Tapinesthis inermis (Simon, 1882)

Oonops inermis Simon, 1882: 240 .

Tapinesthis inermis . – Simon 1914: 88, 90. — Kaston 1948: 61, Fgs 4–6. — Kraus 1967: 382, Fgs 1–10. — Heimer & Nentwig 1991: 52, Fg. 110. — Lazarov, Deltshev & Blagoev 2001: 8, Fgs 5–6. — Trotta 2005: 170, Fgs 369–370. — Van Keer 2006: 36, Fg. 3. — Korenko, Rezác & Pekár 2007: 6, Fgs 1–3. — Saaristo & Marusik 2009: 64, Fgs 11–14, 23, 27. — Le Peru 2011: 307, Fg. 537.

Material examined

Lectotype (here designated)

♀, Oonops inermis E.S. [= E. Simon], Gall. m. [= Gallia mediterranea?], MNHN AR1468 pars (PBI OON 6262 pars) .

Paralectotypes

2 ƋƋ, Oonops inermis E.S. [= E. Simon], Gall. m. [= Gallia mediterranea?], MNHN AR1468 pars (PBI OON 6262 pars, PBI OON 6263) .

Other material

BELGIUM: Antwerpen, Turnhout, forest remnant, under liana, 27 m, 51.31666° N, 4.93333° E, 19 Oct. 2006, H. De Coninck, 5 ƋƋ, RBINS I.G.32708 pars (PBI OON 8123 pars) , 3 ♀♀, RBINS I.G.32708 pars (PBI OON 8123 pars) . Namur, Marche-les-Dames, 50.48250° N, 4.94917° E, 25 May 2010, A. Henrard, 1 ♀, RBINS I.G.32708 pars (PBI OON 33267) ; Marche-les-Dames, understory, litter among ivy, 50.48250° N, 4.94917° E, 7 Aug. 2011, A. Henrard, 1 Ƌ, RBINS I.G.32708 pars (PBI OON 33564) .

CZECH REPUBLIC: Zlínský Kraj, Lhota u Vsetina, Lhotské Paseky Sklep, building, 545 m, 49.324528° N, 17.936269° E, 8 Aug. 2010, coll. Andrěj Mácháč, det. Jørgen Lissner, 1 Ƌ (leg. J. Lissner, collection (V), 6821) (PBI OON 32902) .

Description

Male (PBI OON 33564)

As for the genus except as noted. Total length 2.02.

Female (PBI OON 6262)

As male except as noted. Total length 2.21.

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland (after Le Peru 2011, extended).

Remarks

It was the count de Dalmas (1916), and then Kaston (1948), who pointed out that the specimen mentioned in Emerton’s note on the New England spiders (Emerton 1909) was not Orchestina saltitans but Tapinesthis inermis . This single specimen is the only one ever recorded from the United States and was found in the cellar of the Boston Society of Natural History building, probably hidden in a package shipped from Europe to the Society (Kaston 1948). The mention ‘introduced in USA’ is therefore not valid as no further specimens were found, which indicates that no viable population of this species persists in the USA.