Haplodrassus dalmatensis (L. Koch, 1866)

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 : 63

Haplodrassus dalmatensis (L. Koch, 1866) Figs 22 –2428– 29

Haplodrassus dalmatensis : Tullgren 1946: 100, pl. 16, f. 201-203 (♂♀).

Haplodrassus dalmatensis : Miller and Buchar 1977: 170, pl. IV, f. 1-3 (♂♀).

Haplodrassus dalmatensis : Grimm 1985: 138, f. 156, 164-165 (♂♀).

Haplodrassus dalmatensis : Roberts 1985: 66, f. 24a (♂♀).

Haplodrassus dalmatensis : Roberts 1998: 110, f. (♂♀).

Haplodrassus dalmatensis : Levy 2004: 23, f. 57-61 (♂♀).

Haplodrassus dalmatensis : Almquist 2006: 408, f. 352 a–e (♂♀). For a complete list of references see Platnick (2012).

Records from Crimea.

Apostolov and Onchurov (1998); Onchurov (1998); Mikhailov (2000); Kovblyuk (2004a,b, 2006); Kovblyuk et al. (2008).

Material.

UKRAINE, CRIMEA:Bakhchisaray Distr.: 1 ♂ (TNU), Crimean State Nature Reserve, kordon Asport, 29.06.2001, M.M. Kovblyuk. Feodosiya Distr.: 4 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ (TNU), Karadag Nature Reserve, 25.05.2003-21.11.2008, M.M. Kovblyuk, O.V. Kukushkin, A.A. Nadolny. Saky Distr.: 5 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀ (TNU), near Pribrezhnaya railway station, 19.05.-3.07.2000, M.M. Kovblyuk. Sevastopol Distr.: 2 ♂ (EMZ), Khersones, 29.05.1996 & 19.06.1998, M.M. Kovblyuk. Simferopol Distr.: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (EMZ), near Simferopol water reservoir, 30.05.1996, M.M. Kovblyuk; 1 ♀ (TNU), near Fersmanovo Vill., ~ 250 m, 23.06.-16.07.2000, M.M. Kovblyuk; 1 ♀ (TNU), Chatyr-Dagh, Orlinoe canyon, 10-25.06.2000, M.M. Kovblyuk; 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (TNU), near Skvortsovo Vill., 19.05.-10.07.2002, M.M. Kovblyuk; 1 ♀ (TNU), Krasnolesye Vill., 10.07.2002, Ya.I. Ibragimova. Sudak Distr.: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (TNU), 10 km W Sudak, Mezhdurechie Vill., 23.05-24.06.2010, M.K. Yusufova.

Additional material.

UKRAINE. Kherson Area: 1 ♂ (TNU), Henichesk Distr., Arabatskaya strelka, 4 km S Henichesk Town, 1-10.06.2010, N.A. Stasyuk; 1 ♀ (TNU), Arabatskaya strelka, 7 km S Henichesk Town, 6.07.2010, N.A. Stasyuk.

Diagnosis.

Haplodrassus dalmatensis can be easily distinguished from all other congeners by the shape of the terminal apophysis with two tooth-like apical processes and by the strong tooth on the embolus in males, and also by the shape of the epigynal fovea with a peculiar medial septum and converging lateral pockets in females.

Distribution.

West and Central Palaearctic: North Africa, Europe, South Urals, Caucasus, Anatolia, Near East, Kazakhstan, Western Turkmenistan and mountains of South Siberia ( Mikhailov 2000; Tuneva and Esyunin 2003; Levy 2004; Helsdingen 2010).

Habitats.

Juniper forests, forest strips (=shelterbelts), grasslands, steppes, meadows, salt marshes.

Phenology.

In Crimea ♂♀ - V-VI, ♀♀ - VII, XI-XII, the peak of activity in adults occurs in June. In Britain, the peak is in June ( Harvey et al. 2002), as in Crimea. In Central Europe ♂♀ - IV-VII ( Nentwig et al. 2011). In Israel the phenology is very different: ♂♀ - I-IV, ♂♂ - XII, ♀♀ - V-VII ( Levy 2004).