Maculoncus parvipalpus Wunderlich, 1995

Zonstein, Sergei, Marusik, Yuri & Omelko, Mikhail, 2015, A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae), Zoology in the Middle East 61 (4), pp. 372-385 : 374

Maculoncus parvipalpus Wunderlich, 1995 ( Figures 1a‒d )

Maculoncus parvipalpus Wunderlich, 1995: 647, f. 12‒19 (♂♀)

Material. ISRAEL: Haifa, 31.xii.2010 ( YM) – 1♀ ( ZMMU)

Comments. This species was previously only known from Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula and Naxos Island) ( Wunderlich, 1995). It can be easily recognised by the pattern on carapace ( Figs 1 a-b) and abdomen ( Fig1 1a, c ), long hairs covering the abdomen ( Fig. 1a ) and the shape of the copulatory organs. It was recorded in Israel for the first time. Haifa is the south-easternmost record of M. parvipalpis .

Figures

Figure 1. Female of Maculoncus parvipalpus (a ‒ d) and expanded male palp of Ero flammeola (e ‒ g). – a. habitus, lateral; b. prosoma, anterior; c. abdomen, dorsal; d. epigyne, ventral; e. dorsal; f. lateral; g. ventral. Scale = 0.2 mm if not otherwise indicated.