Zelotes plumiger (L. Koch, 1882)

Bosmans & Van Keer, 2012, On the spider species described by L. Koch in 1882 from the Balearic Islands (Araneae), Arachnologische Mitteilungen 43 (1), pp. 5-16 : 13

Zelotes plumiger (L. Koch, 1882)

( Fig. 36 )

Prosthesima plumigera L. Koch, 1882 : 630, pl. 20, figs 12, 13.

Type material

Holotype male of Prosthesima (= Zelotes ) plumigera from Spain, Baleares, Mallorca, Ses Prat de San Jordi , end of April, Schaufuss leg.; not examined, unavailable in ZMB .

Comments

According to KOCH (1882), this species measures 5 mm and the prosoma is brownish black, the abdomen yellowish brown, the legs reddish brown with red femora and the spinnerets yellowish brown. The prosoma is shiny, and covered with long, plumose hairs, hence presumably the specific name ‘ plumiger ’. Koch’s figure ( Fig. 36) shows a palp with the bulb tapering to the top, a terminal tooth (the embolus?) and a retrolateral, curved apophysis (terminal apophysis?). The affinities of the species are presently unknown, but most probably it does not belong in the genus Zelotes. Gnaphosa artaensis Wunderlich, 2011 from Mallorca has a very similar palp but there are not enough elements to consider it conspecific with Zelotes plumiger. Further investigation on the island could reveal the identity of Koch’s species.

Distribution

Only known from the type locality.

Figures

Figs. 24 - 38. Figs. 24 - 26: Ozyptila furcula L. Koch, 1882. 24. Male palp of Ozyptila furcula in KOCH (1882); 25. Male palp, ventral view; 26. Idem, lateral view. Figs. 27 - 28. Haplo- drassus parvicorpus (Roewer, 1951). 27. Male palp of Drassus parvulus in KOCH (1882). 28. Male palp of Haplodrassus parvicorpus, specimen from Tarifa. Figs. 29 - 35. Zelotes callidus (Simon, 1878). 29. Epigyne of Zelotes semirufus in KOCH (1882); 30. Epigyne of Zelotes callidus, specimen from Talavan; 31. Vulva; 32. Male palp of Zelotes callidus in SIMON (1914, fig. 298); 33. Male palp, detail; 34. Male palp, ventral view; 35. Male palp, lateral view; Fig. 36. Male palp of Zelotes plumiger L. Koch, 1882 in L. KOCH (1882). Figs. 37 - 38 Phlegra bresnieri (Lucas, 1846). 37. Male palp of Phlegra simoni in L. KOCH (1882); 38. Male palp of Phlegra bresnieri in METZNER (1999).