Dictyna schmidti Kulczynski , 1926

Marusik, Yuri M. & Fritzen, Niclas R., 2011, On a new Dictyna species (Araneae, Dictynidae) from the northern Palaearctic confused with the East Siberian D. schmidti Kulczynski, 1926, ZooKeys 138, pp. 93-108 : 98-100

Dictyna schmidti Kulczynski, 1926 Figs 310 –1114–1520–2124– 253140

Dictyna schmidti Kulczyński, 1926: 37, pl. 2, f. 1-3 (♂; the ♂ holotype not examined).

Dictyna shilenkovi Danilov, 2000: 42, f. 17-20 (♂♀), syn. n. (the ♂ holotype not examined).

Faunistic references

Dictyna schmidti : Marusik et al. 1992: 137.

Dictyna schmidti : Marusik et al. 1993: 71.

Dictyna schmidti : Marusik 1988: 1482; 2005a: 266; 2005b: 190.

Dictyna shilenkovi : Trilikauskas 2008: 38.

Remarks.

The ♂ holotype from Klutschevskoje, Kamchatka retained in the Institute of Zoology PAN (Warsaw, Poland) has not been found. The ♂ holotype of Dictyna shilenkovi and two ♀ paratypes indicated as being deposited in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University (see Danilov 2000) have not been found there.

Material examined.

RUSSIA: Yakutia: 1♂ (IBPN), c. 10 km downstream of Zhigansk, mouth of Ynyr Khaya Spring, 4-8.07.1989 (K.Yu. Eskov). Magadan Area: 1♂, 50 km N of Magadan, Khasyn River valley near Splavnaya Village, 28.05.1988 (Yu.M. Marusik & S.A. Ryabukhin); 1♂ (IBPN), upper Kolyma River flow, Sibit Tyellakh River basin, Olen‘ River valley, environs of “Aborigen” Field Station, around ice field, sweeping grass near alder stand, h 650m, 27.07.1987 (Yu.M. Marusik); 1♂ (IBPN), 180 km W of Magadan, Cholomdzha River middle flow, 1988 (N.Y. Dokuchaev); 1♂, Taigonos Peninsula, Paren‘ River middle flow, 07.1985 (A. Meshcheryakov).

Description.

Male. For details see Kulczyński (1926) and Danilov (2000: sub. Dictyna shilenkovi ). Carapace 1.35 long, 1.07 wide, cephalic part 0.52 wide. Chelicerae 0.75 long. Leg I segments: femur 1.15, patella & tibia 1.43, metatarsus 0.91, tarsus 0.58. Abdomen 1.60 long, 1.10 wide. Palp as in Figs 20-21, 24-25; process carrying ctenidia located in mid part of tibia, very small; conductor long, three-dimensional (not in one plain), its apical arm gradually tapering and terminating on prolateral side, lower arm small and directed retrolaterad-backward.

Female. Described by Danilov (2000: sub. Dictyna shilenkovi ). Paratypes have not been available for this study. Epigyne (Figs 31a-b) with thin sclerotized parts of receptacula.

Distribution.

This species is known from East Siberia only (Fig. 40): from Transbaikalia, northward to Zhigansk, southward to Ulan-Ude (Buryatia) and Bureinski Reserve (Khabarovsk Province) and eastward to Kamchatka.

Natural history.

One specimen was collected by sweeping grasses on a north exposed slope in the Upper Kolyma. One male near Magadan was found under stones. The type specimens of Dictyna shilenkovi were mainly collected from mixed forests ( Danilov 2000).