Leptorchestes sikorskii Prószyński, 2000

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Leptorchestes sikorskii Prószyński, 2000

Figs 18A–B

Material. 1 ♂, 1 imm ♂ (IBER), Thracian lowland, Yagodovo village, N 42.1160 ˚, E 24.8496 ˚, 158 m, 18.05.2019, 1 imm ♂ (IBER), 01.08.2020, V. Genchev leg., on a wall and fences.

Remarks. Known from Israel, Lebanon, Greece and Turkey, ( Coşar et al. 2014, Metzner 1999, Prószyński 2003, Wesołowska & Szeremeta 2001). Second record for the Balkans, after Greece ( Metzner 1999 sub L. berolinensis (C. L. Koch, 1846)) . Photographs of the male palp ( Figs18A–B ) are provided for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 18A–B. Leptorchestes sikorskii, left male palp (A ventral, B retrolateral). ED—embolar duct, Em—embolus, RTA— retrolateral tibial apophysis.