Afraflacilla epiblemoides ( Chyzer, 1891 )

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 : 245-246

Afraflacilla epiblemoides ( Chyzer, 1891)

Figs 17A–D

Material. 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (IBER), Thracian lowland, Yagodovo village, N 42.1234 ˚, E 24.8527 ˚, 159 m, 05.08.2020, 1 ♂ (IBER), 17.08.2020 , 1 ♂, 2 imm (IBER), 09.09.2020, V. Genchev leg., on the trunk of an old hybrid black poplar ( Populus x nigra ).

Remarks. Rare species reported from Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey (Nentwig et al. 2021; World Spider Catalog 2021). New photographs of copulatory organs ( Figs 17A–D ) are presented.

Figures

FIGURES 17A–D. Afraflacilla epiblemoides, copulatory organs. A–B Left male palp (A ventral, B ventro-retrolateral). C–D Female genitalia, macerated (C epigyne, ventral; D vulva, dorsal). CD—copulatory duct, CO—copulatory opening, EB—embolar base, Em—embolus, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, S –spermatheca.