Leptopilos memorialis (Spassky, 1940)

Naumova, Maria, Blagoev, Gergin & Deltshev, Christo, 2021, Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 4984 (1), pp. 228-257 : 235

Leptopilos memorialis (Spassky, 1940)

Figs 7A–E

Material. 1 ♀ (IBER), Western Stara Planina Mts, Sofia (Kremikovtsi ward), near Utaynika Bog , N 42.7882 ˚, E 23.4812 ˚, 1– 3.06.2017, 645 m, M. Naumova leg., under stone in open habitat with scarce vegetation ; 2 ♂♂ (IBER), Besapari hills, Sinitovo village , N 42.1255 ˚, E 24.3761 ˚, 301 m, 29– 30.05.2020, Moericke trap, T. Ljubomirov leg., open rocky habitat with scarce vegetation.

Remarks. Rare species known from Greece, Ukraine, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Mongolia ( World Spider Catalog 2021). First record of the genus in Bulgaria. New photographs of the male palp ( Figs 7A–C ) with the specific complex of tegular apophyses and the female genitalia ( Figs 7D–E ) are provided.

Figures

FIGURES 7A–E. Leptopilos memorialis, male (A–C) and female (D–E).A–C Left palp (A prolateral, B ventral, C retrolateral). D Epigyne, macerated, ventral. E Vulva, dorsal. C—conductor, CO—copulatory opening, Em—embolus, FD—fertilization duct, Ho—hood of scape, MA—median apophysis, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, S—spermatheca