachythele langourovi Lazarov, 2005

Dimitrov, Dragomir & Zonstein, Sergei, 2022, A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, Zootaxa 5159 (4), pp. 583-592 : 586-587

Brachythele langourovi Lazarov, 2005

Figs 10–12

B. langourovi Lazarov, 2005: 189 , figs 1–5.

B. langourovi: Le Peru, 2011: 88 , fig. 42.

B. langourovi: Naumova, Hristovski & Hristov, 2016: 505 , fig 2B.

Material examined. 1 male paratype, Bulgaria, Struma valley , 2 km south of Kamenitsa vill., deciduous forest ( Quercus coccifera ), 5.04– 9.05.2002, S. Lazarov leg. ( NMNHS) . 1 male, North Macedonia, Scopje (Üsküb, as labelled), no other data ( SMF 3482 a) .

Diagnosis (partial, male). Males are morphologically similar to those of B. bentzieni Zonstein, 2007 and B. rhodopensis sp. n. by having an embolic keel, but can be distinguished by the thin, curved embolic portion ( Figs 10, 12 ) vs. more massive in B. rhodopensis sp. n. ( Figs 7–9 , 13–15 ) and straighter in B. bentzieni ( Figs 26–27 ).

Description. See Lazarov (2005).

Distribution. Previously known only from Bulgaria ( World Spider Catalog 2022), and here reported from North Macedonia for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 7–12. Brachythele rhodopensis sp. n., holotype male, palp (7–9) and Brachythele langourovi, paratype, male, palp (10–12). 7, 10 prolateral; 8, 11 ventral; 9, 12 retrolateral. Scale 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 13–15. Brachythele rhodopensis sp. n., holotype male, palp. 13 prolateral; 14 ventral; 15 retrolateral. T—tegulum; E—embolus; K—embolic keel. Scale 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 26–27. Brachythele bentzieni, male palp. 26 ventral; 27 retrolateral. Scale 0.5 mm.