Pardosa aenigmatica Tongiorgi, 1966

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 : 377

Pardosa aenigmatica Tongiorgi, 1966 ( Figure 2g )

Pardosa aenigmatica Tongiorgi, 1966: 304, f. 127 (♀); Tongiorgi, 1968: 108, pl. II, f. 1‒3 (♂)

Material. ISRAEL: Golan Heights: 1 km N Merom Golan , 33°08.5’N 35°46.3’E, 950 m, 14.v.2012 (SZ) – 2♀ ( TAU) ; Judean Hills: Adullam Nat. Park , 30.iii.2008 (O. Skutelski) – 1♀ ( TAU) .

Comments. Until recently, it was known only from northern Italy, Turkey and southern Azerbaijan ( WSC, 2015; Otto, 2014). This species was not previously recorded from Israel, and the current records are the southernmost in the range. The shape of the epigyne ( Fig. 2g ) and the male palp indicate that P. aenigmatica is not related to P. alacris (C.L. Koch, 1833) , the type species of the genus, and most likely represents a separate genus.

Figures

Figure 2. Habitus and copulatory organs of Agroeca parva (a ‒ f), Pardosa aenigmatica (g, from Azerbaijan) and Hogna ferox (h ‒ i, holotype of Tarentula iaffa). Scale = 0.2 mm if not otherwise indicated. – a. male habitus, dorsal; b ‒ c. male palp, ventral and retrolateral; d, i. female habitus, dorsal; e. epigyne, dorsal; f ‒ h. epigyne, ventral. Scale = 0.2 mm if not otherwise indicated.