Apostenus grancanariensis WUNDERLICH 1992 (figs. 17a-d)

Material: Canary Islands: Gran Canaria, numerous specimens from different localities, pit falls, P. NABAVI leg., coll. P. N.; 6 ♂ 2♀, NW Artenara, grasland with pines, 1250 m, P. N. leg. 21. XI. 1999 - 15. I. 2000, CJW .

Description of the male which was unknown up to now:

Measurements (in mm): Body length 1.7-2.0, prosomal length 0.9-1.0, tibia I 0.7, tibia IV 0.8. - Opisthosoma ventrally with a large field of tiny bristles (fig. 17a) like in other congenerics. Leg bristles like in the female. Pedipalpus (figs. 17b-c; d): with a thick and almost pointed embolus and a slender median apophysis.

Relationships: In A. annulipedes WUNDERLICH 1987 from Tenerife the apical part of the embolus is wider - see WUNDERLICH (1992: Fig. 750g) in A. sp. indet. from Tenerife (fig. 16a) the embolus is more pointed.

Remark: In one of the males (CJW) the left pedipalpus is a malformation in which an additional tibial apophysis exists (arrow in fig. 17d), the cymbium is shortened, and the bulbus is absent. The right pedipalpus has a normal shape.

Distribution: Canary Islands: Gran Canaria.