Crosbyarachne silvestris (Georgescu, 1973) V. & Tanasevitch, 2011

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2011, On linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Eastern and Central Mediterranean kept at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (1), pp. 49-91 : 59

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5962/bhl.part.117799

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6311258

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA87DB-FF89-4624-2D8D-A8BDD2CC2050

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Crosbyarachne silvestris (Georgescu, 1973)
status

comb. nov.

Crosbyarachne silvestris (Georgescu, 1973) View in CoL comb. n.

MATERIAL: 7 Ƌ, 14 ♀; 2 Ƌ, 2 ♀ ( ZMMU), Italy, Tuscany, Mt Argentario, Maremma, 280-400 m a.s.l., sifting litter under Quercus ilex & Q. suber , 13.-14.II.1980, leg. A. Focarile.

COMPARATIVE MATERIAL EXAMINED: 5 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Romania, Seica Nare , pitfall, IV.1980, from collection of I. Weiss .

REMARKS: According to the palp and epigyne conformation Tapinocyba silvestris Georgescu, 1973 clearly belongs to the genus Crosbyarachne Charitonov, 1937 and is similar to its single representative, C. bukovskyi Charitonov, 1937 , known from the Crimea and Turkey ( Gnelitsa, 2009). A comparison between the Italian and Romanian specimens of C. silvestris comb. n. has shown their identity, whereas similar specimens from Greece show small but stable differences (see below). This species is here reported for the first time for the Italian fauna.

RANGE: Mediterranean.

ZMMU

Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Linyphiidae

Genus

Crosbyarachne

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