Haplodrassus bohemicus Miller et Buchar, 1977

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Haplodrassus bohemicus Miller et Buchar, 1977

Material: 30.05.2014 M1 3mm 1f; 16.08.2014 M2 1f.

Determination: MILLER & BUCHAR 1977, KOVBLYUK et al. 2012, BOSMANS et al. 2018.

Global distribution: Southern and Eastern Europe ( BOSMANS et al. 2018).

Habitat: Meadows, steppes and sand dunes ( KOVBLYUK et al. 2012).

Note: This species was described based on specimens from steppes of Bohemia in the Czech Republic ( MILLER & BUCHAR 1977). In the review on the Mediterranean Haplodrassus BOSMANS et al. (2018) questioned the identity of the specimens from Ukraine ( KOVBLYUK et al. 2012) because of minor differences in the figures of the different authors. Our material ( Fig. 6 ) corresponds well to the figures of the original description ( MILLER & BUCHAR 1977) and the photos of BOSMANS et al. (2018). Current records are mainly from a sandy meadow (habitat M1) which is dominated by the xerophilic steppe vegetation on brown sand. However, one f was caught in the meadow (M2). Moreover, it was caught quite late in the year (August) compared to reports in the literature (June). The species is classified as critically endangered in the Czech Republic.

Figures

Fig. 6. Haplodrassus bohemicus: A–B = male left palp, A = ventral, B = tibial apophysis, C–D = epigyne in clove oil, C = ventral, D = dorsal. Scale bars: 0.5 mm for A–B, 1 mm for C–D