Berlandina saraevi Ponomarev, 2008

Marusik, Yuri M., Fomichev, Alexander A. & Omelko, Mikhail M., 2014, A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 1. On the Berlandina Dalmas, 1922 (Gnaphosinae) from Mongolia and adjacent regions, Zootaxa 3827 (2), pp. 187-213 : 202-204

Berlandina saraevi Ponomarev, 2008

Figs 69–73

B. s. Ponomarev 2008a: 55, f. 23–24 (♂).

Comments. This species is well described by Ponomarev (2008a). It is a large (body length 8.2; carapace 3.7 long) light colored species. Here we provide figures of the pattern and male palp. Recently ( Ponomarev & Dvadnenko 2012) this species was synonymised with B. shnitnikovi (Spassky, 1934) , a species known from the type locality in SE Kazakhstan. Berlandina shnitnikovi (originally placed in Pterotricha ) is known by original description only, which was supplied with schematic drawings. Accounting that (1) Ponomarev & Dvadnenko (2012) have not compared types of two species, (2) the large distance between type localities of B. saraevi and B. shnitnikovi , and (3) the occurrence of sibling species in Mongolia, it seems possible that B. saraevi might be a separate species.

Distribution. Berlandina saraevi is known from the type locality only. If it was correctly synonymised with B. shnitnikovi , this species is distributed from West to East Kazakhstan.

Figures

FIGURES 69 – 73. Paratype male of Berlandina saraevi. 69 – 72 palp, ventral, retrolateral, prolateral and dorsal; 73 habitus.