Harpactea algarvensis Ferrández, 1990

Řezáč, Milan, Cardoso, Pedro & Řezáčová, Veronika, 2023, Review of Harpactea ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae: Dysderidae) of Portugal, Zootaxa 5263 (3), pp. 335-364 : 342-343

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scientific name	Harpactea algarvensis Ferrández, 1990
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Harpactea algarvensis Ferrández, 1990 View in CoL

( Fig. 1J View FIGURE 1 , 2J View FIGURE 2 , 3J View FIGURE 3 , 5B View FIGURE 5 , 8D View FIGURE 8 , 9 View FIGURE 9 )

H. algarvensis Ferrández 1990: 32 View in CoL , fig. 1A–B (description based on male); Le Peru 2011: 263, fig. 379 (♁, redrawn from Ferrández 1990).

Material. Type material was not examined.

New material. S. Bras de Alportel, Fonte da Taipa , 37.203, -7.963, Quercus suber forest and Pinus monoculture, 9 ♁♁, 19 ♀♀, 12 April 2005, 1 ♁, 9 November 2005, 25 ♁♁, 42 ♀♀, 31 March–1 April 2013, leg. M. Řezáč, coll. Crop Research Institute, Prague GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. The males are similar to H. minoccii , H. subiasi , H. magnibulbi sp. nov. and H. korenkoi sp. nov. They differ by relatively longer, markedly flattened embolus. The vulva is of the type algarvensis . In contrast to the vulva of H. minoccii and H. subiasi it is reduced, without paired posterior spermathecae, small and only slightly sclerotised ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 ). In contrast to vulvae of H. tavirensis and H. crespoi sp. nov. the anterior arc is sclerotised (slightly though), it constitutes two pockets on sides of the median rod ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 fro.).

Description. The female has not been known so far. The somatic characters are as in males. The vulva is relatively small, only slightly sclerotised. Posterior diverticle is absent. Anterior arc is of rectangular shape in dorsal view, the sclerotised median rod is short.Anteriorly there are two lobes of whitish tissue connected to the anterior arc.

Ecology. It was found in humid leaf litter in shaded Quercus forests or Pinus monocultures. Females were found with eggs (Range = 12–68, mean = 27, SD = 15, N = 20) in April. The presence of independent juveniles in early spring suggests a two-year life cycle.

Distribution. It occurs in southern Portugal (Ferrandez 1990: 37, fig. 3; Machado & Ferrandez 1991: 58, fig. 8).