Nemastoma bidentatum gruberi, Novak & Novak & Kozel & Schaider & Komposch & Lipovšek & Podlesnik & Paušič & Raspotnig, 2021

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 : 44

Nemastoma bidentatum gruberi ssp. nov. × N. bidentatum martensi ssp. nov. × N. bidentatum schmidti ssp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Typical male hybrids are characterized by Ch-Apo with nearly symetrically convex ventro-anterior margin and straight posterior margin, and club-shaped, robust Pa-Fe with five simple, more or less equidistant ventral Pa-Fe spines in the frontal half, and Pa-Ti with small dorsal hump.

Material examined

SLOVENIA – VL09 • 2 ♂♂; Ozeljan; 17 Apr. 2002; B. Drovenik and A. Pirnat leg. (218/2011, rev. 2017); PMSL. – VL26 • 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Laže, Razdrto; 1 Oct. 2011; L. Slana Novak and T. Novak leg. (358/2011, rev. 2017); 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).