Tegenaria percuriosa, BRIGNOLI, 1972

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TEGENARIA PERCURIOSA BRIGNOLI, 1972

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Tegenaria percuriosa Brignoli, 1972: 176 , 177, figs 18, 21, female; Brignoli, 1978b: 44, fig. 11 (grouping information).

Tegenaria boitanii Brignoli, 1978c: 518 , 519 (only male; see Gasparo, 2007: figs 100, 101).

Tegenaria bithyniae Brignoli, 1978c: 515 , fig. 97, female, syn. nov.

Types

Holotypes and paratypes. Turkey: Isparta: Anamas, ‘ Grotta Zindan Magarasi’ , 3 ♀ ( MCSN, 543), 11.viii.1967, Brignoli & Sbordoni .

Sub Teg. boitanii : Holotype. Turkey: Bolu: Abant, ♂ (female paratype is Teg. argaeica , MHNG), 17.vii.1971, Brignoli & Vigna.

Sub Teg. bithyniae : Holotypes and paratypes. Turkey: Bolu: Abant , 4 ♀ (holotype: MHNG; paratypes: MCSN, 100, 544), 24.vi.1971, 17.vii.1971, Brignoli & Osella .

Other material examined

Turkey (2 ♂, 20 ♀) .

Description

A redescription with all relevant information was provided by Gasparo (2007).

Distribution

Reported from Turkey (Bolu, Isparta, Konya, Sinop, and Tokat) and Bulgaria without detailed data ( Deltshev, 1993; see also Gasparo, 2007).

Discussion

The taxonomy of Teg. percuriosa , Teg. bithyniae , and Teg. boitanii is confused. Based on recently collected specimens from the type locality of Teg. percuriosa, Gasparo (2007) assigned the male holotype of Teg. boitanii to Teg. percuriosa .

Our examination of the type material of Teg. percuriosa and Teg. bithyniae showed that the latter species is a junior synonym of Teg. percuriosa . The drawings of Teg. bithyniae by Brignoli (1978c: 517, fig. 97) and Deltshev (1993: 169, fig. 1) show the transparent epigyne in an anteroventral view. If viewed from dorsal or ventral, the same structure of the identical specimens looks like pictures presented by Brignoli (1972: 172, fig. 18) and Gasparo (2007: 101, figs 7, 8).

Figures

Figure 17. A, B, Tegenaria domestica; C, F, G, M, N, Tegenaria racovitzai; D, E, Q, R, Tegenaria hauseri; H-J, Tegenaria bozhkovi; K, L, O, P, Tegenaria campestris; S, T, Tegenaria pieperi; U, Tegenaria schmalfussi; V, Tegenaria faniapollinis; W, Tegenaria percuriosa (holotype of Tegenaria bithyniae); X-Z, Tegenaria croatica sp. nov. Left male palp in ventral (M, O, Q) and retrolateral views (N, P, R); epigyne in ventral (D, F, H, K, S, U–W, Y) and posterioventral views (T), vulva in dorsal (E, G, I, L, U, Z) and lateral views (J); face of female Teg. domestica (A) and Teg. racovitzai (C); cheliceral margins of female Teg. domestica in posterioventral view (B); habitus, dorsal view (X). Scale bars = 0.5 mm (no scale for Teg. faniapollinis, V, and Teg. schmalfussi, U).