Sardinidion blackwalli (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)

Seropian, Armen, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Makharadze, Giorgi & Baznikin, Andrei, 2024, New and interesting spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Vashlovani National Park and Chachuna Managed Reserve (Georgia), Caucasiana 3, pp. 183-213 : 183-213

Sardinidion blackwalli (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)

Figs 41

Sardinidion perplexum : Wunderlich 1995 b: 688, figs 1–7 (♂)

Material examined.

GEORGIA • 1 ♂; Kakheti, Dedoplistksaro mun., Vashlovani NP; Datviskhevi ; N 41.2361 °, E 46.3709 °; semidesert; leg. Seropian A; 20 May 2024; CaBOL-ID 1038179 .

Comments.

This species is distributed from the Eastern Mediterranean to eastern European Russia ( WSC 2024). It is the first record of Sardinidion in the Caucasus.

Figures

Figures 41–45. Sardinidion blackwalli, male (41: left palp, retrolateral view). Synema inexpectata sp. nov., holotype, male (42: general habitus of holotype male from Osiaskheoba; 43: left palp, ventral view; 44: ditto, retrolateral view; 45: retrolateral tibial apophysis, dorsal view). Abbreviations: Et – embolic tip, RTA – retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (41, 43–45); 1 mm (42).