Berlandina potanini ( Schenkel, 1963 )

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 : 208

Berlandina potanini ( Schenkel, 1963)

Figs 94–100

Berlandia plumalis: Schenkel 1936: 264 , f. 86 (♀, misidentified). Berlandia p. Schenkel, 1963: 97, f. 56 (♀).

B. p.: Marusik & Logunov 1995: 179, f. 1–3 (♀). B. p.: Song et al. 1999: 446, f. 259A (♀).

B. p.: Song et al. 2004: 28, 310, f. 14A–E (♂♀). B. p.: Marusik & Logunov 2006: 49.

Material examined: MONGOLIA, Töv Aimag: 1♀ 2 juv. [02], Bayankhangai Somon, 47°20'N 105°24'E, 1200 m, 21– 25.05.1997 (YM). Khentii Aimag: 1♂ ( ZMMU), 65 km NNW Öndörchaan, 4 km W Cangingol, Bodenfalle, 16.06.1980 (Zs.Peregi). CHINA: 1♂ ( HUB), Inner Mongolia, Alxa Leaue, Helan Mt., 2.04.1992 (Yongwen Zhao).

Diagnosis. From the similar B. schenkeli it can be easily distinguished by the posteriorly bent tip of embolus, the shorter median apophysis and “heart” shaped fovea.

Comments. This species is well described in above mentioned papers.

Distribution. Platnick’s catalogue ( Platnick 2014) indicates its occurrence in Russia and China, although it was also reported from Mongolia ( Marusik & Logunov 1999, 2006). So far, this species is known from Tuva ( Russia), Mongolia and northern China ( Song et al. 2004): from Xinjiang to Hebei.

Figures

FIGURES 94 – 100. Berlandina potanini. 94 – 97 male palp, ventral, retrolateral, dorsal and prolateral; 98 female, habitus; 99 – 100 epigyne, ventral and dorsal. Male from China, female from Mongolia.