Titanoeca tristis L. Koch, 1872

Naumova, Maria, 2019, Description of Titanoeca deltshevi sp. n. from Bulgaria with faunistic notes on related species in the Balkans (Araneae, Titanoecidae), Zootaxa 4688 (3), pp. 420-430 : 426

Titanoeca tristis L. Koch, 1872

Fig. 11 .

Titanoeica [sic] t. Drensky 1936a: 20 (lapsus, ICZN: 33.3).

Additional sources: Drensky 1936b, 1940 a; Deltshev et al. 1993, 1998, 2012.

New data: BULGARIA: 2 ♀, Western Stara Planina Mts: Kraevo village ( Fig. 6 : 24), N42.9828°, 23.5914°, 875 m a.s.l., 13.06.2016, lgt E. Chehlarov , 1 ♂ ( Fig. 11 ), Gara Lakatnik village ( Fig. 6 : 23), 26.05.2017, lgt S. Indzhov ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 juvenile, Central Stara Planina Mts: Kamenitsa village ( Fig. 6 : 25), N42.5955°, E23.9352°, 646 m a.s.l., 14.06.2016, lgt M. Naumova ; 1 ♀, Kraishte region: Lyubash Mts, Rebro village ( Fig. 6 : 18), N42.7545°, E22.7539°, 1320 m a.s.l., 27.06.2016, lgt T. Teofilova ; 1 ♀, Vlahina Mts: Brestovo village ( Fig. 6 : 21), N41.8519°, E22.9945°, 893 m a.s.l., 29.06.2016, lgt E. Chehlarov ; 5 ♀, Viskyar Mts: Radulovtsi village ( Fig. 6 : 20), N 42.8377°, E 22.9293°, 720 m a.s.l., 01.07.2016 ; 1 ♀, Sofia plain: Sofia, Borisovata Gradina park ( Fig. 6 : 22), 14.08.2017 , lgt S. Indzhov.

Distribution in Bulgaria: W Rhodopes Mts: Devin, Shiroka Laka, Trigrad ( Drensky 1936a); W Stara Planina Mts: Kraevo village and Gara Lakatnik village (present paper); C Stara Planina Mts: Kamenitsa village (present paper); Kraishte region: Lyubash Mts, Rebro village (present paper);Vlahina Mts: Brestovo village (present paper); Viskyar Mts: Radulovtsi village (present paper); Sofia plain: Sofia, Borisovata Gradina park (present paper).

Global distribution: Europe to Central Asia.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Distribution of Titanoeca species in Bulgaria: 1–4, T. deltshevi sp. n., 5, T. flavicoma, 6–12, T. quadriguttata, 13– 16, T. schineri, 17–29, T. tristis, 30–31, T. turkmenia, 32–35, T. veteranica. Please see text for locality and collection details.

FIGURES 10–12. Comparison between the newly established species T. turkmenia and its closest Balkans congeners, right male palps, prolateral view: 10, T. turkmenia, 11, T. tristis, 12, T. veteranica. DTA, dorsal tibial apophisis, ITA, intermediate tibial apophisis, PTA, prolateral tibial apophisis. Scale line 0.5 mm.