Eresus walckenaeri Brullé, 1832

Zamani, Alireza, Altin, Çağatay & Szűts, Tamás, 2020, A black sheep in Eresus (Araneae: Eresidae): taxonomic notes on the ladybird spiders of Iran and Turkey, with a new species, Zootaxa 4851 (3), pp. 559-572 : 569-570

Eresus walckenaeri Brullé, 1832

Fig. 25

Eresus walckenaeri Brullé, 1832: 54 , fig. 4; Miller et al. 2012: 57 , figs 2C–E, 4C, 12J–L, 16G, J, 40A–J, 41A–F, 42A–F (♂ ♀).

For the full list of taxonomic entries, see World Spider Catalog (2020).

Material examined. 1♂ ( CZMB): TURKEY: Izmir Province: Konyburun , 10.VII.2006 (E. Yağmur) .

Diagnosis. Miller et al. (2012) gives a diagnosis based on the ribbon-like blunt conductor, which is unique in the genus by lacking a notch ( Fig 25 ). Also, no terminal tooth is visible, and the lamella is well-developed, extended and overhanging the triangular-shaped tegulum ( Fig. 25 ).

Description. See Miller et al. (2012).

Distribution. Mediterranean ( World Spider Catalog, 2020).

Figures

FIGURES 20–25. Male palps of Eresus lavrosiae Mcheidze, 1997 (20–22), Eresus kollari Rossi, 1846 (23), Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008 (24) and Eresus walckenaeri Brullé, 1832 (25). 20. prolateral view. 21. ventral view. 22–25. retrolateral views. Scale bar = 0.5 mm (20–22). Figs 23–25 are not to scale.