Xysticus grallator Simon, 1932 new to mainland Italy (Araneae, Thomisidae)

By

Bauer, Tobias
Falato, Raffaele
Pantini, Paolo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-10-11

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

19

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

713--718

Subjects

check list , crab spider , Iberian Peninsula , Monitoring , rare species , Sardinia , Spain

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.713

 

Abstract

Xysticus grallator Simon, 1932 is a little-known species of crab spider distributed in the western Mediterranean region. We present new records of this species from mainland Italy, together with images of living and preserved specimens, the copulatory organs, and the habitat. A map of literature records provides insights into the known distribution of this species. Additionally, we show that a historical record of Xysticus pavesii O. Pickard- Cambridge, 1873 by L. di Caporiacco is misidentified and in fact the first record of X. grallator on the Italian Peninsula.