Monaeses israeliensis Levy, 1973

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

Monaeses israeliensis Levy, 1973

Figs 22A–G

Material. 1 ♂ (IBER), Struma valley , Strumyani village, N 41.6184 ˚, E 23.2269 ˚, 167 m, 29.05.2017, M. Naumova leg., loose grasses on sandstones ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (IBER), Struma valley , Kresna gorge, Tisata Reserve, N 41.7686 ˚, E 23.1518 ˚, 230 m, 15.05.2020, M. Naumova leg., dry grassland.

Remarks. Known from Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Central Asia and China ( Bosmans et al. 2019; Yuan et al. 2019). Our material fits quite well to the original description and the available figures of the species both in habitus ( Figs 22D–E ) and genital structures ( Figs 22A–C, F–G ). Only the shape of spermathecae and copulatory ducts ( Fig. 22G ) fit less to the figure in Levy (1973), but quite well to the photos in Yuan et al. (2019).

Figures

FIGURES 22A–G. Monaeses israeliensis, male (A–D) and female (E–G). A–C Left palp (A prolateral, B ventral, C retrolateral). D–E Habitus (D dorsal, E lateral, in situ). F Epigyne, ventral. D Vulva, dorsal (both macerated). CD—copulatory duct, CO—copulatory opening, Em—embolus, Ho—hood, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, S –spermatheca, VTA—ventral tibial apophysis.