Two New Species of Harpactea (Araneae, Dysderidae) from Turkey

By

Kunt, Kadir Boğaç
Elverici, Mert
Özkütük, Recep
Yağmur, Ersen Aydın

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

145

Pages

129-141

Subjects

Dysderidae, Harpacteinae, Eastern Mediterranean, A

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.145.1713

 

Abstract

Two new species, Harpactea arnedoi sp. n. and H. kencei sp. n., are described on the basis of both sexes from the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean regions of Turkey. H. kencei sp. n. can be easily distinguished from all other Turkish and European representatives of the genus by the structure of the flattened, massive embolus on the male copulatory organ. Although resembling Stalagtia in palpal morphology, we describe one of the new species as Harpactea arnedoi sp. n. For both Turkish species, detailed morphological descriptions and diagnoses are presented together with figures of the copulatory organs.