Annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation “Alpi Marittime” (NW Italy)
Marco ISAIA Mauro PASCHETTA Alberto CHIARLE Lab. di Ecologia – Ecosistemi terrestri, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, Università di Torino, Via Accademia Albertina, 13 – 10123 Torino (Italy) [email protected]
Published on 27 March 2015
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Isaia M., Paschetta M. & Chiarle A. 2015. — Annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Site of Com- munity Importance and Special Area of Conservation “Alpi Marittime” (NW Italy), in Daugeron C., Deharveng L., Isaia M., Villemant C. & Judson M. (eds), Mercantour/Alpi Marittime All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory. Zoosystema 37 (1): 57-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2015n1a4
ABSTRACT We present an annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida Cuvier, 1812; Araneae Clerck, 1757) of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation IT1160056 “Alpi Marittime” (NW Italy). Th e checklist is based on literature records and unpublished material collected from 2007 to 2013 within the fi rst European All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory coordinated by the European Dis- tributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT). Th e examination of the literature provided a list of 113 spe- cies recorded for the study area between 1890 and 2013, scattered in 35 publications. Th e new data provided here raise the total number of species known for the study area to 295, grouped in 147 genera and 31 families. We recorded a remarkable percentage (9%) of endemic species, including rare endemic KEY WORDS SW-Alps, elements poorly known in literature, such as Vesubia jugorum (Simon, 1881); Troglohyphantes konradi Piedmont, Brignoli, 1975; Nesticus morisii Brignoli, 1975 and Turinyphia clairi (Simon, 1884). For each species faunistiques, we report detailed information about sampling localities, previous citations for the study area (if any), All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI), distribution and preferred habitat. 38 species are new records for the regional fauna and four species endemic species. are recorded for the fi rst time in Italy.
RÉSUMÉ Liste commentée des araignées (Arachnida, Araneae) d’un site d’importance communautaire et zone spéciale de conservation : le parc Alpi Marittime (nord-ouest de l’Italie). Nous présentons ici la liste commentée des araignées (Arachnida Cuvier, 1812, Araneae Clerck, 1757) répertoriées dans un site d’importance communautaire et une zone spéciale de conservation : le parc Alpi Marittime (lT1160056) du nord-ouest de l’Italie. Cette liste est basée sur les données de la litté- rature et sur le matériel collecté entre 2007 et 2013 dans le cadre du premier inventaire de biodiversité généralisé (ATBI) coordonné par l’Institut européen de taxonomie (EDIT). L’examen de la littérature
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(35 publications) a permis d’établir une liste de 113 espèces d’araignées recensées entre 1890 and 2013 dans la zone d’étude. Les nouvelles données publiées ici pour la première fois élèvent à 295 le nombre d’espèces recensées dans cette zone ; elles sont regroupées en 147 genres et 31 familles. Cet ensemble se caractérise par la proportion remarquable (9 %) d’espèces endémiques, y compris des éléments très MOTS CLÉS Alpes du Sud-Ouest, mal connus, comme Vesubia jugorum (Simon, 1881); Troglohyphantes konradi Brignoli, 1975; Nesti- Piémont, cus morisii Brignoli, 1975 et Turinyphia clairi (Simon, 1884). Pour chaque espèce, des informations faunistica, détaillées sont fournies sur : les localités de collecte, les citations dans la zone d’étude tirées de la lit- Inventaire biologique généralisé (IBG), térature (quand elles existent), la distribution et l’habitat préféré. 38 espèces sont nouvelles pour la espèces endémiques. faune de la région et quatre sont signalées pour la première fois en Italie.
RIASSUNTO Checklist commentata dei Ragni (Arachnida, Araneae) del Sito di Interesse Comunitario e Zona di Prote- zione Speciale « Alpi Marittime » (Italia Nord-Occidentale). Viene presentato l’elenco delle specie di ragni (Arachnida Cuvier, 1812, Araneae Clerck, 1757) note ad oggi per il Sito di Importanza Comunitaria e Zona Speciale di Conservazione IT1160056 « Alpi Marittime » (Italia nord-occidentale). La lista si basa su dati reperiti in letteratura e dati originali, raccolti tra il 2007 e il 2013 nell’ambito del primo progetto Europeo di Inventario Biologico Generalizzato organizzato dall’Istituto Diff uso di Tassonomia Europeo (EDIT). L’esame della letteratura ha fornito una lista di 113 specie, raccolte tra il 1890 e il 2013. Il lavoro qui presentato accresce il numero di specie segnalate per l’area di studio a 295, raggruppate in 147 generi e 31 famiglie. Il popolamento si caratterizza per la ricchezza di specie endemiche (9% del totale) e per la presenza di rari elementi PAROLE CHIAVE Alpi sud-occidentali, endemici quali Vesubia jugorum (Simon, 1881); Troglohyphantes konradi Brignoli, 1975; Nesticus morisii Piemonte, Brignoli, 1975 e Turinyphia clairi (Simon, 1884). Per ogni specie riportiamo informazioni dettagliate faunistica, sulle località di raccolta, dati di letteratura riferiti all’area di studio (se presenti), il corotipo e l’habitat Inventario Generalizzato della Biodiversità (IBG), preferenziale. Diverse specie (38) risultano nuove segnalazioni per la fauna regionale, quattro specie specie endemiche. sono qui citate per la prima volta in Italia.
