Gnaphosa kansuensis Schenkel, 1936

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 kansuensis Schenkel, 1936

Figs 46–48 , Map 3.

Gnaphosa kansuensis: Ovtsharenko et al. 1992: 34 , figs 119–124 (♂♀); Song et al. 1999: 449, figs 261H, J (♂♀); Song et al. 2004: 102, figs 57A–D (♂♀).

For complete synonym listing and references see Platnick (2014).

Material examined. RUSSIA: Amur Area: 1♀ ( ZMMU), Selemdzhinskiy District, Norskiy Reserve, Nora River near Meunskiy Kordon, mosses and plant debris among Carex spp., Eriophorum spp., Poaceae with Sphagnum spp. etc. along swampy road to Dlinnoe Lake, 13.07.2005 (A. Ryvkin).

Comments. This species was previously known from Central China (Gansu) to Maritime Province and south to Yunnan. The present record extends the known range to the Amur area, or 8° to the north. In support of our record, we provide figures of the female.

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.