Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929

Zamani, Alireza, Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A. Ali & Abdullah Najim, Shurooq, 2022, New data on Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Iraq, Evolutionary Systematics 6 (2), pp. 143-150 : 143

Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929

Figs 1E , 2D , 3C , 5A-C

Identification.

Zamani (2018).

Material.

IRAQ: Najaf Province: 3♂ (MMBC), Ash Shabakah camp, 150 km SW of Najaf, [30°48'N, 43°39'E], 260 m, stone desert (O. Jakeš) ; 7♂ 1♀ (MMBC), same locality, 16.10.1972 (O. Jakeš) .

Distribution.

North Africa and the Middle East.

Comment.

New record for Iraq. Previously, this species was only provisionally recorded from Iran based on a single female specimen ( Zamani et al. 2018), and specimens of both sexes from United Arab Emirates were only tentatively matched ( Zamani 2018); the finding of the two sexes in the same locality reinforces the correct matching of this female with the male of P. dalmasi .

The females of this species were described for the first time by Levy (1995), who provided figures of two “forms” of the epigyne (Levy 1995: figs 74-75). In our opinion and based on material from Iraq, Iran and UAE, only the form illustrated on fig. 75 is correctly matched with the male of P. dalmasi , and the one illustrated on fig. 74 belongs to another (perhaps undescribed) species.

Figures

Figure 1. Habitus of male (A, D, E) and female (B, C, F) gnaphosids, dorsal view. A, B. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958; C. Marinarozelotes jaxartensis (Kroneberg, 1875); D. Odontodrassus aravaensis Levy, 1999; E. Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929; F. Pterotricha kovblyuki Zamani & Marusik, 2018.

Figure 2. Male palps of gnaphosids, ventral view. A. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958; B. Odontodrassus aravaensis Levy, 1999; C. Odontodrassus mundulus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872); D. Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929.

Figure 3. Male palps of gnaphosids, retrolateral view. A. Odontodrassus aravaensis Levy, 1999; B. Odontodrassus mundulus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872); C. Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929; D. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958.

Figure 5. Epigynes of Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929 (A-C) and Pterotricha kovblyuki Zamani & Marusik, 2018 (D-F). A, D. intact epigyne, ventral view; B, E. macerated epigyne, ventral view; C, F. vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: Ag - accessorial gland; Ah - anterior hood; Ld - lateral duct; Lm - lateral margin; Re - receptacle.