Cybaeodes molara (Roewer)

Platnick & Di Franco, 1992, On The Relationships of the Spider Genus Cybaeodes (Araneae, Dionycha), American Museum Novitates 3053, pp. 1-9 : 7-8

Cybaeodes molara (Roewer) ,

new combination

Figures 11-14

Cerrutia molara Roewer, 1960: 88 ( holotype female and allotype male from Cozzo S. Croce , Grotta Molara, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, in Natur- Museum Senckenberg, examined ).

DIAGNOSIS: Males differ from those of C. marinae in having a much wider embolar base (compare Figs. 11, 12 with Di Franco, 1989: fig. 2); the rectangular shape of the epigynum clearly differs from that of the other known females (compare Figs. 13, 14 with Di Franco, 1989: figs. 3, 5, 6).

MALE: Total length 6.24. Carapace 2.78 long, 2.04 wide. Femur 11 2.59 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.04, ALE 0.07, PME 0.05, PLE 0.07; AME-AME 0.08, AME- ALE 0.09, PME-PME 0.16, PME-PLE 0.13, ALE-PLE 0.07; MOQ length 0.18, front width 0. 10, back width 0.23. Leg spination: femora: I dl-1-1; II dl-1-1, pl-1-1, rO- 1-0; III, IV rl- 1-1; tibia II p0-1-1, v2-3 -3. Palp with large median apophysis pointed and curved distally, wide embolar base with small peak on its anterior ridge, short embolar projection in front of second small, mediodorsally curved projection; retrolateral tibial apophysis longer and thicker than in C. marinae ( Figs. 11, 12 ).

FEMALE: Total length 7.02. Carapace 3.33 long, 2.59 wide. Femur 11 2.96 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.04, ALE 0.08, PME 0.05, PLE 0.09; AME-AME 0. 10, AME- ALE 0.1 1, PME-PME 0.23, PME-PLE 0.23, ALE-PLE 0. 12; MOQ length 0.20, front width 0.18, back width 0.27. Leg spination: femora: I, II dl-l-l; III, IV rl-l-l; tibia II pO-1-1, vlp-3-2. Epigynum with large anterior ridge and posterolateral v-shaped ridges surrounding two small invaginations ( Fig. 13 ); vulva with two large tubular and curved median spermathecae and small paramedian ducts ( Fig. 14 ).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Only the types.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Sicily.

Figures

Figs. 11-14. Cybaeodes molara (Roewer). 11. Left male palp, ventral view. 12. Same, retrolateral view. 13. Epigynum, ventral view. 14. Same, dorsal view.