Palliduphantes petruzzielloi, Bosmans & Trotta, 2021

Bosmans, Robert & Trotta, Alessio, 2021, On two rare Italian Palliduphantes, including the description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae), Fragmenta entomologica 53 (1), pp. 9-12 : 9-10

Palliduphantes petruzzielloi sp. n.

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Type material examined. Holotype ♂, ITALY: Campania, Salerno province, Acerno, Grotta Strazzatrippa [Strazzatrippa

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- the two dorsal spines; metatarsi I with 1 dorsal spine; spines long, twice as long as the diameter of the tibia; position of trichobothrium on metatarsus I at 0.17–0.19. Male palp ( Figs 1d–g , 2 a–b ): Patella and tibia each with one large dorsal spine, the one on the tibia somewhat longer; proximal branch of paracymbium with 1 median and 1 basal tooth, median part with one small tooth; lamella caracteristica with two prongs, the ventral one terminally bifid, the dorsal one on its tour split into two prongs, the dorsal one ending in a sharp tooth, the ventral one terminally bifid (fig. 1e)

Epigyne ( Figs 1h–j , 2 c–e ): Strongly raised, with curved scape accompanied by rounded lateral lobes, terminally with rounded stretcher; dorsal plate rectangular, elongated, two times wider than long.

Geographic distribution. Only known from the type locality.

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Figures

Fig. 1 – Palliduphantes petruzzielloi sp. n. a, holotype male, habitus in dorsal view; b, female paratype, habitus in dorsal view; c, holotype male, prosoma in frontal view; d, holotype male, palp, retrolateral view; e, idem, ventral view; f, idem, prolateral view; g, idem, dorsal view; h, female paratype, epigyne, ventral view; i, idem, dorsal view; j, idem, lateral view. Scale bars: a= 0.5 mm; b =1 mm; c= 0.2 mm; d–j =0.2 mm.

Fig. 2 – Palliduphantes petruzzielloi sp. n. a, holotype male, palp, retrolateral view; b, idem, embolic division, prolateral view; c, female paratype, epigyne, ventral view; d, idem, dorsal view; e, idem, lateral view. Scale bar: a–e: 0.18 mm.