Urozelotes trifidus Tuneva, 2003

Milano, Filippo, Mammola, Stefano, Rollard, Christine, Leccia, Marie-France & Isaia, Marco, 2019, An inventory of the spider species of Barcelonnette (France), with taxonomic notes on Piniphantes agnellus n. comb. (Araneae, Linyphiidae), Zoosystema 41 (4), pp. 29-58 : 37

Urozelotes trifidus Tuneva, 2003 ( Fig. 5 )

MATERIAL. — Ubaye river, dry riverbed with pebbles, 1146 m, 30. VI.2017, Isaia, Mammola & Milano leg., 2 ♀, 1♂, coll. MI .

CHOROTYPE. — EUR?

MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats.

NOTE. — New record for France. This species was previously known exclusively for Southern Urals (Russia) ( Tuneva 2003). Considering the habitat where the specimens were collected, the presence of this species in France may be regarded as an anthropogenic introduction or, alternatively, a new data of occurrence of a rare, but widely distributed species . We herein provide diagnostic drawings for the species identification ( Fig. 5 ).

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FIG. 5. — Urozelotes trifidus Tuneva,2003 (Gnaphosidae) male (A, B) and female (C, D) from Barcelonnette (France): A, palp, ventral view; B, palp, retrolateral view;C, epigyne,ventral view;D, vulva,dorsal view.Scale bars:A,B, 0.25 mm; B, C, 0.2 mm. Illustration by Stefano Mammola.