Sernokorba pallidipatellis ( Boesenberg & Strand, 1906)

Galle-Szpisjak, Nikolett, Galle, Robert & Szűts, Tamas, 2023, A review of the genus Sernokorba Kamura, 1992 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), Zoosystematics and Evolution 99 (2), pp. 325-335 : 325

Sernokorba pallidipatellis ( Boesenberg & Strand, 1906)

Figs 12 , 16 , 23 , 33 , 34 , 39 , 44 , 45 , 48-50

Remark.

As mentioned by Kamura (1992), Herpyllus coreanus Paik, 1992 is most likely conspecific with S. pallidipatellis ; however, we do not propose a formal synonymy as we did not examine the type specimen of H. coreanus .

Material examined.

Japan: Kyoto 1 male, Kyoto-shi, Sakyo-ku, Matsugasaki, 28. April -5. May 1982 pitfall trap T. Kamura leg. (HNHM Araneae -9237) ; Japan: Osaka 1 male, Ibaraki-shi, Nishi-Ai, 26. May 1995 T. Kamura leg. (HNHM Araneae -9233) ; Japan: Osaka 1 female, Ibaraki-shi, Ai, 30. May 1997 T. Kamura leg. (HNHM Araneae -9219) ; Japan: Osaka 1 female, Ibaraki-shi, Nishi-Ai, 9. May 2003 T. Kamura leg. (HNHM Araneae -9007) .

Diagnosis.

Males can be recognized by the slightly bent embolar tip (Figs 23 , 33 ) and by the large conductor reaching the tip of the embolus (Figs 33-34 ). Distal tip of the conductor is blunt and triangular. RTA with a ventral bump and bearing a distal invagination, resulting in two subequal branches.

Description.

See Kamura (1992).

Distribution.

Japan, Korea and the Russian Federation.

Figures

Figures 9 - 19. Palp comparison of the Sernokorba species; 9, 13. Sernokorba tescorum 9. Ventral view; 13. Retrolateral view; 10, 11, 14, 15, 17 - 19. Sernokorba betyar sp. nov. 10. Ventral view; 11. Proventral view; 14, 15. Retrolateral view; 17. Partially expanded palp, showing the conductor details, retrolateral view; 18. Conductor closeup, retrolateral view; 19. Slightly different angle; 12, 16. Sernokorba pallidipatellis; 12. Ventral view; 16. Retrolateral view. Scale bar: 0.25 mm.

Figures 20 - 28. Cleared copulatory organs; 20, 24. Sernokorba tescorum; 20. Ventral view; 24. Retrolateral view; 21, 22, 25 - 28. Sernokorba betyar sp. nov.; 21, 22. Ventral view; 25. Retrolateral view; 26. Prolateral view; 27. Epigyne, ventral view; 28. Vulva, dorsal view; 23. Sernokorba pallidipatellis, ventral view. Scale bar: 0.25 mm.

Figures 29 - 39. Illustrations of the male copulatory organs; 29, 30, 35, 36. Sernokorba tescorum; 29. Male copulatory organ ventral view; 30. Male copulatory organ, retrolateral view; 35. Conductor ventral view; 36. Conductor retrolateral view; 31, 32, 37, 38. Sernokorba betyar sp. nov.; 31. Male copulatory organ ventral view; 32. Male copulatory organ retrolateral view; 37. Conductor ventral view; 38. Conductor retrolateral view; 33, 34, 39. Sernokorba pallidipatellis; 33. Male copulatory organ ventral view; 34. Male copulatory organ retrolateral view; 39. Conductor ventral view.

Figures 40 - 47. Illustrations of the female genitalia; 40, 41 Sernokorba betyar sp. nov.; 40. Dorsal view; 41. Ventral view; 42, 43. Sernokorba tescorum; 42. Dorsal view; 43. Ventral view; 44, 45. Sernokorba pallidipatellis; 44. Dorsal view; 45. Ventral view; 46, 47. Sernokorba fanjing; 46. Dorsal view; 47. Ventral view.

Figures 48 - 52. Male chelicerae; 48 - 50. Sernokorba pallidipatellis; 51, 52. Sernokorba betyar sp. nov.