Pellenes bonus Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999

Coşar, İlhan & Erdek, Melek, 2021, Confirmation of Pellenes bonus (Araneae: Salticidae) in Turkey, Peckhamia 233 (1), pp. 1-5 : 2-3

Pellenes bonus Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999

Pellenes bonus Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999: 103 , f. 36-39 (Dm),

Pellenes bonus Mirshamsi et al., 2013: 118 , f. 5-6 (m),

Pellenes bonus Kovblyuk et al., 2016: 93 , f. 241-244 (m).

Material examined. 2♂, Turkey, Hakkari Province, Boybeyi Village, Dikilitaş Hamlet , 37˚47'06"N, 44˚04'48"E, 1812 m, 17.05 .2020, leg . M . Erdek.

Distribution. Ukraine (Crimea), Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan ( World Spider Catalog, 2021).

Description of male. Measurements: Total length 4.70. Prosoma 2.10 long, 1.15 wide, 0.95 high. Abdomen 2.0 long, 1.50 wide, 1.30 high. Ocular area 1.15 long. Sternum 0.80 long, 0.70 wide. Chelicerae 0.80 long, 0.45 wide. Eye diameter and inter-distances: AME: 0.35, ALE: 0.15, PME: 0.05, PLE: 0.15, AME-AME: 0.05, AME-ALE: 0.07, PME-PME: 1.10, PME-PLE: 0.25, PLE-ALE: 0.45. Leg formula III, I, IV, II. Lengths of legs: Leg I: Fe: 1.15, Pa: 0.60, Ti: 0.85, Mt: 0.60, Ta: 0.50, Total: 3.70; Leg II: Fe: 0.90, Pa: 0.45, Ti: 0.60, Mt: 0.40, Ta: 0.35, Total: 2.70; Leg III: Fe: 1.20, Pa: 0.65, Ti: 0.85, Mt: 0.60, Ta: 0.50, Total: 3.80; Leg IV: Fe: 1.0, Pa: 0.50, Ti: 0.70, Mt: 0.60, Ta: 0.50, Total: 3.30.

Prosoma dark brown, covered with dark hairs. PME with tufts of bristles posteriorly ( Figure 2 ). Clypeus narrow, light brown, densely covered with black and orange color hairs. AME surrounded by dense orange hairs. Chelicerae long, dark brown, with dark hairs ( Figure 5 ). Sternum yellowish-brown ( Figure 3 ). Abdomen dark brown, dorsally with a white longitudinal line, ventral yellowish gray and covered with white hairs ( Figure 2 ). Leg I dark brown, densely covered with dark hairs. Legs II-IV light brown and covered with dark hairs. Spinnerets yellowish-brown ( Figure 2 ). Pedipalp light brown with dark hairs. The tibia of the pedipalp with long dark hairs, and the patella with white long hairs. Cymbium protrudes by curving outwardly in the dorsal direction (shown with an arrow in Figures 14-15 ). The tip of this protrusion is toothed and there is another protrusion in the form of a hillock in the middle. Bulb broad and protruding outwardly. The embolus is narrowing towards the tip. Pedipalp as in Figures 6-15 .

Figures

Figures 2-5. Pellenes bonus Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999, male, habitus. 2, Dorsal view. 3, Ventral view. 4, Lateral view. 5, Frontal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figures 6-15. Pellenes bonus Logunov, Marusik & Rakov, 1999, male, pedipalp. 6-7, Retrolateral view. 8-9, Ventral view. 10-11, Prolateral view. 12-13, Dorso-retrolateral view. 14-15, Dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.