ERATIGENA SARDOA (BRIGNOLI, 1977) COMB. NOV.

(FIG. 12I–J, P–Q)

Malthonica sardoa Brignoli, 1977a: 38, 39, fig. 19, female; Bolzern et al., 2008: 770–773, figs 12–14, male.

Material examined

All type specimens (5 ♀) and other specimens were examined and listed in Bolzern et al. (2008).

Other material examined

Italy (1 ♂, 4 ♀) .

Diagnosis

Eratigena sardoa can be separated from E. herculea and E. hispanica by the characters mentioned in the Diagnosis section of E. arganoi . It can be separated from E. arganoi and E. sicana by the simple pointed dorsal branch of the RTA (as in E. sicana, complex and with three points in E. arganoi), the very long, drawn out, and strongly sclerotized terminal end of the conductor (much shorter in the other species), the very long and convoluted CD with attached appendages (as in E. arganoi, much shorter and straight in E. sicana), and the globular and smoothly sclerotized RC (long oval and irregularly sclerotized in E. arganoi, with two pairs of globular RC in E. sicana).

Description

Essential information was provided by Brignoli (1977a) and Bolzern et al. (2008).

Distribution

Reported from Sardinia.