Troglohyphantes ruffoi

Isaia, Marco & Pantini, Paolo, 2010, New data on the spider genus Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in the Italian Alps, with the description of a new species and a new synonymy, Zootaxa 2690, pp. 1-18 : 10

Troglohyphantes ruffoi di Caporiacco, 1936

Troglohyphantes ruffoi di Caporiacco, 1936: 3,figure 1–5; Thaler, 1967: 160, figures 2g –h; T. r. Brignoli, 1971: 186, figures 86–91, 93, 96, 98.

Troglohyphantes paolettii Brignoli, 1971: 189 , figures 92, 94–95, 97; Brignoli, 1972: 58;

Brignoli, 1975: 14, figure 25.

Troglohyphantes ruffoi Thaler, 1987: 153 , figures 19–43; Pesarini, 1988b: 240, figures 5, 10; Pesarini 2001: 131.

Material examined. Italy, Veneto, Province of Verona: Grezzana, Vajo dei Casotti, broadleaf wood, 500 m, 18/3/2004 – 28/4/2004, 1Ψ, L. Reich legit (Pitfall traps); Negrar, Montecchio, Val Borago, wood, 465 m, 28/11/ 2003 – 8/1/2004, 2ɗ; 28/11/2003 – 8/1/2004, 1ɗ; 8/1/2004 – 12/2/2004, 1Ψ L. Reich legit (pitfall traps); Verona, Val Borago, wood, 200 m, 12/2/2004 – 18/3/2004, 1ɗ L. Reich legit (pitfall traps); Province of Vicenza: Arcugnago, wood near Cascina Zanotto, 70 m, 27/6/2002 – 8/10/2002, 3ɗ, 2Ψ; 8/10/2002 – 27/3/2003, 1ɗ, 1Ψ; 27/3/2003 – 12/6/2003, 2ɗ, Museo BG legit (pitfall traps); Castelgomberto, wood, 300 m, 4/6/2002 – 9/8/2002, 1ɗ, 1Ψ, 2juv.; 9/8/2002 – 8/10/2002, 1Ψ; 8/10/2002 – 27/3/2003, 1ɗ, 2Ψ, 6juv; 27/3/2003 – 12/4/2003, 1Ψ, 1juv, Museo BG legit (pitfall traps); Schio, beech wood near San Rocco, 650 m, 4/6/2002 – 9/8/2002, 1ɗ, 2Ψ; 9/8/ 2002 – 8/10/2002, 1ɗ, 2Ψ; 8/10/2002 – 27/3/2003, 3Ψ; 27/3/2003 – 12/4/2003, 2ɗ, 1Ψ Museo BG legit (pitfall traps).

Note. The species is known after epigean and hypogean records in the Lessini Mountains and in Southern Trentino. Our record from Colli Berici (Veneto, Province of Vicenza) extends its distribution southwards.