INTRODUCTION IT1160056 “Alpi Marittime”. Based primarily on intense fi eld activity, the work aims to increase the knowledge of the Given its rich and peculiar faunistic diversity, the Maritime spider fauna of the study area. Alps region has been defi ned as a key area for understanding the dynamics that have shaped the fauna of the Italian pen- insula as well as that of western European in general (Minelli MATERIAL AND METHODS et al. 2006). Th e reason for this extraordinary biodiversity is related to the particular biogeographical frame in which the STUDY AREA area is located, between the mountain systems of Piemonte Th e Site of Community Importance and Special Area of and Liguria and the Mediterranean Sea, straddling the border Conservation IT1160056 “Alpi Marittime” is the largest between the Mediterranean, Alpine and continental zones. protected area in Piemonte (Fig. 1). It covers a surface of Moreover, the wide altitudinal range (650 to 3297 m a.s.l.) 33 673 hectares, encompassing the northern slopes of Valle and the complex geological and glacial history of the area Stura di Demonte (Valloni della Valletta e del Reduc), the contribute signifi cantly to making the Maritime Alps one whole Valle Gesso, the upper Val Grande of Palanfrè and of the most important European hot spots of biodiversity. the upper Val Vermenagna (Colle di Tenda), including six Th e present work is set within one of the fi rst three All Taxa municipalities of the Province of Cuneo (Aisone, Entracque, Biodiversity Inventories (ATBI) to be carried out in conti- Limone Piemonte, Roaschia, Valdieri and Vernante). Eleva- nental Europe, a project coordinated by EDIT (European tion ranges from 650 m, at the bottom of the valleys, to Distributed Institute of Taxonomy), started in 2006 as part of 3297 m on the Cima Argentera, which is the highest peak the Sixth Framework Program of the European Commission of the Maritime Alps. Twenty-four peaks above 3000 m (Work Package 7). According to their offi cial defi nition, all dominate the landscape and host the southernmost glaciers Taxa Biodiversity Inventories (ATBI) are intensive commu- of the Alps. nity eff orts to identify and record all living species that exist Th e dominant macrohabitat is rocky lands (49%), followed within a given area. Our contribution represents the outcome by forests (23%, mainly Fagus sylvatica), grasslands, pastures of the research conducted from 2007 to 2013 within the Site and other open habitats (17%). Additionally, the southern of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation slopes of the Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben
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Natural Reserve “Rocca San Giovanni-Saben” Natural Reserve “Grotte del Bandito”
NW ITALY
3 km N
Site of community Importance “Alpi Marittime”
FIG. 1. — Study area in NW Italy (Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation IT1160056 “Alpi Marittime”). are colonized by submediterranean shrubs (Juniperus phoeni- Conservation IT1160056 “Alpi Marittime”, thus including cea and J. thurifera) forming a rare and unique habitat in the the Parco Naturale Alpi Maritime, the caves of Bandito, the Western Alps. Th e glacial plateaus located between 1500 and Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben and all of 2000 m host peatbogs and other wet habitats, characterized the remaining parts of the Site of Community Importance by remarkable vegetation diversity. In addition to the natural and Special Area of Conservation added in 2010 (Fig. 1). caves of Bandito, the protected area includes several natural Considering their vicinity to the study area, several localities caves, mostly located in Val Infernotto, between Roaschia cited in literature falling just outside the borders, were also and Valdieri. considered as part of the study area. Th e Regional Authority of Piemonte instituted the fi rst nuclei of the protected area in 1979 and 1980 (“Riserva del Bosco e SOURCES dei Laghi di Palanfrè” and “Parco Naturale dell’Argentera”), Th e examination of literature provided a list of 113 species, for a surface of approximately 26 000 hectares. In 1995 the scattered in 35 papers published between 1890 and 2013. two protected areas were formally unifi ed under the name Th e araneological exploration of the study area began long “Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime. Th anks to the recent before the institution of the fi rst nuclei of the protected area addition of the Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben (1979-1980). Th e fi rst records are cited in Calloni’s (1889) (formerly the Special Natural Reserve Juniperus phoenicea, in- comprehensive work on diff erent groups of animals (including stituted in 1984) and the caves of Bandito, the protected area spiders) inhabiting the nival zone of all major Alpine ranges. reached in 2009 a total surface of 28 000 hectares (Regional Th e range “Clapier-Enchastraye” extends along the ridge Law 19/2009). After the new delimitation of the Sites of from Monte Clapier (French: Mont Clapier) (44°06’58’N, Community Importance and Special Areas of Conservation 7°25’09’E), to Enciastraia (French: Tête de l’Enchastraye) in Piemonte in 2010 (DGR 36-13220/2010), the Park now (44°22’00’N, 6°53’24’E), on the boundary between the province exerts its authority over a total of 33 673 hectares, covering of Cuneo (Piemonte) and the French region of Provence-Alpes- the entire surface included within the Site of Community Côte-d’Azur. On the Italian side, this territory approximately Importance and Special Area of Conservation IT1160056 covers an area extending from Valle Gesso (Entracque) to “Alpi Marittime”. Valle Stura (Argentera) and, on the French side, from Val- Here we treat the area formally included in the borders lon de la Gordolasque (Belvédère) to Vallée de l’Ubayette of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of (Larche). Although Calloni (1889) does not give precise de-
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350 Among these publications, it is worth mentioning the
300 contribution by Maurer & Th aler (1988), which provided the second Italian record of Vesubia jugorum in Italy (Colle 250 del Sabbione) and the fi rst Italian record of Turinyphia clairi
200 (Simon, 1884), a palaeoendemic element recorded in the beech woods of Terme di Valdieri. 150 Spider knowledge of the study area increased slowly in n° of species 100 the following decade, with 18 new records of species scat- tered in nine works (Pesarini 2000, 2001; Lana et al. 2002; 50 2003; Arnò & Lana 2005; Isaia et al. 2007, Lambiase et al. 0 2007; Isaia & Pantini 2010). Th e catalogue of Piemonte and Lombardia (Isaia et al. 2007) provides the highest
1890 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1975 1977 1979 1982 1985 1987 1988 1991 1992 1996 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2007 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 number of records, summing up original and literature records on a regional basis. During the same period, sev- FIG. 2. — Increase in new records of spider species in the study area (1890-2013). eral papers focussed on cave dwelling spiders (Lana et al. 2002, 2003; Arnò & Lana 2005; Isaia & Pantini 2010; tails about localities, it is likely that the region he considered Isaia et al. 2010c) reporting data from about twenty caves encompasses the protected area and thus represents the fi rst located within the borders of the study area. Details about scientifi c contribution to the knowledge of its spider fauna. subterranean localities within the study area are given in For the Clapier-Enchastraye range, Calloni provides a list of Isaia et al. (2011). thirty-one species, most of which are widespread in Europe Th e fi rst arachnological results of the Italian ATBI were or the Palaearctic. published in 2012 and 2013, with the description of Diplo- After Calloni, the study area remained unexplored for nearly cephalus guidoi Frick & Isaia, 2012, whose type locality is a century. It was not until 1966 that the father of modern Pinet (Vallone della Valletta, Aisone) (Frick & Isaia 2012), Italian araneology, Paolo Marcello Brignoli, published a and Histopona leonardoi Pantini & Isaia, 2013, the type series small contribution focusing on araneids collected around of which includes material from Entracque, Terme di Valdieri, Cuneo and Borgo San Dalmazzo by Augusto Vigna Taglianti Pian della Casa, Piano del Valasco and Palanfrè (Bolzern et al. (Brignoli 1966). Only seven of the species treated therein are 2013). Moreover, in the context of the ATBI project, Paschetta directly referable to the study area. et al. (2013) focused on the ecology of Alpine pastures and Not long after, Tongiorgi (1968, 1969) published two the eff ects of grazing on the spider community. Th is work important contributions focusing on the stenoecious and provides the highest number of new records ever published restricted endemic lycosid Vesubia jugorum (Simon, 1881), for the protected area (36), raising the total number of spe- reporting material from Valle Gesso and