Gnaphosa rasnitsyni Marusik, 1993

Marusik, Yuri M. & Omelko, Mikhail M., 2014, A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 3. On new and poorly known Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804, Zootaxa 3894 (1) : -

Gnaphosa rasnitsyni Marusik, 1993

Figs 49–56 , Map 1.

Gnaphosa rasnitsyni Marusik, 1993: 79 , figs 4–6 (♀).

Material examined. MONGOLIA: 2♀, Bayanhkogor Aimag, Bogd Somon, Ikh-Bogd Mt. range, Khar-Obot Mt., 44°54’N 100°34’E, 2500 m, 4–6.06.1997 (Yu.M. Marusik).

Comments. Specimens examined were collected close to the type locality. They differ considerably in body size ( Figs 52 & 56 ) and in size of the epigyne (cf. Figs 49 & 53 ). So far this species is known from Bayankhongor ( Marusik 1993; Marusik & Logunov 1999) and Central Aimags of Mongolia ( Marusik & Logunov 2006).

Figures

FIGURES 46 – 56. Epigynes and habitus of Gnaphosa kansuensis (46 – 48) and G. rasnitsyni (49 – 56). 46, 49, 53 intact epigyne, ventral; 47, 50, 54 epigyne after maceration, ventral; 48, 51, 55 epigyne, dorsal; 52, 56 female habitus, dorsal. 49 – 52 — large specimen; 53 – 56 — small specimen. 49 and 53, 52 and 56 at the same scale. Scale = 0.2 mm if not otherwise indicated.