Harpactea ice Komnenov & Chatzaki

Marjan Komnenov, Eva Pitta, Konstantina Zografou & Maria Chatzaki, 2016, Discovering the still unexplored arachnofauna of the National Park of Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli, NE Greece: a taxonomic review with description of new species, Zootaxa 4096 (1), pp. 1-66 : 20

Harpactea ice Komnenov & Chatzaki sp. n.

Figs 42–46

Type material. Holotype: male ( NHMC, FC 12160), Dadia National Park, field crops, site 6, 02– 25.07.2011, leg. K. Zografou. Paratypes: Site 4 (c: 1 ♂). Other material examined: Site 6 (a: 16 ♂).

Etymology. The first author is honored to dedicate this new species to his brother Ivica ( Ice ) Komnenov, hence noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. Harpactea ice sp. n. is closely related to Harpactea camenarum Brignoli, 1977 and Harpactea sturanyi ( Nosek, 1905) . From H. camenarum it differs by smaller, narrower bulbus (larger, wider in H. camenarum ), sharper tip of the embolus (blunt in H. camenarum ) and proportions of apical elements (conductor, embolus, accessory apophysis) and from H. sturanyi by the shape of the apical part of the buld extension ( Figs 42– 46 ).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 4.88; carapace 2.55 long, 1.83 wide. Cephalic region 1.14 wide. Abdomen 2.47 long, 1.25 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.12, PME 0.09, PLE 0.11, AME-AME 0.07, AME-PLE 0.01, PME-PME 0.01, PME-PLE 0.03. Distance between AME greater than their diameter. Clypeus 0.08 long. Chelicerae 1.12 long, 0.42 wide. Retromargin with 2 small teeth, one tooth on its middle part and another one on its base. Promargin with 2 teeth of equal size, close to each other, at base of groove, larger than those at retromargin. Labium length more than twice its width. Sternum 1.52 long, 1.17 wide, with sparse long brown hairs towards the margin. Carapace, maxillae, labium and sternum orange-brown. Legs orange. Abdomem whitish grey. Leg measurements and leg spination are given in Tables 10 and 11 . Palp as in Figs 42–46 . Bulbus trapezoid with almost linear edges in retrolateral view; embolus transverse with respect to the bulbus, short, semicircular, with a tiny keel at its middle; conductor projected almost perpendicularly to the embolus, in size almost half of the embolus length; accessory apophysis small, situated between origin of embolus and conductor, tip of accessory apophysis positioned above the tip of conductor.

Female unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in NE-Greece ( Fig. 1 ). Chorotype: Probably Greek endemic.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map of the study area with sampling sites indicated on the largest zoom.

FIGURES 42 – 46. Harpactea ice sp. n. male holotype. 42, 45 palp, retrolateral view; 43, 46 same, prolateral view; 44 same, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (42 – 44); 0.1