Iberina difficilis ( Harm, 1966 )

Růžička, Vlastimil, 2022, A review of the spider genus Iberina (Araneae, Hahniidae), Zootaxa 5133 (4), pp. 555-566 : 559-560

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.4.6

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6533284

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Iberina difficilis ( Harm, 1966 )
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Iberina difficilis ( Harm, 1966) View in CoL

Figs. 3E View FIGURE 3 , 4E View FIGURE 4 , 5E View FIGURE 5 .

Hahnia difficilis Harm, 1966 View in CoL — Harm (1966): p. 356, Figs. 29–35 (descr. ♂ ♀); transferred by Lehtinen (1967).

Iberina difficilis View in CoL — Lehtinen (1967): p. 240.

I. difficilis View in CoL — Ledoux (2014): p. 34, Fig. 10.

Material examined. Owing to the indistinguishability of males of I. difficilis and I. montana , only material containing females is considered. SWITZERLAND, Son Cassian, 9 Jun–27 Jul 2003, 1 ♂ 2 ♀ ( NMB, ARAN 25962 ) Grindelwald , Adelboden, 2 ♂ 1 ♀, sub I. montana , misidentification ( NMB, ARAN 02003 a) CZECHIA: Srní— Horská Kvilda , Jezerní Slať Reserve, 1060 m a.s.l., 29 Jun?, 2 ♂ 2 ♀, leg. F. Miller ( NMP, P6A 755 View Materials /1) • Horní Planá — Pernek, 770 m a.s.l., 30 Jul 1956, 2 ♂ 2 ♀, leg. F. Miller ( NMP, P6A 755 View Materials /2) • Zlaté Hory , Rejvíz Reserve, 770 m a.s.l., 25 Sep?, 2 ♂ 2 ♀, leg. F. Miller ( NMP, P6A 755 View Materials /6) • Borová Lada, 17 Sep 1985, 2 ♀, leg. A. Kůrka GoogleMaps • Zaječov, former military training area Jordán, 49.7230°N, 13.8623°E, 810 m a.s.l., 29 Mar–15 Aug 2017, 3 ♂ 1 ♀, leg. K. Tajovský & V. Pižl GoogleMaps • Obecnice, former military training area Tok, 49.709°N, 13.880°E, 810 m a.s.l., 17–21 Jul 2017, 2 ♂ 2 ♀, leg. R. Tropek ( IECA) GoogleMaps • Jílové—Sněžník , 26 Jun 1998, 1 ♀, leg. E. Kula ( CVB) • Liberec , Černá Hora Mt., 11 Jun–15 Sep 2018, 1 ♂ 3 ♀ • Hejnice (distr. Liberec), Zelený Kámen Mt., 8 Jun—12 Sep 2018, 2 ♂ 3 ♀ • Desná, Bukovec Mt., 15 Aug–2 Sep 2018, 3 ♀ • Harrachov, Mrtvý Vrch Mt., 7 Jul–11 Aug 2019, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, leg. P. Vonička ( CAK) .

Description. ♀ (from Horní Planá, Czechia). CW 0.60 mm. The carapace is yellow brown with blackish fovea and radiating striae, and the abdomen is blackish grey with chevrons. Leg measurements: I: 2.01 (0.60, 0.23, 0.43, 0.38, 0.37); II: 1.82 (0.56, 0.22, 0.36, 0.35, 0.33); III: 1.65 (0.48, 0.17, 0.35, 0.34, 0.31); IV: 2.28 (0.65, 0.22, 0.51, 0.50, 0.40). Epigyne: the spermathecae are indistinct, hardly visible. Vulva: the primary spermathecae are separated by a space broader than their diameter, and secondary spermathecae are greatly reduced, hardly visible ( Fig. 5 E View FIGURE 5 ).

♂ (from Horní Planá , Czechia). Palpal femur with three spines on the ventral side ( Fig. 2O View FIGURE 2 ). The tibial apophysis starts with conical narrowing of the tibia and has cuttings ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ). The tip of the cymbium is rounded ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 ) .

Ecology. In peat bogs, heathlands and other open, wet habitats, mainly in higher altitudes.

Geographic distribution. Europe.

NMB

Naturhistorishes Museum

NMP

National Museum (Prague)

IECA

Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Entomology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Hahniidae

Genus

Iberina

Loc

Iberina difficilis ( Harm, 1966 )

Růžička, Vlastimil 2022
2022
Loc

I. difficilis

Ledoux, J. - C. 2014: 34
2014
Loc

Hahnia difficilis

Lehtinen, P. T. 1967: 240
Harm, M. 1966: 356
1966
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