Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008

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 : 566

Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008

Figs 24 , 32–33

Eresus moravicus Řezáč, in Řezáč et al. 2008: 274 , figs 2K–Q, 3K–Q, 4B, E, H, K, 5B, E (♂ ♀); Kovács et al. 2015: 14, figs 1C–D, 3D–F, 7B (♂ ♀).

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

Material examined. 1♂ (CASENT 9037134): HUNGARY: Borsod Abaúj Zemplén County: Füzér , Castle hill, 10.VII.2006 (G. Kovács & Cs. Szinetár) .

Diagnosis. Per Řezáč et al. (2008), males of this species can be recognized by the high and bulky pars cephalica, domed in front of the PMEs ( Fig. 32 ). By the morphology of the copulatory organs, it can be distinguished by the more rectangular bulb (i.e. lower and upper sides straight, not curved), and lower lamella with a slight elevation ( Fig. 24 ).

Description. See Řezáč et al. (2008).

Distribution. Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Albania ( 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.

FIGURES 26–33. Lateral and frontal male habitus profiles of four Eresus species. 26, 27. Eresus adaleari sp. n. 28, 29. Eresus lavrosiae Mcheidze, 1997. 30, 31. Eresus kollari Rossi, 1846. 32, 33. Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008. Scale bars = 2.0 mm.