Heriaeus zhalosni Komnenov, 2017

Naumova, Maria, Blagoev, Gergin & Deltshev, Christo, 2021, Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 4984 (1), pp. 228-257 : 249

Heriaeus zhalosni Komnenov, 2017

Figs 21A–G

Material. 1 ♀, 1 imm (NMNHS), Slavyanka Mts , near Petrovo village, N 41.4082 ˚, E 23.5257 ˚, 1100 m, 28.06.1937 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 imm (NMNHS), 11.06.1938, Y. Tsonkov leg.; 1 ♀ (NMNHS), Slavyanka Mts , Tsarev Vrah Peak, above Paril village, N 41.4144 ˚, E 23.6656 ˚, 1100 m, 29.06.1937, P. Drensky leg. ; 1 ♂ (NMNHS), Slavyanka Mts , mountain ridge, N 41.3849 ˚, E 23.5904 ˚, 1730 m, 14.07.1971, C. Deltshev leg. ; 1 ♂ (NMNHS), Slavyanka Mts , Parilski Dol place, N 41.4070 ˚, E 23.6553 ˚, 1000–1400 m, 07– 10.06.1988, M. Todorov leg. ; 1 ♂ (IBER), Slavyanka Mts , Lehovo village, N 41.4081 ˚, E 23.4936 ˚, 531 m, 13.06.2017, M. Naumova leg.

Remarks. Known only from Greece and North Macedonia ( Helsdingen et al. 2018, Nentwig et al. 2021). Here we provide new photographs of the male habitus and palp ( Figs 21A–D ) and the female habitus, epigyne and vulva ( Figs. 21E–G ) that correspond well with the ones in the original description of the species.

Figures

FIGURES 21A–G. Heriaeus zhalosni, male (A–C) and female (D–G). A, D Habitus, dorsal. B–C Left palp (B ventral, C retrolateral). E–F Epigyne, ventral (E in situ, F macerated). G Vulva, macerated, dorsal. CD—copulatory duct, CO—copulatory opening, Em—embolus, Ho—hood, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, S –spermatheca, VTA—ventral tibial apophysis.