Cybaeopsis theoblicki (Bosmans, 2021) Ballarin & Pantini, 2022

Ballarin, Francesco & Pantini, Paolo, 2022, An unexpected occurrence: discovery of the genus Cybaeopsis Strand, 1907 in Europe with the description of a new species from Italy (Arachnida, Araneae, Amaurobiidae), Zoosystematics and Evolution 98 (2), pp. 377-385 : 377

Cybaeopsis theoblicki (Bosmans, 2021) comb. nov.

Callobius theoblicki Bosmans, 2021: 879, 32-41 (♂♀).

Diagnosis.

See Bosmans 2021 and diagnosis of C. lodovicii + sp. nov.

Description.

See Bosmans 2021.

Distribution.

Portugal.

Habitat.

Litter of Pinus and Quercus forests at low and middle mountain range (from 160 to 890 m, see Bosmans 2021)

Remarks.

Cybaeopsis theoblicki shows the typical morphological characters of Cybaeopsis , in particular: a retrolateral tibial apophysis ending bifurcated, three dorsal apophyses in the male palpal tibia two of which elongated and sharp, epigyne lacking a median lobe, and lateral lobes of epigyne extended laterally with a flat posterior margin. All these characters can be easily observed in the photos illustrated in Bosmans (2021). The size range reported for the species (3.8-4.5 mm) further supports its affinity with the genus Cybaeopsis rather than Callobius . Based on these characters, the transfer of C. theoblicki to the genus Cybaeopsis is herein proposed.