Dysdera lata Reuss, 1834

Hernández-Corral, Jesús, 2017, The spider family Dysderidae in the Balearic Islands, Zootaxa 4329 (4), pp. 375-391 : 383

Dysdera lata Reuss, 1834

Figs 4–5 , 25–26 , 29

Dysdera lata ReUss 1834: 196 (descr. ♀).

Type material. Holotype ♀ of Dysdera lata from Egypt, deposited in SMF; not examined.

Previous records in the Baleares. Without precise locality ( Simon 1914).

New records. Majorca: Palma de Mallorca , Castillo de San Carlos (39°32'47.4''N 2°37'16.8''E), 16m, 1 ♂ 4 ♀♀, under large stones in pine grove, 29.IV.2014 (CJL).

Comments. Dysdera lata is the name giving species of the lata group of Dysdera . Apart from this species, the following are listed as members of this group by Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman (1988): D. westringii O.P.- Cambridge, D. spinicrus Simon , D. taurica Charitonov , D. simoni Deeleman-Reinhold and D. gemina Deeleman- Reinhold. The species D. lata , D. westringii and D. taurica have often been confused in the past, and although Řezáč et al. (2008) gave a detailed redescription of D. taurica , the species is considered a synonym of D. lata in the World Spider Catalogue 2016.

Distribution. Dysdera lata has a remarkable, perhaps secondary distribution, from Morocco and Algeria in the West to Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Egypt in the East.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Fig. 1. Dysdera arnedoi Lissner new species. Female, dorsalateral view. Figs 2 – 3. Dysdera crocata C. L. Koch (from St Elm). 2. Male, dorsal view; 3. Female, dorsal view; Figs 4 – 5. Dysdera lata ReUss, 1834; 4. Male, dorsal view; 5. Female, dorsal view. Fig. 6. Harpactea dufouri (Thorell, 1839); Male, dorsal view. Fig. 7. Parachtes riberai Bosmans new species; Male, dorsal view.

FIGURES 25 – 26. Dysdera lata ReUss, 1834. 25. Male palp, retrolateral view; 26. Idem, prolateral view.

FIGURES 27 – 30. Figs 27 – 28. Dysdera balearica Thorell, 1873; 27. VUlva, ventral view; 28. Idem, dorsal view. Fig. 29. Dysdera lata ReUss, 1834. VUlva, dorsal view. Figs 30 – 32. Dysdera arnedoi new species. 30. VUlva, dorsal view with transversal bar still in place; 31. Idem, ventral view; 32. Idem, dorsal view. Scale bars 0.2 mm.