Typhlonesticus morisii (Brignoli, 1975)

Isaia, Marco, Nicolosi, Giuseppe, Infuso, Alessandro & Ribera, Carles, 2023, Two new subterranean Typhlonesticus (Araneae: Nesticidae) from the Alps with notes on their ecology, distribution and conservation, Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 81, pp. 801-818 : 801

3.3.3. Typhlonesticus morisii (Brignoli, 1975)

Figs 4A-E , 5F, H , 7B

Examined material.

Holotype: ITALY, Piemonte, Province of Cuneo: Vernante, Sotterranei del Forte A di Vernante Opera 11, Tetto Ruinas [Art. Pi CN] (Fig. 7E, F ), 44.2524°N, 7.5276°E, 800 m a.s.l., 14.X.1972, Morisi A. leg. 1m (MSNV) ( Brignoli 1975) . - Other material: same locality as holotype, 15.VI.2009, Isaia M. and Paschetta M. leg. 1 juv. (CI) ( Isaia et al. 2011); 26.IV.2004, Lana E. and Arnò C. leg. 1f (CI) ( Isaia et al. 2011); 25/03/2022, Isaia M. and Nicolosi G. leg. 4 f (CI) .

Figures

Figure 4. Typhlonesticus morisii (Brignoli), female from type locality, Vernante, Sotterranei del Forte A di Vernante Opera 11, Tetto Ruinas [Art. Pi CN] (Isaia M., Nicolosi G. leg., 25. III. 2022) (CI) (A, B, C) and holotype male from same locality, Morisi A. leg., 14. X. 1972 (D, E). Epigyne in ventral view (A), vulva in dorsal view (B), female cephalothorax in frontal view (C), left male pedipalp in ventral view (D) and male cymbium in dorsal view (E) (see section 2.2.3. for abbreviations). Scale bars 0.2 mm.

Figure 5. The four Italian species of Typhlonesticus: photographs of vulvae (A, B, E, F) and left male pedipalps in prolateral view (C, D, G, H). A, C Typhlonesticus angelicus sp. nov.; B, D Typhlonesticus santinellii sp. nov.; E, G Typhlonesticus idriacus (Roewer); F, H: Typhlonesticus morisii (Brignoli).

Figure 7. Live specimens of Typhlonesticus angelicus sp. nov. (A male), T. morisii (Brignoli) (B female) and T. santinellii sp. nov. (C female) in their natural habitats. The entrance of Grotta superiore delle Camoscere [Pi 250], type locality of T. angelicus sp. nov. (D), the military bunker of Sotterranei di Vernante, type locality of T. morisii (Brignoli) (E, F); the walls of " Galleria del Pozzo' ' within the mining complex of Gorno, type locality of T. santinellii sp. nov. (G); the entrance of Murdosso cave [Lo BG 7407], where the first female of T. santinellii sp. nov. was collected during the unblocking operations of the cave conducted by the local speleological groups " Underland " and " I Tassi " (H).