Valle Pesio. Th e dis- cies to 111 (Fig. 2). covery of this species in Italy was based on material collected Th e contribution by Isaia & Chiarle (2015), describes the in the former Parco Naturale dell’Argentera (Bassa del Drous, male of Cybaeus vignai Brignoli, 1977, mostly based on mate- Rifugio Soria and Colle di Finestra) by Giuseppe Osella and rial collected in Palanfrè and Bousset, and reports the fi nding Augusto Vigna Taglianti in the summer of 1966. of Dysdera cribrata Simon, 1882, a rare species of woodlice Th e fi rst species new to science discovered in the study spider, at Piano del Valasco and Bousset. Th at work adds two area was Coelotes osellai De Blauwe, 1973 (Agelenidae more species to the records provided in literature for the study C. L. Koch, 1837), described by De Blauwe (1973), who area, bringing the total number of species to 113. included a specimen from Rifugio Soria in the type se- ries. Just a couple of years later, Brignoli (1975) described THE ANNOTATED CHECK-LIST Nesticus morisii Brignoli, 1975 (Nesticidae Simon, 1894) For each species we provide new collection data (new data), and Troglohyphantes konradi Brignoli, 1975 (Linyphiidae previous records (literature), current distribution (choro- Blackwall, 1859), two restricted endemic subterranean spe- type) and the habitat in which it was collected (macrohabi- cies collected in 1972 and 1973 by Angelo Morisi in the tat). Where necessary, remarks are also made (notes). military bunker of Vernante, a hypogean site just outside Th e general distribution of species was obtained from the borders of the currently protected area, widely known Platnick (2014) and other available information in literature. among biospeleologists for its extraordinary faunistic pe- Consequently, we assigned the corresponding chorotype culiarities (Isaia et al. 2011). of the Italian fauna based on the works of Vigna Taglianti Several works published between 1970 and 1990 reported et al. (1993, 1999) and Stoch & Vigna Taglianti (2005) more material collected in the study area (Brignoli 1971, 1972, (Table 1). 1975, 1977, 1985; De Blauwe 1973; Th aler & Madlener 1979; Based on the dominant land use, we identifi ed eleven cat- Bologna & Vigna Taglianti 1982, 1985; Manzone et al. 1987; egories of macrohabitats occurring in the study area: Alpine Maurer & Th aler 1988; Maurer 1992; Pesarini 1991, 1996), grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, rocky lands, but since Calloni’s list (1890), the total number of records has broadleaved woods, larch woods, riparian habitats, wetlands, not even doubled (rising from 31 to 54 in 1996). shrublands, caves and other habitats.
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TABLE 1. — Chorotypes, relative number of species found in the study area and TABLE 2. — List of the publications referring to spider species found in the corresponding groups of chorotypes used in Fig. 27. Chorotypes follow Vigna study area, total number of records (Recorded species) and number of new Taglianti et al. (1993, 1999) and Stoch & Vigna Taglianti (2005). records (New records).
Chorotype Abbreviation N Group (Fig. 27) Cosmpolitan COS 2 Cosmopolitan Recorded Subcosmopolitan SCO 1 Literature species New records Holarctic OLA 44 Holarctic Calloni 1889 31 31 Brignoli 1966 8 3 Palaearctic PAL 98 Palaearctic Martinotti 1968 2 2 Sibirian-European SIE 33 Tongiorgi 1968 1 1 Asiatic-European ASE 7 Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969 2 2 Turanic-European TUE 10 Turanic- Tongiorgi 1969 1 0 Turanic-Mediterranean TUM 1 European- Brignoli 1971 2 1 Mediterranean Brignoli 1972 4 1 De Blauwe 1973 4 4 European EUR 47 European Brignoli 1975 5 3 Southern European SEU 13 Brignoli 1977 3 2 Central European CEU 9 Thaler & Madlener 1979 1 1 European-Mediterranean EUM 1 Bologna & Vigna Taglianti 1982 1 0 Western European WEU 1 Bologna & Vigna Taglianti 1985 1 0 Mediterranean MED 2 Mediterranean Brignoli 1985 4 0 Southern Alpine ALPS 5 Endemic Manzone et al. 1987 20 Alps-Appennine ALAP 4 Maurer & Thaler 1988 2 1 Southern-Central Alpine ALPC 1 Pesarini 1991 1 1 Western Alpine ALPW 2 Maurer 1992 1 1 Southwestern Alps-Northern AWNA 2 Pesarini 1996 2 1 Appenine Pesarini 2000 1 1 Southwestern Alpine ALSW 12 Pesarini 2001 1 0 Lana et al. 2002 21 Lana et al. 2003 41 Arnò & Lana 2005 13 4 “Alpine prairies” are ungrazed or lightly grazed grasslands Isaia et al. 2007 57 7 above 1900 m, while “Alpine pastures” are grazed grasslands Lambiase et al. 2007 46 4 at intermediate elevations (1600-1900 m). Th is category in- Isaia & Pantini 