Dysdera mazini 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 : 203-204

Dysdera mazini Dunin, 1991

Figs 9A–D , 11E, F

Dysdera mazini Dunin, 1991a: 96 , fig. 4.1–3 (♂♀).

Dysdera mazini : Dunin 1992b: 63, fig. 9 (♂♀).

Material. AZERBAIJAN: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic: 1♂ ( ZMMU), Shahbuz, Batabat , 39°31'N 45°47'E, 03.06.2003 (E.F. Guseinov) .

Comments. This species has been treated in only two publications ( WSC 2023). It is primarily known from the type series. The specimens of this species were collected within the subalpine zone at elevations ranging from 2000 to 2500 m ( Dunin 1991a).

Distribution. Caucasus Minor. Previously, this species was known only from southern Armenia. Our new record from Azerbaijan has extended the known range of the species approximately 15' to the west.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Male of Dysdera mazini, 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 11. Males of Dysdera azerbajdzhanica (A–D), D. mazini (E, F), and D. hungarica atra (G–I), SEM images of left palps. A, E, I bulbs, retrolateral C, G close-ups of psembolus, retrolateral H same, retrodorsal D, F same, dorsal B cymbium, ventral. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.