Tmarus piochardi (Simon, 1866)

Seropian, Armen, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Krammer, Hans-Joachim, Thormann, Jana, Hein, Nils, Karalashvili, Elisabeth, Kachlishvili, Nino & Datunashvili, Anastasia, 2024, Picking pearls from the Silk Road: Insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL) project. Part III, Caucasiana 3, pp. 89-118 : 89

** Tmarus piochardi (Simon, 1866)

Figs 47-48

Tmarus piochardi Zamani, 2015: 18, figs 3A-D (♂♀).

Tmarus piochardi Lecigne, 2016: 115, figs 11B-D (♂).

Material examined.

GEORGIA - Kakheti • 2♂♂; Dedoplistskaro mun., Vashlovani NP, Mijniskure ; N41.1127°, E46.6460°; 101 m a.s.l.; semidesert, light trap; leg. Kaitila J.-P. & Junnilainen J.; 22. May 2023; CaBOL-IDs 1035797, 1035816 .

Remarks.

This species is distributed from the Iberian Peninsula to Iran ( Nentwig et al. 2023; WSC 2023). It is the first record of T. piochardi in the Caucasus. The males of this species are readily distinguished from those co-occurring in the Caucasus congeners by the shape of the tibial apophysis.

Genus Xysticus C.L. Koch, 1835

Figures

Figures 45 - 48. Bassaniodes pseudorectilineus, male (45: left palpus, ventral view; 46: same, retrolateral view). Tmarus piochardi, male (47: left palpus, ventral view; 48: tibial apophysis, dorsal view). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (45 - 47); 0.1 mm (48).