Haplodrassus orientalis ( L. Koch, 1866 ) Bosmans & Kherbouche-Abrous & Benhalima & Hervé, 2018

Bosmans, Robert, Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida, Benhalima, Souâd & Hervé, Christophe, 2018, The genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in the Mediterranean and the Maghreb in particular (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), Zootaxa 4451 (1), pp. 1-67 : 61

Haplodrassus orientalis ( L. Koch, 1866) , comb. n.

Figs 262‒270

Drassus orientalis L. Koch, 1866: 106 , pl. 6 fig. 68 (♀).

Haplodrassus isaevi Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006: 9 , figs 12–14 (♂ ♀); Piterkina & Ovtsharenko 2007: 1426, figs 1–6 (♂ ♀); Kovblyuk et al. 2012: 70 (♂ ♀), syn. n.

Types: Holotype ♀ of Drassus orientalis from Russia, Volgogradskaya Oblast , labelled “ Sarepta (= Volgograd), 1890 7.1 788‒789, Keyserling leg.”; NHML, examined . Holotype ♂, 3♂ 1♀ paratypes of Haplodrassus isaevi from Russia, Orlovsky , Rostov reserve, 6.X.2002, A.V. Ponomarev leg.; deposited in SSCR and TNU; examined by Kovblyuk & Tsvetkov (2006).

Diagnosis and description. See Kovblyuk et al. 2012, as H. isaevi .

Remarks. Haplodrassus orientalis is a forgotten species described in 1866 from the Russian Federation. It has never been mentioned since. The type material could be examined and be compared with material of Haplodrassus isaevi Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006 collected by us in Greece. Photos of the holotype female of Haplodrassus orientalis and the female from Greece are given in Figs 262‒270 . The shape and the relative dimensions of the hood, the fovea and the areola are the same and H. isaevi is therefore considered a junior synonym of H. orientalis . The type localities of Haplodrassus orientalis and H. isaevi are about 390 km apart.

Material examined. GREECE, Sterea Elada, Voiotia, between Kiriaki and Agia Anna, Oros Elikonas (N38°20'20” E22°49'49”), 1000m, 2♀, stones in Abies forest, 28.X.1999, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB).

Distribution. First described from the Rostov Area in the Russian Federation ( L. Koch 1866), and further mentioned from West Kazakhstan (( Piterkina & Ovtsharenko 2007), Ukraine (Crimea) ( Kovblyuk et al. 2012), and the north of Greece ( Makedonia) ( Van Keer et al. 2010). A second locality in Central Greece is presented here.

Figures

FIGURES 262–270. Haplodrassus orientalis. Figs 262‒265. Holotype female. 262. Female, dorsal aspect; 263. Epigyne, ventral view; 264. Vulva, ventral view; 265. Idem, dorsal view. Figs 266‒270. Female (Greece, Oros Elikonas). 266. Female, dorsal aspect; 267. Idem, ventral aspect; 268. Epigyne, ventral view; 269. Vulva, ventral view; 270. Idem, dorsal view.