A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) of Iran and Tajikistan, with descriptions of four new genera
Author
Zamani, Alireza
Author
Marusik, Yuri M.
text
Arachnology
2020
2020-04-30
18
4
368
386
http://dx.doi.org/10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.368
journal article
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10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.368
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Agelescape affinis
(KulczyIski, 1911)
(
Figs. 8
F–H, 15A)
Agelena
afFnis
Kulczyński 1911: 45
, pl. 2, fig. 53 (
♀
).
Agelena
afFnis
:
de Blauwe 1980: 2
, figs. 1–2 (
♀
).
Agelescape
afFnis
:
Levy 1996: 90
, figs. 14–15, 18–19 (
♂♀
).
Material examined
:
ISRAEL
:
1♀
(
SMNH
),
Mt Meron
,
22 February 2010
(
C. Drees
)
;
1♀
(
SMNH
),
Upper Galilee
,
900 m
, N slope of
Mt Meron
,
Meron Field School
,
33°01′N
35°23.5′E
,
25 April 2013
(
S. L. Zonstein
)
;
1♀
(
SMNH
),
Upper Galilee
,
900 m
, N slope of
Mt Meron
,
Meron Field School
,
33°01′N
35°23.5′E
,
25 April 2013
(
S. L. Zonstein
)
;
1♀
(
SMNH
),
Ziv’on
, woodland,
33°02′N
35°25′E
,
773 m
,
01 September 2005
(
A. Timm
,
T
.
Assmann
)
.
Description
: See
Levy (1996)
.
Remarks
: The male of this species was first described by
Levy (1996)
who did not find any differences between it and
A. livida
(in both palpal and somatic characters). The palp of
A. livida
depicted by
Levy (1996)
differs from other illustrations available for this species (e.g. position of the embolic base, shape of the RTA, etc., cf.
Figs. 4A and 4B
), but we conclude this is because of differences in his illustrations rather than in the spiders, as no such palpal conformation was found in the extensive collections from
Israel
.
Fig. 3:
A, B
Live females of
Agelescape livida
from Negev, Israel;
C, D
live females of
Persiscape gideoni
from Mazandaran, Iran. Courtesy of Amir Weinstein (A–B) and Alireza Zamani (C–D).
Distribution
:
Syria
,
Israel
, and
Lebanon
(?) (
Fig. 15A
). Despite being reported from
Turkey
in the
World Spider Catalog (2020)
, the identifications of Turkish material by
Brignoli (1978)
refer to
A. gideoni
(per
Levy 1996
). The records of this species from
Lebanon
could refer to
A. livida
(per
Levy 1996
).