Leptodrassus albidus Simon, 1914

Levy, Gershom, 2009, New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel, Zootaxa 2066, pp. 1-49 : 8

Leptodrassus albidus Simon, 1914

Figs 15, 16

Leptodrassus albidus Simon, 1914: 142 , figs 255–257, ♂Ψ type material from France and Spain, not examined. Dalmas, 1919: 244, figs 3, 4, ♂Ψ; Chatzaki, Thaler & Mylonas, 2002a: 589, figs 64, 65, 72, ♂Ψ.

Description. Females, in general, resemble L. femineus but are much larger. Adult males have not yet been collected in Israel.

Female. Measurements (3ΨΨ): total length 4.3–4.5; carapace length 1.5–2.0, width 1.1–1.5, index 1.3–1.4; labial index 0.80–0.82; clypeal index 1.0; MOQ index 6.0–6.1; legs length: I 4.0–5.5, II 3.5–5.0, III 3.0–4.2, IV 4.7–6.3; patella-tibia index 1.5–1.9.

Epigynum . Large oval, bicolored scape covers greater part of epigynal plate but not the spermathecae ( Fig. 15 ); spermathecal structures in dorsal inner view as in Fig. 16 .

Diagnosis. Based on female. The shape of the large oval scape and the form of the spermathecal structures are distinctive characters that clearly distinguish L. albidus from all other Leptodrassus species.

Distribution. Spain to Crete, Israel - new record. Records. Israel: Sedot Mikha , Adullam , Lakhish .

Figures

FIGURES 15, 16. Leptodrassus albidus Simon, 1914, Ψ. 15. Epigynum, ventral view. 16. Spermathecae, dorsal (inner) view.