Nemastoma bidentatum bidentatum Roewer, 1914

Novak, Tone, Novak, Ljuba Slana, Kozel, Peter, Schaider, Miriam Gudrun, Komposch, Christian, Lipovšek, Saška, Podlesnik, Jan, Paušič, Igor & Raspotnig, Günther, 2021, Hidden diversity within the Nemastoma bidentatum Roewer, 1914 complex (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae) Part I: Morphological evidence, European Journal of Taxonomy 777, pp. 1-67 : 42

Nemastoma bidentatum bidentatum Roewer, 1914 × N. bidentatum schmidti ssp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Typically, males with narrow quarter moon-like, apically bifid Ch-Apo, ~2.4 times as high as wide, with wide, inconspicuous apical pinnacle posteriorly, and Pa-Fe ~ intermediate between both subspecies.

Material examined

SLOVENIA – VM44 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Gromov rob , Jelendol, Tržič; 23 Aug. 2017; T. Novak leg. ( GR 5339 , GR 5338 ); PMSL. – WM06 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Mt. Košenjak ; 27 Sep. 1981; T. Novak leg. (520/1981, rev. 2018); PMSL • 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; ibid.; 14 Aug. 2012; T. Novak leg. ( GR 3784 , GR 3799 , GR 3800 , GR 3826 , GR 3830 , GR 3832 ); PMSL • 2 ♀♀; ibid.; 24 Aug. 2012; T. Novak leg. (153/2012, rev. 2018); PMSL • 1 ♂; Sv. Simon, Pernice ; 18 Aug. 2005; T. Novak leg. (66b/2005, rev. 2018); PMSL • 7 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; Sv. Urban, Kozji vrh nad Dravogradom ; 24 Sep. 2005; L. Slana Novak and T. Novak leg. (127/2005, rev. 2019); PMSL • 3 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀; ibid.; 9 Aug. 2017; S. Lipovšek and T. Novak leg. ( GR M1021 , GR M1024 , GR M1025 , GR M1027 , GR M1033 , GR M1035 − GR M1039 ); PMSL .

Figures

Fig. 3. Distributional areas of six subspecies (circles) and hybrids (triangles, squares) within the Nemastoma bidentatum Roewer, 1914 in Slovenia and adjacent regions. Note that many localities overlap on the map.

Fig. 9. Nemastoma bidentatum Roewer, 1914 complex, ♂♂. Variation of the Ch basal article (medial view) in species, subspecies and hybrids.

Fig. 10. Nemastoma bidentatum Roewer, 1914 complex, ♂♂. Variation of the Pa-Fe (A–B first image, C, D–E first image, F–G first image; H–J, L–M right, N–O: lateral view; the others in dorso-medial view to show the armament).