Alioranus pastoralis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2013, On linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from Israel, Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (1), pp. 101-124 : 102

Alioranus pastoralis (O. P.- Cambridge, 1872)

MATERIAL: 4 Ƌ, 1 ♀ + 2 Ƌ + 1 Ƌ + 2 Ƌ; ISRAEL, environs of Eshkolot (31º23’41.6”N 34º54’11.9”E), pitfall traps; 13.-18.I.2007; leg. I. Shtirberg. – 24 Ƌ, 1 ♀ ( MHNG); Upper Galilee , environs of En Ya’aqov (33º0’27.5”N 35º14’20.0”E), pitfall trap 2; 19.-24.I.2007; leg. I. Shtirberg. – 20 Ƌ; same, pitfall traps; 26.XI.-1.XII.2006; leg. I. Shtirberg. – 1 Ƌ; same, pitfall trap 11; 14.-19.I.2007; leg. I. Shtirberg. – 2 Ƌ; Upper Galilee , Mt Meron, Meron Field Station (33º0’3.12”N 35º25’41.52”E); 2.IV.2011 ; T. Levanony. – 5 Ƌ + 1 Ƌ + 1 Ƌ; same; 5.-12.IV.2007; leg. T. Levanony. – 5 Ƌ; Upper Galilee , Mt Meron, Ziv’on; 2.IV.2011 ; T. Levanony. – 1 ♀; Adullam Nature Park ; 20.III.2008; leg. O. Skutetsky. – 1 Ƌ + 1 Ƌ; ca 10 km SW of Bait She’an, Gilboa , pitfall trap 5; 23.IV.2010; leg. C. Drees & L. Friedman. – 1 Ƌ; 8 km SE of Beit-Shemesh, environs of Matta (31º42’47.8”N 35º3’56.0”E), pitfall trap 13C; 13.-18.I.2007; leg. I. Shtirberg. – 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀; ca 10 km SSW of Beit-Shemesh, Adullam Nature Park , pitfall traps; III.2003 ; U. Columbus & T. Levanony. – 1 Ƌ; south shore of Lake Kinneret near Deganya; 26.IV.2010; leg. C. Drees & L. Friedman.

PREVIOUS RECORDS: In Israel this species was hitherto known from Mt Tabor

(type locality) (O. P.- Cambridge, 1872) and Beer Sheva ( Pluess et al., 2008).