Hersiliola versicolor ( Blackwall, 1865 )

Marusik, Yuri & Fet, Victor, 2009, A survey of East Palaearctic Hersiliola Thorell, 1870 (Araneae, Hersiliidae), with a description of three new genera, ZooKeys 16 (16), pp. 75-114 : 83

Hersiliola versicolor ( Blackwall, 1865)

Fig. 7 .1 Hersilia v. Blackwall, 1865: 81 (D ♀).

H. v.: Simon 1893: 445.

H. v.: Foord and Dippenaar-Schoeman 2005: 261, f. 4A-D (♀).

Material examined: A slide of an epigyne ( SMF, from the H. Wiehle collection) from “Kapeverde, Maio ” [= Cape Verde Islands, Maio Island]. Identified as H. simoni .

Diagnosis. H. versicolor is similar to H. simoni , but differs from it by the shape of the median plate of the epigyne, which is much higher and has a wider septum.

Description. Redescribed by Foord and Dippenaar-Schoeman (2005).

Comments. This species is known from females only. The shape of the median plate illustrated by Foord and Dippenaar-Schoeman (2005: fig. 4A ) appears to be misinterpreted, judging from the figure of the vulva, and from the specimen (a slide of the epigyne) examined by us. Black dots on their fig. 4A and on our Fig. 7.1 seem to correspond to accessory glands. On the slide, glands seem to be displaced due to pressure from the cover glass.

Distribution. Known only from the Cape Verde Islands.

Figures

Figure 4. Retrolateral view of the male palp of Hersiliola macullulata (Ι), H. simoni (2), H. sternbergsi sp. n. (3), H. esyunini sp. n. (4), Duninia baehrae sp. n. (5), Deltshevia danovi sp. n. (6), D. gromovi sp. n. (7), and Ovtsharenkoia pallida (8). Scale = 0.5 mm.

Figure 7. Epigynes of Hersiliola versicolor (1), Hersiliola sp. (2), H. lindbergi sp. n. (3, 6), H. afghanica (4-5), H. sternbergsi sp. n. (7-9), H. esyunini sp. n. (10-12), and H. foordi sp. n. (13-14). 1-8, 10-11, 13-14 ventral 9, 12 dorsal. Scale = 0.5 mm.