Clubiona frisia Wunderlich & Schuett, 1995

Seropian, Armen, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Krammer, Hans-Joachim, Thormann, Jana, Hein, Nils, Karalashvili, Elisabeth, Kachlishvili, Nino & Datunashvili, Anastasia, 2024, Picking pearls from the Silk Road: Insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL) project. Part III, Caucasiana 3, pp. 89-118 : 89

* Clubiona frisia Wunderlich & Schuett, 1995

Fig. 6

Clubiona frisia Wunderlich & Schuett, 1995: 12, figs 1-10 (♂♀).

Material examined.

GEORGIA - Samtskhe-Javakheti • 1♂; Borjomi mun., Tabatskuri L.; N41.66°, E43.613°; 2040 m a.s.l.; leg. Karalashvili E. & Krammer H.-J.; 23 Jul. 2019; ZFMK-TIS 8008386 (BOLD:AAU8188) (Figs 4-5 ) . Mtskheta-Mtianeti • 2♀♀; Kazbegi mun., Stepantsminda ; N42.655°, E44.649°; 1821 m a.s.l.; leg. Krammer H.-J. & Karalashvili E.; 7 Jul. 2019; ZFMK-TISs 8008063, 8008064 (BOLD:AAU8188) • 1♀; S of Stepantsminda ; N42.637°, E44.631°; 1745 m a.s.l.; leg. Krammer H.-J. & Karalashvili E.; 5 Jul. 2019; ZFMK-TIS 8008084 (BOLD:AAU8188) • 1♀; N of Shevardeni, Mna Valley ; N42.58°, E44.47°; 2012 m a.s.l.; leg. Krammer H.-J. & Karalashvili E.; 8 Jul. 2019; ZFMK-TIS 8008100 (BOLD:AAU8188) .

Barcoding.

Five barcodes were obtained from the specimens ZFMK-TISs 8008063, 8008064, 8008084, 8008100 and 8008386 (BOLD:AAU8188, mean p -distance 1.0%), with the nearest neighbor in BOLD Systems C. frisia from Norway (BOLD:AAU8188, 0.46%, 0.15%, 0.15%, 0.31%, 0.61% respective p -distances).

Remarks.

This species is distributed from Spain east to West Siberia, north to the Scandinavian Peninsula, and south to Georgia (the record from Bulgaria is unpublished (Blagoev et al. 2018)) ( Nentwig et al., 2023; Otto 2023). It is the first record of C. frisia from Georgia and the southernmost one within the known range. Until Wunderlich and Schuett (1995), this species was treated as C. similis , from which the males of C. frisia are distinguished by a shorter distance between the embolus curvature and the tibial apophysis (best viewed in prolateral) (notably longer in C. similis ), while the females have a longer receptacula seminis (shorter in C. similis ).

Figures

Figures 6 - 10. Clubiona frisia, female (6: endogyne, dorsal view). Clubiona reclusa, male (7: left palpus, ventral view; 8: same, retrolateral view). Brigittea innocens, female (9: endogyne, dorsal view). Lathys lehtineni, female (10: endogyne, dorsal view). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (6 - 9); 0.1 mm (10).

Figures 4 - 5. Clubiona frisia, male (4: left palpus, ventral view; 5: same, retrolateral view). Scale bars = 0.2 mm.