Agyneta suecica Holm, 1950

Gnelitsa, Valery A., 2014, On a new Agyneta species from Ukraine related to A. suecica Holm, 1950 (Araneae: Linyphiidae), Zootaxa 3894 (1), pp. 169-176 : 170

Agyneta suecica Holm, 1950

4–6, 8‒9, 12, 13, 18–22

Agyneta suecica Holm 1950: 144 , figs 13a–e (♀); Palmgren 1965: 31, fig. 1 (♂); Holm 1968: 192, figs 13–16 (♂); Palmgren 1975: 25, figs 4.17–18 (♂).

Material: 1 ♂ 2♀ with label “Geta, Getaberget Kalliojäkälikkö; 24.05.1975, leg. P.T. Lehtinen” (ARA 28238, Mus. Zool. Turku).

Redescription. Male: total length 1.54. Carapace 0.69 long, 0.55 wide. Posterior median eyes separated by their diameter. Sternum 0.43 long and 0.38 wide, grey-yellow slightly darkened on margins with yellow points rarely scattered. Chelicera with no teeth on outer margin. Abdomen uniformly grey. Tibial spination 2222; TmI – 0.67, TmII – 0.58, TmIII – 0.49, TmIV – 0.63.

Length of leg joints.

Palp as in Figs 4–6 , 12–13 ; patella with conical extension bearing one setae on the top; tibia without apophyses; cybmium unmodified; lamella characteristica well developed, unbranched; base of embolus (v) rounded; tubercle of embolus (tu) strong.

Female: total length 1.86. Carapace 0.67 long, 0.50 wide. Posterior median eyes separated by their diameter. Sternum 0.42 long and 0.39 wide, glossy, yellow-grey with yellow points rarely scattered. Chelicera with a tooth on outer margin. Abdomen uniformly grey. Tibial spination 2222. TmI—0.69, TmII—0.62, TmIII—0.46, TmIV—0.67.

Length of leg joints.

Palp as in Figs 8‒9 .

Epigyne and vulva as in Figs 18–22 . Epigyne with wide proximal part of proscape, proscape sides straight, oblique Figs18–19 .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Agyneta pinicola sp. n. male palp: 1 — retrolateral, 2 — ventral, 3 — prolateral. Agyneta suecica male palp: 4 — retrolateral, 5 — ventral, 6 — prolateral. Scale = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 7 – 13. Agyneta pinicola sp. n. (7, 10 – 11): 7 — female palp, retrolateral; 10 – 11 — male palpal tibia dorsal and laterodorsal. Agyneta suecica (8 – 9, 12 – 13): 8, 9 — female palp retrolateral (after Holm, 1950); 12, 13 — male palpal tibia dorsal and latero-dorsal. Scale = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 14 – 22. Agyneta pinicola sp. n. epigyne (14 – 17): 14 — ventral, 15 — caudal, 16 — dorsal, 17 — vulva, ventral. Agyneta suecica epigyne (18 – 22): 18, 22 — ventral, 19 — caudal, 20 — dorsal, 21 — vulva, ventral. Scale = 0.1 mm.