2010 1 0 Isaia et al. 2010c 10 cludes the most heavily grazed areas found within the study Isaia et al. 2011 15 1 area (i.e. pastures at Pian della Casa). On the other hand, Frick & Isaia 2012 1 1 “Alpine grasslands” are grazed grasslands below 1600 m. Bolzern et al. 2013 11 Chiarle et al. 2013 10 “Rocky lands” are Alpine screes, generally over 2000 m a.s.l., Paschetta et al. 2013 54 36 but we also include in this category rocky slopes at lower Isaia & Chiarle 2015 3 1 elevations. “Broadleaved woods” include mostly beech forests Total from literature 279 113 and fragmented woods of Acer, Tilia and Fraxinus occurring Original data 260 182 on steep, humid slopes at lower elevations. Woods of Larix decidua occurring at middle/high elevations (1500-2000 m) are included in the “larch woods” category. We grouped gravel beds, the riparian vegetation of stream banks and other similar pitfall traps), sampling methods (unless otherwise specifi ed, habitats under the category “riparian habitats”. Grasslands specimens were obtained using pitfall traps or by beating with bushes and the submediterranean shrublands of the onto a tray and collected with a mouth aspirator), number Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben are assigned and sex of individuals. Coordinates of each sampling locality to the “shrublands” category. Peat bogs, lake-shores and are reported in the EDIT dataset, which is accessible on-line mountain springs are included in the category “wetlands”. (http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/367105085). Th e study area encompasses several subterranean systems, All specimens mentioned in the new data were collected such as the caves of Bandito (natural), the military bunker by the authors unless otherwise indicated. of Vernante (artifi cial) and several hypogean sites in the In- Th e material is stored in the Isaia collection at the Depart- fernotto Valley, based on natural caves but exploited in the ment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology of the University past for copper, iron and slate mining. Th ese localities are of Turin unless otherwise indicated (i.e. MRSN: Museo Re- included in the “caves” category. We report “not specifi ed” for gionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino). records without a precise indication of habitat, which mainly Under the heading “Notes” we provide remarks, noting concern literature records (e.g., records in Calloni 1889). new records for the study area, for Piemonte or for Italy. Th e literature section refers to data relating to the study Table 2 was used as reference for the study area, Isaia et al. area published between 1890 and 2013 (Table 2). (2007) for the fauna of Piemonte and Trotta (2005), and For the new data, we provide the following information on Pantini & Isaia (2008) for Italy. the sampling event: municipality, toponym of closest locality, Th e checklist follows the systematic order and nomenclature details about habitat, altitude, date (a time interval in case of of Platnick (2014).
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ANNOTATED CHECKLIST Family DYSDERIDAE C. L. Koch, 1837
Family LEPTONETIDAE Simon, 1890 Dysdera cribrata Simon, 1882
Leptoneta crypticola franciscoloi di Caporiacco, 1950 LITERATURE. — Isaia & Chiarle (2015).
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grass- CHOROTYPE. — ALSW. land and rock-debris, under stones, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♂.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, riparian habitats. LITERATURE. — Lana et al. (2002); Arnò & Lana (2005); Isaia et al. (2011).
CHOROTYPE. — ALSW. Dysdera crocata C. L. Koch, 1838
MACROHABITAT. — Caves, rocky lands. LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007).
CHOROTYPE. — COS. Family PHOLCIDAE C. L. Koch, 1851 MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. Pholcus opilionoides (Schrank, 1781)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, Harpactea hombergi (Scopoli, 1763) beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♀ ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, NEW DATA. — Aisone: Vallone della Valletta, Pinet, sparse larch 1500-2000 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, among rocks wood, 1200-1500 m, 17.VIII.2010, 1♂. in an Alpine scree, 1764 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♂, 1♀. LITERATURE. — Arnò & Lana (2005). CHOROTYPE. — OLA. CHOROTYPE. — EUR. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, riparian habitats, rocky lands. MACROHABITAT. — Caves, larch woods.
Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775) Harpactocrates drassoides (Simon, 1882)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, rock-debris in sparse NEW DATA. — Aisone: Vallone della Valletta, Pinet, sparse larch wood, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♀. wood, 1200-1500 m, 17.VIII.2010, 2♂ ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 27.VIII-23. NOTES. — New record for the study area. IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 2♀ ; same local- CHOROTYPE. — COS. ity, 27.VIII-23.IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 4♂, 2♀ ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, rocky lands. prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1.VIII-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vallone della Meris, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 26.V.2011, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech for- est, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 5♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, Family SEGESTRIIDAE Simon, 1893 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 8♂, 4♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, 7♂, 8♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, Segestria senoculata (Linnaeus, 1758) 11.VIII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 14♂, 10♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 9.IX.2011, 11♂, 4♀ (MRSN) ; NEW DATA. — Entracque: Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♀ ; 1♂, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 13.X.2011, 6♂ (MRSN) ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, same locality, 1600 m, 9.IX.2011, 14♂, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500-2000 m, 23.IX.2009, 3 juv ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San 11.VIII.2011, 2♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 22♂, 14♀ Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30. 29.IV.2009, 2♀. VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 1♂.
LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). LITERATURE. — Th aler & Madlener (1979); Paschetta et al. (2013).
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — ALPW.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, broadleaved woods, shrublands, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved riparian habitats. woods, larch woods, riparian habitats.
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FIG. 3. — Nesticus morisii Brignoli, 1975 (Nesticidae). Vernante, military bunker. Photograph: Mauro Paschetta, 2009.
Family ULOBORIDAE Th orell, 1869 Nesticus morisii Brignoli, 1975 (Fig. 3) Uloborus walckenaerius Latreille, 1806 LITERATURE. — Martinotti (1968); Brignoli (1972,1975); Man- zone et al. (1987); Lana et al. (2002, 2003); Arnò & Lana (2005); NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni- Isaia et al. (2011). Saben, forest edge with scattered rocks, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ (MRSN). CHOROTYPE. — ALSW.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. MACROHABITAT. — Caves.
MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. Family THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833 NOTES. — New record for the study area. Asagena phalerata (Panzer, 1801)
Family NESTICIDAE Simon, 1894 NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Nesticus eremita Simon, 1879 Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500- 2000 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 27.VIII-23 IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 2♂ ; Vernante: LITERATURE. — Martinotti (1968); Brignoli (1972, 1975); Man- Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, zone et al. (1987); Lana et al. (2002, 2003); Arnò & Lana (2005); 1♂, leg. B. Rizzioli ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, Isaia et al. (2011). 30.VII-30.VIII.2010, 1♂.
LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Lambiase et al. (2007); Paschetta CHOROTYPE. — EUR. et al. (2013).
MACROHABITAT. — Caves. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
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MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1757) prairies, riparian habitats. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 3♂, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer Crustulina guttata (Wider, 1834) School 2012) ; Tetti Violin, grassland, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Valdieri: Natural NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 29.VI.2011, 1 juv (MRSN). 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♀. CHOROTYPE. — OLA. LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, shrublands. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
Cryptachaea riparia (Blackwall, 1834) Euryopis flavomaculata (C. L. Koch, 1836)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, banks of a small stream NEW DATA. — Entracque: Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, with bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the stream bank with Petasites in deciduous forest (Fraxinus), 1000- PIT Summer School 2011). 1200 m, 28.VI-9.VIII.2007, 1♀, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats.
NOTES. — New record for the study area.
Dipoena erythropus (Simon, 1881) Euryopis laeta (Westring, 1861) NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 5♂ (collected within the PIT Summer NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone School 2012). della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 2♀. CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies.
NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
Dipoena melanogaster (C. L. Koch, 1837) Heterotheridion nigrovariegatum (Simon, 1873) NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 2♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 29.VI.2011, 1♀. shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 29.VI.2011, 2♀.
CHOROTYPE. — EUR. LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007).
MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NOTES. — New record for the study area. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, shrublands.
Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982 Neottiura bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1767)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 5♂, 3♀ (collected within the PIT Summer 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012). School 2011).
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — OLA.
MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
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Parasteatoda lunata (Clerck, 1757) MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands.
LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Rugathodes bellicosus (Simon, 1873) MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, among rocks, 1500-2000 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall Phylloneta impressa (L. Koch, 1881) traps), 2♀.
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, CHOROTYPE. — SIE. 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 2♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Valdieri: nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, lake shore, MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats. among mosses, 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♂, 4♀ ; pathway to Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture, 1300-1764 m, 7.VII.2011, 4♀ (MRSN) ; NOTES. — New record for the study area. pathway to Rifugio Livio Bianco, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 30.VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000- Simitidion simile (C. L. Koch, 1836) 1500 m, 29.VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN). NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, CHOROTYPE. — OLA. 1550 m, 22.VI-19.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, shrublands, wetlands. CHOROTYPE. — OLA. NOTES. — New record for the study area. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Phylloneta sisyphia (Clerck, 1757)
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, Alpine pas- Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778) ture, 1300-1764 m, 7.VII.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 11-12.VII.2009 NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine (pitfall traps), 1♂, 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with prairies with rocky debris, 2300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 1♀ ; Vernante: rocks, 1764 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, near stream, 1900-2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 2♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, 1♀, leg. B. Rizzioli. Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 22.VI.2009, 1♀ (beating tray) ; Palanfrè, Pianard, Garbella, sparse wood, grassland, 1600 m, LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). 14.VI.2010, 1♀ ; Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 2♀. CHOROTYPE. — COS.
LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Lambiase et al. (2007). MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, riparian habitats. Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest Robertus lividus (Blackwall, 1836) near stream, 1500-2000 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀. CHOROTYPE. — OLA. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, stream bank with Petasites in deciduous forest (Fraxinus), 1000- MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats. 1200 m, 28.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 1♀, leg. K. Wolf-Schwen- ninger & H. Schwenninger ; Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine NOTES. — New record for the study area. pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vallone della Meris, peatbog, 1200-1800 m, 26.V.2011, 1♀. Theridion betteni Wiehle, 1960 CHOROTYPE. — OLA.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, peatbog, 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♀ ; pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). near stream, 1500-2000 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 3♀. Robertus scoticus Jackson, 1914 CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011). MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, riparian habitats, wetlands.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
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Theridion melanurum Hahn, 1831 Family LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovan- Agyneta gulosa (L. Koch, 1869) ni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 18.VI.2009, 2♂. LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889).
CHOROTYPE. — OLA. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. MACROHABITAT. — Rocky lands, not specifi ed. MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: along the path to Monte Matto, Alpine NOTES. — New record for the study area. scree, 2500-3088 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♂.
Theridion petraeum L. Koch, 1872 Agyneta innotabilis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1863)
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: surroundings of Lago Sottano di Valscura, NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 11.VIII.2011, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 8.VII.2011, 1♂. 1♀. CHOROTYPE. — EUR. CHOROTYPE. — OLA. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. MACROHABITAT. — Rocky lands. NOTES. — New record for the study area. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
Agyneta nigripes (Simon, 1884) Theridion varians Hahn, 1833 LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889).
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, banks of a small stream with CHOROTYPE. — PAL. bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed. forest, 1550 m, 22.VI.2009, 1♂ (beating tray) ; Palanfrè, Pianard, Garbella, sparse wood, grassland, 1600 m, 14.VI.2010, 1♀.
CHOROTYPE. — OLA. Agyneta orites (Th orell, 1875)
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, broadleaved woods, rip- LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). arian habitats. CHOROTYPE. — SEU.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies.
Family PIMOIDAE Wunderlich, 1986 Agyneta rurestris (C. L. Koch, 1836) Pimoa rupicola (Simon, 1884) NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, banks of a small stream with bushes, 900-1100 m, 15.V.2012, 1♀ (collected during the NEW DATA. — Entracque: Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, PIT Summer School 2011) ; Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♂ ; 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♂, 1♀ (collected during the PIT Sum- Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, mer School 2012) ; Valdieri: Pian della Casa, Alpine grassland 1500-2000 m, 23.IX.2009, 2♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with peatbogs, 1760 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 6♂, leg. with rocks, 1764 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; Natural Reserve of Rocca K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Natural Reserve of San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000- Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 1000-1500 m, 29.VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Natural Reserve of Rocca 9.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; San Giovanni-Saben, forest edge with scattered rocks, 1000-1500 m, same locality, 13.X.2011, 1♂, 2 juv. (MRSN) ; same locality, 1600 m, 22.IX.2009, 4♀ (MRSN) ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone 13.X.2011, 1♂, 1♀. della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011, 1♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della LITERATURE. — Lana et al. (2003); Arnò & Lana (2005); Isaia et al. Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 1♂, 2♀, leg. B. Rizzioli. (2007); Paschetta et al. (2013). LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). HOROTYPE C . — AWNA. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, shrublands, prairies, broadleaved woods, shrublands, caves, riparian habitats. riparian habitats.
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Araeoncus vaporariorum (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875) CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
ACROHABITAT LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Paschetta et al. (2013). M . — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, not specifi ed. CHOROTYPE. — ALSW.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, not specifi ed. Centromerus brevipalpus (Menge, 1866)
NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1600 m, 13.X.2011, 1♀.
Bathyphantes gracilis (Blackwall, 1841) CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♀ ; Vernante: Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock- NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♀.
CHOROTYPE. — OLA. Centromerus sellarius (Simon, 1884) MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, not specifi ed. NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 13.X.2011, NOTES. — New record for the study area. 1♂ ; same locality, 1550 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 3♂.
