Levizonus laqueatus Mikhaljova, 1981

Figs 5, 13

Levizonus laqueatus Mikhaljova, 1981a: 62, fig. 1, map (fig. 5) (holotype ♂, from Sokolovka Cordon, Lazovskiy Nature Reserve, Primorskiy krai, Russia, in ZMUM).

Levizonus laqueatus – Mikhaljova 1981b: 87; 1983: 81; 1990: 136; 1993: 33; 1998: 54, figs 205–209, map 12; 2004: 247, figs 617–622, map 32; 2009a: 5; 2009b: 394; 2017: 297, figs 664–669, map 43. — Mikhaljova & Petukhova 1983: 53. — Tanabe 1994: 108. — Ganin 1997: 22; 2011: 77. — Marek et al. 2014: 72.

Diagnosis

The species differs from its congeners mainly by the always smooth central edge of the gonopod telopodite apex (vs with one to numerous outgrowths and spinules in L. distinctus, L. thaumasius, L. circularis, L. nakhodka sp. nov., L. malewitschi) and the strong dentiform SL (Fig. 5A–E).

Material examined

RUSSIA • 1 ♂; Primorskiy krai, Lazovskiy State Nature Reserve, Sokolovka Cordon; 11 Jun. 1979; E.V. Mikhaljova leg.; about 2,5 km below the pass; FSCB 101979 .

Distribution

Russia: Far East, Primorskiy krai (Lazovskiy State Nature Reserve).

Remarks

The species has hitherto been reported only from Lazovskiy State Nature Reserve, Primorskiy krai, Russia, its terra typica. Levizonus laqueatus is a dominant species; its abundance is 166 ind./m 2 (Mikhaljova 1981b). Vulva as in Fig. 5F.