The first Western Palearctic record of Euprosthenops Pocock (Araneae, Pisauridae), with description of a new species from Israel

By

Zonstein, Sergei L.
Marusik, Yuri M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1065

Pages

13--27

Subjects

Afrotropical , Arava Valley , new species , Paleotropical , Spiders , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1065.74119

 

Abstract

The primarily Afrotropical genus Euprosthenops Pocock, 1897 is recorded in the Western Palearctic for the first time. A diagnosis and an illustrated description of E. insperatussp. nov., based on a single male from southern Israel, are provided. Considering the structure of the male palp, the holotype of E. insperatussp. nov. resembles males of two widespread African species, E. australis Simon, 1898 and E. proximus Lessert, 1916; it differs from them by colouration pattern as well as by the different shapes of the retrolateral tibial apophysis and the palpal sclerites. A short survey of the regional insect and spider genera of the paleotropical origin is also presented.