Harpactea armenica Dunin, 1989

Kosyan, Armine, Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2023, Notes on Dysderidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Armenia and Iran, with new species and records, ZooKeys 1172, pp. 117-130 : 117

Harpactea armenica Dunin, 1989

Figs 8A, B , 9A-D

Harpactea armenica Dunin, 1989: 142, figs 1-3 (♂♀).

Harpactea armenica : Dunin 1992: 68, fig. 13 (♂♀).

Materials examined.

Armenia: Aragatsotn Province: 24♂ 34♀ 29 juv. (ZMMU), foothills of Aragates Mt. , 40°23'N, 44°13'E, 2200 m, 16.05.2021 (Y.M. Marusik) ; Ararat Province: 1♂ (ZMMU), env. of Urtsadzor Vill., 39°55'26"N, 44°48'53"E, 1040 m, 6.05.2021 (Y.M. Marusik); 1♂ 2♀ (ZMMU), env. of Urtsalanj Vill., 39°49'N, 44°59'E, 1800 m, 11.05.2021 (Y.M. Marusik); 5♂ 1♀ (ZMMU), Garni gorge, Azat river , 40°06'32"N, 44°43'57"E, 1240 m, 17.05.2021 (Y.M. Marusik) ; Kotayk Province: 3♂ 2♀ (ZMMU), env. of Geghadir , 40°09'N, 44°38'E, 15.05.2021 (Y.M. Marusik); 2♂ 4♀ (ZMMU), env. of Solak Vill., 40°28'24"N, 44°42'57"E, 14.05.2021 (Y.M. Marusik); 1♂ 1♀ (ZMMU), env. of Aghveran Vill., 40°29'54"N, 44°35'24"E, 7- 8.05.2021 (Y.M. Marusik); 5♂ 7♀ 4 juv. (ZMMU), same locality, 7.05.2021 (Y.M. Marusik) ; Vayots Dzor Province: 21♂ 14♀ (ZMMU), Shatin, 39°50'N, 45°19'E, 9.05.2021 (Y.M. Marusik); 2♂ 3♀ (ZMMU), Shatin , 39°50'N, 45°19'E, 9.05.2021 (Y.M. Marusik) ; Yerevan: 7♂ 9♀ (ZMMU) , Yerevan, botanical garden, 40°12'43"N, 44°33'21"E, 17.05.2021 (Y.M. Marusik) . Iran: East Azerbaijan Province: 1♂ 3♀ (MHNG), NE of Sofian , 38°21'N, 45°50'E, 5.06.1975 (A. Senglet) ; Gilan Province: 1♂ 3♀ (MHNG), Asalem, 37°45'N, 48°57'E, 11.06.1975 (A. Senglet); 1♂ 3♀ (MHNG), Lahidjan , 37°11'N, 49°54'E, 5.07.1973 (A. Senglet) ; Mazandaran Province: 1♂ 3♀ (MHNG), road to Djavaherdeh , 36°55'N, 50°33'E, 1200 m, 7.08.1974 (A. Senglet) ; West Azerbaijan Province: 1♂ 3♀ (MHNG), Qara Kelisa , 39°04'N, 44°38'E, 31.05.1975 (A. Senglet) .

Comments.

This species is most similar to H. secunda Dunin, 1989, a species restricted to northern Armenia, but can be differentiated from it by the base of embolus (Eb) (slightly and roundly bent, vs sharply bent to about 70°). It is possible that this small difference is only an intraspecific variation; in order to verify this, it is necessary to collect additional material from northern Armenia or examine the type specimens of H. secunda . Furthermore, it is likely that the female illustrated by Dunin (1989, 1992) belongs to another species. All females collected in Armenia and Iran examined here have a longer receptacle, longer than anterior diverticulum (Ad) sensu Dunin (1992), and lack bulbous thickening of the receptacle (Re, Fig. 9D ).

Distribution.

This species was previously known from only two localities in Armenia: Yerevan and the southernmost part of Kotayk Province. The new records slightly extend the known range of the species to the north, approximately 5° to the east, and around 4° to the south. Additionally, this species is newly recorded from Iran (Fig. 10 ).

Figures

Figure 8. Habitus of Harpactea armenica, male (A) and female (B), dorsal.

Figure 9. Copulatory organs of Harpactea armenica A-C bulb, prolateral, retrolateral and ventral D endogyne, dorsal. Abbreviations: Ad - anterior diverticulum, Eb - base of embolus, Re - receptacle. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Figure 10. Distribution records of Dysdera haykana sp. nov. (circles), D. nakhchivanica (squares), and Harpactea armenica (triangles). Type localities are marked with red.