Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)

Isaia, Marco, Paschetta, Mauro & Chiarle, Alberto, 2015, Annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation “ Alpi Marittime ” (NW Italy), Zoosystema 37 (1), pp. 57-114 : 75-76

Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)

NEW DATA. — Entracque : Gias degli Isterpis , Vallone Gesso della Barra, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1368 m, 23. V.2010, 2♀ ; Valdieri : pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; same locality, 11.VII-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂, 2♀ ; same locality, 29. VI.2009, 1♂, 2♀ .

LITERATURE. — Martinotti (1968); ( Brignoli (1971, 1972, 1975, 1985); Bologna & Vigna Taglianti (1985); Lana et al. (2003); Arnò & Lana (2005); Isaia et al. (2011).

CHOROTYPE. — EUR.

MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, caves, riparian habitats.

Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) ( Fig. 6 )

NEW DATA. — Entracque : Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea , 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 5♂, 8♀ (MRSN) ; pathway to Gorge della Reina , shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea , 900 m, 16.IX.2011, 3♂ (MRSN) ; Trinità di Entraque , Vallone Bousset, beech forest, 1000-1200 m, 15. VI.2009, 1♂ (beating tray) ; Vallone del Bousset , Torrente Bousset, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♂, 3♀ ; Valdieri : Desertetto, grassland, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 5♂, 6♀ (MRSN) ; path-

way to Pian del Valasco , beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♂, 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco , Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 29. VI.2009, 1♀ ; Vernante : Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 22.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè , Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 2♂, 1♀ .

LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966); Lambiase et al. (2007).

CHOROTYPE. — OLA.

MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, shrublands, riparian habitats.

Tetragnatha montana

Simon, 1874

NEW DATA. — Entracque : Gorge della Reina, stream banks, 900- 1200 m, 27.V.2011, 1♂ ; Tetti Violin , grassland with bushes, 900- 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 3♂, 3♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Valdieri : Sant’Anna di Valdieri, stone wall, 1200 m, 21.VII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN), leg. F. La Pietra & L. Picciau.

CHOROTYPE. — PAL.

MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands, riparian habitats.

NOTES. — New record for the study area.

Figures

FIG. 6. — Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) (Tetragnathidae), Entracque, Gorge della Reina. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2011).