Dysdera daghestanica Dunin, 1991

Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2024, New data on Dysdera Latreille, 1804 and Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae: Dysderidae) of the Caucasus, with new species and records, Zootaxa 5397 (2), pp. 195-217 : 201

Dysdera daghestanica Dunin, 1991

Figs 6A–D , 12D–F , 13D

Dysdera daghestanica Dunin, 1991a: 94 , fig. 3.4–6 (♂♀).

Dysdera daghestanica : Dunin 1992b: 63, figs 7, 8 (♂♀).

Material. RUSSIA: Krasnodar Krai: 2♂ 6♀ ( ZMMU), Gelendzhik, Markotkh, 44°36'27"N 38°04'12"E, 31.04– 01.05.2016 (K.V. Makarov, O.L. Makarova) .

Comments. This species has been treated in two taxonomic publications. It has been recorded in eight localities in Dagestan, located in the eastern Caucasus region ( Otto 2022). This species represents the first known occurrence on both the western and eastern parts of the Caucasus, with no records in between.The palp morphology of specimens from Krasnodar Krai closely matches that of the holotype. This species is typically found at elevations around 1000 m, inhabiting the zone of oak and hornbeam forests. It can be encountered on the forest edge, particularly under stones ( Dunin 1991a).

Distribution. North Caucasian disjunctive range. Known from Dagestan (east Caucasus) and Krasnodar Krai (the first and northernmost record, west Caucasus).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Male of Dysdera daghestanica, left bulb. A retrolateral B prolateral C dorsal D ventral. Scale bar = 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: AL—additional lateral sheet, C—crest, DH—distal haematodocha, L—lateral sheet, LML—lateral margin of the lateral sheet, P—posterior apophysis, T—tegulum.

FIGURE 12. Males of Dysdera concinna (A–C) and D. daghestanica (D–F), SEM images of left bulbs. A, E close-ups of psembolus, dorsal and retrodorsal B, F same, retrolateral C, D whole bulb, retrolateral. Scale bars = 0.1 mm, unless stated otherwise.

FIGURE 13. Females of Dysdera atabekia sp. n. (A), D. azerbajdzhanica (B), D. dunini (C), D. daghestanica (D), D. dunini (E), and D. hungarica atra (F), dorsal view of endogynes. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.Abbreviations: DA—dorsal arch, Re—receptacle, TB—transverse bar.