TEGENARIA PERCURIOSA BRIGNOLI, 1972

(FIG. 17W)

Tegenaria percuriosa Brignoli, 1972: 176, 177, figs 18, 21, female; Brignoli, 1978b: 44, fig. 11 (grouping information).

Tegenaria boitanii Brignoli, 1978c: 518, 519 (only male; see Gasparo, 2007: figs 100, 101).

Tegenaria bithyniae Brignoli, 1978c: 515, fig. 97, female, syn. nov.

Types

Holotypes and paratypes. Turkey: Isparta: Anamas, ‘ Grotta Zindan Magarasi’, 3 ♀ (MCSN, 543), 11.viii.1967, Brignoli & Sbordoni .

Sub Teg. boitanii: Holotype. Turkey: Bolu: Abant, ♂ (female paratype is Teg. argaeica, MHNG), 17.vii.1971, Brignoli & Vigna.

Sub Teg. bithyniae: Holotypes and paratypes. Turkey: Bolu: Abant, 4 ♀ (holotype: MHNG; paratypes: MCSN, 100, 544), 24.vi.1971, 17.vii.1971, Brignoli & Osella .

Other material examined

Turkey (2 ♂, 20 ♀) .

Description

A redescription with all relevant information was provided by Gasparo (2007).

Distribution

Reported from Turkey (Bolu, Isparta, Konya, Sinop, and Tokat) and Bulgaria without detailed data (Deltshev, 1993; see also Gasparo, 2007).

Discussion

The taxonomy of Teg. percuriosa, Teg. bithyniae, and Teg. boitanii is confused. Based on recently collected specimens from the type locality of Teg. percuriosa, Gasparo (2007) assigned the male holotype of Teg. boitanii to Teg. percuriosa .

Our examination of the type material of Teg. percuriosa and Teg. bithyniae showed that the latter species is a junior synonym of Teg. percuriosa . The drawings of Teg. bithyniae by Brignoli (1978c: 517, fig. 97) and Deltshev (1993: 169, fig. 1) show the transparent epigyne in an anteroventral view. If viewed from dorsal or ventral, the same structure of the identical specimens looks like pictures presented by Brignoli (1972: 172, fig. 18) and Gasparo (2007: 101, figs 7, 8).