Odontodrassus aphanes (Thorell, 1897)

Saaristo, Michael I., 2002, New species and interesting new records of spiders from Seychelles (Arachnida, Araneaea), Phelsuma 10, pp. 1-32 : 11

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.824148

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6277838

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scientific name

Odontodrassus aphanes (Thorell, 1897)
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Odontodrassus aphanes (Thorell, 1897) View in CoL ( Figs. 25-27 View Figs. 25 - 27 )

Drassus aphanes Thorell, 1897a: 218 (Df) .

Scotophaeus javanus Kulczyn’ski, 1911 b: 470, pl. 21, f. 21,24 (Df). Drassodes ciusi Berland, 1924a: 192 , f. 54-56 (Dm).

Drassodes ciusi, Berland 1929a: 393 , f. 3-4 (Df).

Odontodrassus javanus, Platnick 1981:332, f. 1-4 (Tf from Zelotes per Roewer, Sm).

Kamura, 1990: 32, f. 1-2 0).

Odontodrassus aphanes, Deeleman-Reinhold 2001: 530 , f.915-921 (Tf from Drassodes, Sm ).

Material examined: Bird , 1m, 06.04.2001, J. Gerlach leg. ( MZT AA 2.183 ) .

Diagnosis: This is a smallish (TL=5-5.8), light coloured species; carapace pale orange, abdomen dorsaily mouse-grey with a small, triangular dark coloured apical scutum covered with long, curved and thickened hairs, venter creamy white. Male palp with enlarged embolar base bearing a long, whip-like embolus running along the retrolateral edge of large, flat conductor. Female epigynum with a wide median ridge covering two long, parallel median ducts with laterally directed anterior ends.

Description: The species has been well described by Platnick (1981: Odontodrassus javanus) and Deeleman-Reinhold (2001).

Distribution: The species seems to be widely distributed in the tropics, probably partly due to human introductions ( Platnick 1981, Deeleman-Reinhold 2001). This is the first record of the species from Seychelles and so far found only from Bird.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Gnaphosidae

Genus

Odontodrassus

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