Nomisia levyi, Chatzaki, 2010

Chatzaki, M., 2010, A revision of the genus Nomisia in Greece and neighboring regions with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 2501 (1), pp. 1-22 : 11

Nomisia levyi n. sp.

Figs 28–29 , 52

Etymology. The species name is dedicated to the late arachnologist G. Levy from Israel.

Type: GREECE: Attiki, Pentelikon : 1 ♂ holotype, ( SMF 2425 , sub. N. recepta , det. Roewer, 1931)

Diagnosis: N. levyi n. sp. is easily distinguished by the characteristic configuration of the bulging bifid embolus.

Description. Measurements ♂ n = 1: PL: 1.9, PW: 1.5, OL: 2.

♂: The single specimen available to the author was too fragile for detailed examination of somatic parts, measurements and leg spination examination (the specimen was deprived of any spines). It is a spider of average size and pale yellow coloration. The absence of the characteristic black dorsal markings on the abdomen, present at all members of the genus, is possibly due to its preservation in alcohol for a very long time.

♂ Pedipalp ( Figs 28–29 ): tegulum robust, reduced at apical posterior side, uncovering a bulging embolus. Embolus bifid with one lower upright part where the spermophore ends and another, longer, almost vertically directed to the former, reaching out of the upper part of the cymbium. The same structure looks like a separate apophysis (l) in tetrolateral view ( Fig. 29 ). A small part of the median apophysis (M) is visible when viewed from ventral side, as most of it is covered by the upper surface of the tegulum. Tibial apophyses with a small, membranous, pointed ventral extension and a dorsally directed pointed lobe on its main part.

Distribution. GREECE, Attiki.

Figures

FIGURES 28–29. N. levyi n. sp. from Attiki – SMF2425. Male palp, ventral view (28), ventral to retrolateral view (29). M: median apophysis. l: sclerotized membrane.