Gnaphosa koponeni Marusik & Omelko, 2014, sp. n. ...

• Main Authors: Marusik, Yuri M., Omelko, Mikhail M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Araneae; Gnaphosidae; Gnaphosa; Gnaphosa koponeni; Tuva; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5612611; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5612611

Gnaphosa koponeni sp. n. Figs 1–9, Map 1. Material examined. Holotype ♂ (ISEA), Russia, SE Tuva, East of Tannu-Ola Mt. Range, 20 km of Khol’-Oozhu Vill., 50°50’N 94°19’E, mountain Larix -moss-stony forest-tundra, 2175 m, 8– 16.06.1995 (D.V. Logunov). Paratypes: 1♂ 2♀ (ISEA), together with holotype; 4♂ (ZMUT), Tuva, Tannu-Ola, S slope 50°50’N, 94°18’E, 2120 m, Pinus cembra-Larix forest, 8– 17.06.1995 (S. Koponen); 2♂ (ZMUT), West Sayan, Oiskiy Pass, 1650 m, alpine tundra slope, 21.06.1995 (S. Koponen). Etymology. The species name is a patronym honouring its collector, our friend and colleague Seppo Koponen, University of Turku, Finland. Diagnosis. Males of the new species are most similar to G. wiehlei. The two species can be distinguished by a long tibial apophysis, large, widely spaced teeth at base of the embolus and distinct tapering of the terminal half of embolus (in prolateral view) in the new species (shorter tibial apophysis, one strong tooth (spur) on prolateral part of embolus, and gradual tapering ... : Published as part of Marusik, Yuri M. & Omelko, Mikhail M., 2014, A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 3. On new and poorly known Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804 in Zootaxa 3894 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/251800 ...