Gongylidiellum orduense Wunderlich, 1995

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 : 66-67

Gongylidiellum orduense Wunderlich, 1995 Figs 53-58

MATERIAL: 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Turkey, Kastamonu, 5 km S of Küre, 1200 m a.s.l., Fagus & Picea forest, sifting litter, 18. V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [24]. – 1 ♀, between Inebolu and Sure, 10 km from Küre, 700 m a.s.l., Fagus & Picea forest with Rhododendron , sifting litter, 18. V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [22]. – 3 ♀ ( ZMMU), Sinop, near Lala, Quercus & Fagus forest, sifting litter, 20. V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [28]. – 2 ♀, above Bektas, 23 km N of Boyabat, route Boyabat - Sinop, 1100 m a.s.l., Fagus forest, sifting litter, 20. V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [31]. – 1 Ƌ, 4 ♀, Zonguldak, 17 km N of Safranbolu, route Bartin - Safranbolu, 1000 m a.s.l., Fagus forest with Picea & Pinus , sifting litter, 16. V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [18]. – 1 ♀, 10 km from Zonguldak, route Zonguldak - Çaycuma, 500 m a.s.l., Fagus forest with Rhododendron , sifting litter, 23. V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [35]. – 1 ♀, Artvin, 8 km W of Borçka, 350 m a.s.l., deciduous forest, sifting litter, 8. VI.1986, leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt [8]. – 1 ♀, SW of Artvin, 1900 m a.s.l., pasture in Fagus & Picea forest, under stones, 9. VI.1986, leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt [10a]. – 2 ♀, above Artvin, 1500 m a.s.l., Fagus & Picea forest with Rhododendron , sifting litter, 9. VI.1986, leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt [11b]. – 1 ♀, between Hopa and Kemalpasa, 11 km from Hopa, sifting litter under ferns and blackberry, 10. VI.1986, leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt [12a].

REMARKS: This species has been described from Anatolia, Turkey, from a single male. A description of the female is given below for the first time.

DESCRIPTION OF FEMALE: Total length 1.98. Carapace unmodified, 0.82 long, 0.57 wide, pale brown. Chelicerae 0.35 long, frontal tooth absent. Legs pale brown. Leg I 1.92 long (0.55+0.22+0.45+0.38+0.32), IV 1.93 long (0.55+0.20+0.50+0.38+ 0.30). Chaetotaxy: 2.2.1.1, spines about as long as diameter of tibia or a bit longer. TmI 0.38. Metatarsus IV without trichobothrium. Abdomen 1.27 long, 0.82 wide, pale grey. Epigyne with highly pigmented and well protruded drop-shaped ventral plate as in Fig. 58. Receptacles small, spherical.

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF MALE: Total length 1.50. Carapace unmodified, 0.70 long, 0.55 wide. Chelicerae 0.30 long, frontal tooth position as in Fig. 53. Leg I 1.92 long (0.55+0.20+0.48+0.38+0.31), IV 1.87 long (0.53+0.20+0.48+0.38+0.28). TmI 0.37. Palp as in Figs 54-57. Abdomen 0.78 long, 0.50 wide. Body and leg coloration, as well as chaetotaxy, as in female.

DISTRIBUTION: This species is still known from northern Turkey only.

RANGE: Anatolian.