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 : 45

Nemastoma bidentatum gruberi ssp. nov. × N. bidentatum sparsum Gruber & Martens, 1968

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Diagnosis

Typical male hybrids with elongated Ch-Apo with knee-like flexion of frontal margin, and equidistant triangular upper portion, and club-shaped, but relatively thin Pa-Fe, with tubercle tightly in front of the first spine of four simple, equidistant ventral spines in distal Pa-Fe half, either pointed or almost without the tip.

Material examined

CROATIA – XL03 • 1 ♂; Jezero Posavsko, Suša; 3 Dec. 1985; (61/2019); 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).