Haplodrassus invalidus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872)

Kovblyuk, Mykola M., Kastrygina, Zoya A. & Omelko, Mikhail M., 2012, A review of the spider genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in Crimea (Ukraine) and adjacent areas (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), ZooKeys 205, pp. 59-89 : 64

Haplodrassus invalidus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) Figs 32-34

Drassus invalidus O. P.-Cambridge, 1872a: 237, pl. 15, f. 14 (♂).

Haplodrassus vignai Di Franco, 1996: 173, f. 1-4 (♂♀).

Haplodrassus invalidus : Levy 2004: 31, f. 70-73 (♂♀). For a complete list of references see Platnick (2012).

Material.

AZERBAIJAN. 1 ♂ (TNU), Gobustan, Beyuk-Dash, 17.05.2001, E.F. Huseynov.

Diagnosis.

Males of Haplodrassus invalidus can be distinguished from all other Haplodrassus species by the peculiar thin embolus with an inner spur-like process, and also the peculiar shape of the RTA, which is not indented and has a claw-like tip (Figs 32-34).

Description.

Well described by Levy (2004).

Distribution.

Spain, Corsica, Italy (mainland and Sicily), Turkey, Israel and Azerbaijan ( Levy 2004; Platnick 2012; present data).

Comments.

Haplodrassus invalidus is a new species record for the fauna of Azerbaijan, Caucasus and the former Soviet Union. Azerbaijan is the easternmost point of the known distribution range.