Talanitoides, Levy, Gershom, 2009

Levy, Gershom, 2009, New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel, Zootaxa 2066, pp. 1-49 : 24

Talanitoides n. gen.

Type-species: Talanitoides habesor n. sp.

Etymology. The generic name refers to the close resemblance to Talanites Simon.

Diagnosis. Carapace with short fovea and small subequal eyes; PME nearly circular. Labium appreciably longer than wide. Sternum of ordinary form. Legs with sparse scopulae, without preening comb, trochanters not notched. Opisthosoma with barely visible dorsal scutum in male. Palpus of male with thick mesal embolus, bulky median apophysis and large, remarkable tibial apophysis ( Figs 53, 54 ). Epigynum of female with anterior sclerotic hood and globular spermathecae ( Figs 55, 56 ).

Comments. The male palpal configuration of Talanitoides with the thick embolus resembles Talanites species closely. Talanitoides , however, differs by the rather elongated labium, by the male palpus lacking a membranous conductor and a frontal tegular outgrowth and by bearing a remarkable tibial apophysis unlike the short, retrolaterally directed tibial apophysis of Talanites ( Levy, 1999a, figs 11–13).

Figures

FIGURES 53, 54. Talanitoides habesor n. sp. ♂, holotype, left palpus. 53. Ventral view. 54. Retrolateral view.

FIGURES 55, 56. Talanitoides habesor n. sp. Ψ. 55. Epigynum, ventral view. 56. Spermathecae, dorsal (inner) view.