Cybaeodes sardus, Platnick & Di Franco, 1992

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

Cybaeodes sardus , new species

Figures 25, 26

TYPES: Female holotype taken at an elevation of 550 m in the Parco Laconi , Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy (Oct. 1, 1963; P. Alicata), deposited in MCSN .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name refers to the type locality.

DiAGNOSIS: Females of this species can be recognized by the wide, straight, sclerotized anterior epigynal ridge and the two posterolateral epigynal ridges ( Fig. 25 ).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 3.33. Carapace 1.48 long, 1.30 wide. Femur 11 1.30 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.04, ALE 0.05, PME 0.05, PLE 0.05; AME-AME 0.02, AME- ALE 0.01, PME-PME 0.07, PME-PLE 0.06, ALE-PLE 0.07; MOQ length 0.14, front width 0. 14, back width 0. 18. Leg spination: femora: I pO-O- 1; II pO-0-0; III pO-0-0, rO-0-0; IV pO- 0-1, rO-O-l; tibiae II vl-2-1. Epigynum with wide, straight anterior ridge ( Fig. 25 ); vulva with large lateral spermathecae and median curved ducts ( Fig. 26 ).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Sardinia.

Figures

Figs. 23-26. 23, 24. Cybaeodes marinae Di Franco. 25, 26. C. sardus, new species. 23. Left male palp, ventral view. 24. Same, retrolateral view. 25. Epigynum, ventral view. 26. Epigynum, dorsal view.