Cybaeodes avolensis, new species

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TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken in pitfall traps at Cava Grande di Avola, Siracusa, Sicily, Italy (Sept. 6-Oct. 12, 1989; A. Adomo), deposited in MCSN .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name refers to the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males of this species can be recognized by the combined presence of an irregularly shaped palpal tibia, a small tibial apophysis, and a short embolar projection (Figs. 15, 16); females can be recognized by wide, straight, sclerotized anterior epigynal ridge and two posterolateral tubercules (Fig. 17).

MALE: Total length 4.44. Carapace 1.92 long, 1.51 wide. Femur 11 1.67 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.05, PME 0.07, PLE 0.06; AME-AME 0.04, AME- ALE 0.02, PME-PME 0.09, PME-PLE 0.07, ALE-PLE 0.05; MOQ length 0.18, front width 0.18, back width 0.23. Leg spination: femora: II rO-0- 1; IV p0-0-1; tibiae II p0-1-0, v2-2 - 2. Median apophysis long, thick, pointed, curved distally (Fig. 15); retrolateral tibial apophysis small (Fig. 16).

FEMALE: Total length 4.07. Carapace 1.85 long, 1.44 wide. Femur 11 1.30 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.06, PME 0.05, PLE 0.05; AME-AME 0.06, AME- ALE 0.04, PME-PME 0.09, PME-PLE 0.09, ALE-PLE 0.06; MOQ length 0.18, front width 0.16, back width 0.20. Leg spination: femora: II rO-0-1; IV p0-0-1; tibiae II vl-3-3. Epigynum with wide anterior epigynal ridge (Fig. 17); vulva with large anterior saclike spermathecae and coiled median ducts (Fig. 18).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: ITALY: Sicily: Siracusa: Cava Grande di Avola, pitfall traps, Sept. 6.-Nov. 15, 1989 (UC, AMNH), 76; Vendicari ( Noto), pitfall traps, Sept. 18- Nov. 18, 1984 (UC), 36 .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Sicily.