Leptopilos manolisi (Chatzaki, 2002) Chatzaki, 2002

Levy, Gershom, 2009, New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel, Zootaxa 2066, pp. 1-49 : 11-12

Leptopilos manolisi (Chatzaki, 2002) n. comb.

Figs 23–26

Leptodrassus manolisi Chatzaki, 2002a: 592 , figs 70, 71, ♂ from Crete.

Hitherto unknown mate: Adult female from Sedot Mikha , Israel, leg. Yael Mandelik, May 14, 2002, pitfall trap (HUJ15569).

Description. Yellow coloured rather delicate spiders. Chelicerae with 3–5 small denticles.

Male. Measurements (5 ɗɗ): total length 1.5–2.2; carapace length 0.7–1.1, width 0.6–0.7, index 1.50–1.66; labial index 0.54–0.62; clypeal index 1.0; MOQ index 5.0; legs length: I 2.6–3.0, II 2.0–2.5, III 1.8–2.0, IV 2.9–3.4; patella-tibia index 0.9–1.1.

Palpus. Small with tips of fine sclerites barely distinguishable apart from a blackish, S-shaped lamina ( Fig. 23 ); nearly triangular tibial apophysis with one uneven side ( Fig. 24 ).

Female. Measurements (2ΨΨ): total length 1.9–2.2; carapace length 0.9–1.0, width 0.7–0.9, index 1.11–1.29; labial index 0.44–0.53; clypeal index 1.0; MOQ index 5.0–6.0; legs length: I 2.4–2.6, II 2.1–2.5, III 1.7–2.0, IV 3.2; patella-tibia index 0.88–0.90.

Epigynum . Cap-like hood lies anteriorly; spermathecal structures discern along sides of narrow median cavity ( Fig. 25 ); dorsal inner view of spermathecae as in Fig. 26 .

Diagnosis. Leptopilos manolisi , in general, slightly resembles L. levantinus but the two are clearly separated by the shape of the male palpal sclerites and the form of the tibial apophysis, and by the shape of the epigynal plate and spermathecae of the female.

Distribution. Crete, Israel - new record. Records. Israel: Sedot Mikha , Adullam .

Comment. Males and females were collected together by pitfall traps, revealing thus the unknown female.

Figures

FIGURES 23, 24. Leptopilos manolisi (Chatzaki, 2002) n. comb. ♂, left palpus. 23. Ventral view. 24. Retrolateral view.

FIGURES 25, 26. Leptopilos manolisi (Chatzaki, 2002) n. comb. Ψ. 25. Epigynum, ventral view. 26. Spermathecae, dorsal (inner) view.