Mesiotelus scopensis Drensky, 1935

Coşar, İ., Danışman, T. & Erdek, M., 2023, The genus Mesiotelus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Liocranidae) in Turkey, Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 19 (1), pp. 9-13 : 11-12

Mesiotelus scopensis Drensky, 1935

( Figs 12–16 , 22 )

Elverici et al., 2013: 306, figs 6–11; Naumova, 2020:4, figs 4, 5; Zamani, Marusik, 2021: 560, fig. 5F–G; Zarikian et al., 2022: 109, fig. 5, as Mesiotelus cf. scopensis .

Material. 1 ♀, Turkey, Kahramanmaraş Prov., Onikişubat Distr. , 37°51 ʹ 40 ʺ N / 36°38 ʹ 27 ʺ E, 900 m, 2.10.2020 (İ. Coşar, T. Danışman) ; 2 ♀, Turkey, Kahramanmaraş Prov., Onikişubat Distr. , 37°54 ʹ 28 ʺ N / 36°35 ʹ 47 ʺ E, 1083 m, 24.10.2020 (İ. Coşar, T. Danışman) .

Brief redescription based on studied specimens. Total length 5.3. Carapace length 2.1, width 1.7. Abdomen length 3.2, width 1.8. Ocular area length 0.55. Chelicera length 1, width 0.5. Sternum length 1.2, width 1 Leg formula IV, I, II, III. Legs: leg I 7.5 (2.1, 0.9, 2, 1.5, 1), leg II 6.4 (1.8, 0.8, 1.7, 1.3, 0.8), leg III 6 (1.6, 0.7, 1.4, 1.5, 0.8), leg IV 8.8 (2.3, 0.9, 2.2, 2.4, 1).

Carapace light yellow, covered with small black hairs ( Fig. 13 ). Clypeus narrow and light brown ( Fig. 14 ). Chelicerae long, yellowish-brown, dorsally with long dark setae ( Fig. 14 ). Sternum light yellow, without setae ( Fig. 13 ). Labium and maxillae yellow ( Fig. 13 ). Abdomen blackish, densely covered with long hairs ( Fig. 13 ), ventrally light yellow and covered with small black hairs ( Fig. 13 ). Legs light yellow and covered with light hairs ( Figs 12, 13 ).

Epigyne. Lateral margins of fovea concave, margins form an angle of approximately 70° between each other. Spermathecae separated by about half their diameter. Anterior hood (i.e. anterior pocket) prominent, about as wide as the interspermathecal distance ( Figs 15, 16 ).

Distribution. North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Iran (?) [World Spider Catalog, 2022].

Figures

Figs 12–21. Species of the genus Mesiotelus, females, general view and details of structure. 12–16 – M. scopensis; 17–21 – M. tenuissimus. 12–13 – habitus: 12 – dorsal view, 13 – ventral view; 14, 19, 21 – cephalothorax: 14, 21 – frontal view, 19 – dorsal view; 15–18 – epigyne: 15, 17 – ventral view, 16, 18 – dorsal view; 20 – abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars: 12–13 – 1 mm; 14, 19–20 – 0.5 mm; 15–18 – 0.1 mm; 21 – 0.2 mm. Рис. 12–21.ВиΑы роΑа Mesiotelus, самки, общий виΑ и ΑетаΛи строения. 12–16 – M. scopensis; 17–21 – M. tenuissimus. 12–13 – габитус: 12 – ΑорсаΛьно, 13 – вентраΛьно; 14, 19, 21 – гоΛовогруΑь: 14, 21 – виΑ спереΑи, 19 – ΑорсаΛьно; 15–18 – эпигина: 15, 17 – вентраΛьно, 16, 18 – ΑорсаΛьно; 20 – брюшко, ΑорсаΛьно. Масштабные Λинейки: 12–13 – 1 мм; 14, 19–20 – 0.5 мм; 15–18 – 0.1 мм; 21 – 0.2 мм.

Fig. 22. Distribution records of Mesiotelus caucasicus (square), M. deltshevi (circle), M. scopensis (black stars; white star is the first record in Turkey), and M. tenuissimus (triangle) in Turkey. Рис. 22. Распространение Mesiotelus caucasicus (кваΑрат), M. deltshevi (круг), M. scopensis (черные звезΑы; беΛая звезΑа – первая нахоΑка в Турции) и M. tenuissimus (треугоΛьник) в Турции.