Nemastoma bidentatum gruberi, Novak & Novak & Kozel & Schaider & Komposch & Lipovšek & Podlesnik & Paušič & Raspotnig, 2021

Novak, Tone, Novak, Ljuba Slana, Kozel, Peter, Schaider, Miriam Gudrun, Komposch, Christian, Lipovšek, Saška, Podlesnik, Jan, Paušič, Igor & Raspotnig, Günther, 2021, Hidden diversity within the Nemastoma bidentatum Roewer, 1914 complex (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae) Part I: Morphological evidence, European Journal of Taxonomy 777, pp. 1-67 : 43

Nemastoma bidentatum gruberi ssp. nov. × N. bidentatum martensi ssp. nov.

Figs 3 , 9K , 10K

Diagnosis

Typical male hybrids are characterized by Ch basal article with large hump in front of dorsal indentation, and broad, low quarter moon-like Ch-Apo, ~1.6 times as high as wide, and slightly club-shaped, relatively thin Pa-Fe, and five, subequidistant, simple ventral Pa-Fe denticles in the frontal half of the Pa-Fe.

Material examined

CROATIA – WL00 • 8 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀; Debeli Lug , Jasenak; 8 Sep. 2009; (2/2012); PMSL. – WL20 • 7 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀; Ambarac sinkhole , Ogulin; 7 Sep. 2009; R. Ozimec and A. Schönhofer leg. (Coll. ASc 324, 1/2012); PMSL .

SLOVENIA – VL26 • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Senožeče – Laže ; 20 May 2012; L. Slana Novak and T. Novak leg. (50/2012, rev. 2019); PMSL. – VL33 • 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Plazine , Starod; 25 Oct. 2012; L. Slana Novak and T. Novak leg. (194/2012, rev. 2018); PMSL. – VL54 • 1 ♂; Travni Dolci , Mt. Snežnik; 12 Aug. 2001; L. Slana Novak and T. Novak leg. (195b/2001, rev. 2020); PMSL • 1 ♂; Mt. Snežnik ; 12 Sep. 2018; L. Slana Novak and T. Novak leg. (116a/2018); PMSL • 1 ♂; ibid.; 25 Oct. 2019; T. Novak. leg. (138/2019); PMSL. – VL95 • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Mt. Kočevska Mala gora ; 17 Aug. 1985; T. Novak, M. Slana Novak and L. Slana Novak leg. (LSN 98/1986, TN rev. 2019); PMSL. – VL96 • 1 ♂; Pečke − Mali vrh , Kočevski Rog; 20 Sep. 2001; B. Drovenik and A. Pirnat leg. (10/2005, rev. 2015); PMSL • 1 ♀; ibid.; (16/2005, rev. 2015); PMSL. – WL37 • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Mirčev grič , Mt. Gorjanci; 29 Apr. 1995; S. Brelih leg. (780/1998, rev. 2019); PMSL .

Figures

Fig. 3. Distributional areas of six subspecies (circles) and hybrids (triangles, squares) within the Nemastoma bidentatum Roewer, 1914 in Slovenia and adjacent regions. Note that many localities overlap on the map.

Fig. 9. Nemastoma bidentatum Roewer, 1914 complex, ♂♂. Variation of the Ch basal article (medial view) in species, subspecies and hybrids.

Fig. 10. Nemastoma bidentatum Roewer, 1914 complex, ♂♂. Variation of the Pa-Fe (A–B first image, C, D–E first image, F–G first image; H–J, L–M right, N–O: lateral view; the others in dorso-medial view to show the armament).