Aulonia kratochvili Dunin, Buchar & Absolon, 1986

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

Aulonia kratochvili Dunin, Buchar & Absolon, 1986 ( Figures 3a‒c )

Aulonia kratochvili Dunin et al., 1986: 28 , f. 1‒7 (♂♀); Kronestedt 1997: 77, f. 1‒2 (♂). Material (only selected localities are shown) . ISRAEL: Eastern Galilee: Lake Hula, 8.iv.2010 (L. Friedman & C. Drees) – 6♂ ( TAU) ; Jordan Valley: 1.iv.1943 (A. Shulov) – 1♀ ( TAU) ; Central Coastal Plain: Berekhat Ya’ar , 4.iv.2010 (L. Friedman & C. Drees) – 11♂ 7♀ ( TAU) ; Nahal Poleg (32°15.5’N 34°50.3’E), 18.iii.2013 – 1♀ ( TAU ). Comments. This species was previously known from Greece to western Turkmenistan ( Mikhailov 2013; WSC 2015). It is very easily distinguished from other lycosid genera in Israel because of the characteristic habitus, pattern, the huge tegular apophysis of the males ( Figs 3 a-b) and the very hairy epigyne lacking fovea ( Fig. 3c ). Aulonia kratochvili was not previously reported from Israel. The record from Nahal Poleg is the southernmost in the entire range.

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Figure 3. Aulonia kratochvili from Azerbaijan. – a. male palp, ventral; b. bulbus, anterior; c. epigyne, ventral. Scale = 0.1 mm.