Berinda aegilia Chatzaki, 2002

Panayiotou, Eleni, Kaltsas, Dimitris, Seyyar, Osman & Chatzaki, Maria, 2010, Revision of the genus Berinda (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in the East Mediterranean with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 2362, pp. 44-54 : 47

Berinda aegilia Chatzaki, 2002

Figs 1–2 , 5–6

Diagnosis: The general appearance of the genital organs of this species is close to that of B. amabilis , although details in the structures of the pedipalp also resemble that of B. ensigera . Distinct characters for B. aegilia are the following: male palp, cymbium without proximal retrolateral extension (found in B. amabilis and to a lesser extent in other Berinda species), with a hairless, slightly excavated retrolateral edge ( Fig. 1 ); no apophysis on the patella, apophysis on tibia relatively small, with a curved tip, set well apart from the cymbium, conductor of distinct shape ( Figs. 1–2 ) originating from a membranous anterior bladder (a) and projecting ventrally into a strongly sclerotized claw (b); epigyne similar to that of B. amabilis , but with broader, rectangular anterior hood ( Fig. 5 ), spermathecae oval with coiled glandular heads ( Fig. 6 ).

Description: See Chatzaki et al. (2002b)

New records: GREECE: Peloponnisos: Taygetos Mt, 600 m, phrygana: 1 3 (15.III.1997 to 06.VII.1997) [leg. Anastasiou, ZMUA].

Comments. This is the first time that the species is recorded from mainland Greece. Presumably its distribution may expand at least to the rest of Peloponnisos and Kythira (the island between Antikythira and Peloponnisos) when further material becomes available.

Distribution. GREECE: Antikythira Isl., Peloponnisos.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Berinda aegilia male palp. Ventral view (1). Retrolateral view (2). Berinda amabilis male palp. Ventral view (3). Retrolateral view (4). Conductor: (a): membranous anterior sac, (b): guiding structure / claw.

FIGURES 5 – 8. Berinda aegilia female. Epigyne (5). Vulva (6). Berinda amabilis female. Epigyne (7). Vulva (8).