Tegenaria regispyrrhi, BRIGNOLI, 1976

Bolzern, Angelo, Burckhardt, Daniel & Hänggi, Ambros, 2013, Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 168 (4), pp. 723-848 : 815

TEGENARIA AFF. REGISPYRRHI (3) ( FIG. 24I, J )

Material examined

Greece: Peloponnesos: Achaia, Peristera , 1 ♀ (coll. van Keer: 1967), 13.iv.2000, van Keer & van Keer; Arkadia, Ano Karyes, Oros Likeo, 2 ♀ (coll. van Keer: 1840), 29.v.1998, van Keer & van Keer .

Comments

Differs from Teg. regispyrrhi in the slightly different spination patterns and the epigyne and vulva.

Discussion

The four morphotypes of Teg. regispyrrhi s.l. differ in size, spination patterns, and genital structures (e.g. shape of the prominent rim on the epigynal plate, the length of the FD). The four morphotypes are also geographically separated ( Fig. 25 ), except for one specimen of Teg. regispyrrhi s.s. collected by Roewer in Kefallonia.

Figures

Figure 24. A–D, Tegenaria regispyrrhi; E, F, Tegenaria aff. regispyrrhi 1; G, H, Tegenaria aff. regispyrrhi 2; I, J, Tegenaria aff. regispyrrhi 3; K-P, Tegenaria vankeerorum sp. nov. Left male palp in ventral (C, K) and retrolateral views (D, L); retrolateral tibial apophysis of left male palp in dorsal view (M); female epigyne in ventral (A, E, G, I) and vulva in dorsal view (B, F, H, J); face in frontal view (N); sternum (O) and spinnerets (P) in ventral view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Figure 25. Collection sites of Tegenaria regispyrrhi s.l. Triangles, Tegenaria regispyrrhi Brignoli, 1976; square, Tegenaria aff. regispyrrhi (1); circle, Tegenaria aff. regispyrrhi (2); stars, Tegenaria aff. regispyrrhi (3). Digital map provided by http://histgeo.ac-aix-marseille.fr.