CHOROTYPE. — EUR. Bathyphantes setiger O. P.-Cambridge, 1894 MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods.
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland, 900-1100 m, NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011).
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Centromerus serratus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875) MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands. EW DATA NOTES. — New record for the study area. N . — Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 13.X.2011, 1♂ ; same locality, 1♀.
CHOROTYPE. — EUR. Boleptyphantes index (Th orell, 1856) MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. EW DATA N . — Aisone: Vallone della Valletta, Pinet, sparse larch NOTES. — New record for the study area. wood, 1200-1500 m, 27.X.2010, 1♀.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Centromerus silvicola (Kulczyn’ski, 1887) MACROHABITAT. — Larch woods. EW DATA NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. N . — Entracque: Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♀ ; same lo- cality, 1550 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1600 m, Bolyphantes alticeps (Sundevall, 1833) 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN).
NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1600 m, 13.X.2011, CHOROTYPE. — CEU. 1♂, 2♀ ; Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 2♂, 1♀. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. NOTES. — New record for the study area. LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Lambiase et al. (2007).
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Centromerus sylvaticus (Blackwall, 1841) MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, not specifi ed. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♀; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 13.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Bolyphantes luteolus (Blackwall, 1833) same locality, 1550 m, 13.X.2011, 1♂, 1♀.
NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, CHOROTYPE. — OLA. 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 1♀. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Lambiase et al. (2007); Paschetta et al. (2013). NOTES. — New record for the study area.
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Ceratinella brevipes (Westring, 1851) Diplocephalus guidoi Frick & Isaia, 2012
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Rifugio Questa – Lago delle Portette, Alpine LITERATURE. — Frick & Isaia (2012). scree, 2300 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀. CHOROTYPE. — ALSW. CHOROTYPE. — SIE. MACROHABITAT. — Larch woods. MACROHABITAT. — Rocky lands.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Diplocephalus helleri (L. Koch, 1869)
LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Pesarini (1996). Ceratinella brevis (Wider, 1834) CHOROTYPE. — CEU.
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies. della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂. Diplocephalus latifrons (O. P.-Cambridge, 1863) LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013).
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, CHOROTYPE. — PAL. stream bank with Petasites in deciduous forest (Fraxinus), 1000- 1200 m, 28.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 2♂, leg. K. Wolf-Schwen- MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies. ninger & H. Schwenninger ; Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, stream bank, among gravels, 1000-1200 m, 29.VI.2007, 1♀, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Valdieri: southern Ceratinella scabrosa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, stream bank, among gravels, 1000-1200 m, 29.VI.2007, 1♀, leg. CHOROTYPE. — EUR. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, riparian habitats. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NOTES. — New record for the study area. MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Diplocephalus pavesii Pesarini, 1996
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, banks of a small stream Collinsia inerrans (O. P.-Cambridge, 1855) with bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 2♀. LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). CHOROTYPE. — ALPS. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, riparian habitats. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures. NOTES. — New record for the study area. Diplocephalus crassilobus (Simon, 1884) Diplocephalus picinus (Blackwall, 1841) LITERATURE. — Pesarini (1996). NEW DATA. — Entracque: Trinità di Entracque, beech forest, CHOROTYPE. — CEU. 1000-1200 m, 18.V.2011, 2♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ ; same locality, 1500 m, 11.VIII.2011, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same local- ity, 1600 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 29.VI.2007, 1♂, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & Diplocephalus foraminifer (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875) H. Schwenninger.
LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
CHOROTYPE. — EUR. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods.
MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
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Diplocephalus protuberans (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875) LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Paschetta et al. (2013).
CHOROTYPE. — OLA. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian della Casa, Alpine grassland with peat- bogs, 1760 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 1♂, leg. K. Wolf- MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, wetlands. Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger.
CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures. Evansia merens O. P.-Cambridge, 1900
NOTES. — New record for the study area. LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013).
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833) MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♀ ; Frontinellina frutetorum (C. L. Koch, 1834) Valdieri: Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest near stream, 1900-2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- ♂ ♀ 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 1 , 1 . 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 2♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). 2012) ; Tetti Violin, grassland, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 3♀ (col- lected within the PIT Summer School 2011). CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — SIE. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, riparian habitats. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, shrublands.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Entelecara acuminata (Wider, 1834)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- Hilaira excisa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian della Casa, Alpine grassland with 22.VI.2009, 1♂, 1♀ (beating tray). peatbogs, 1760 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 15♂, 1♀, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger. CHOROTYPE. — OLA. HOROTYPE. — EUR. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, shrublands. C ACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. M NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
Erigone cristatopalpus Simon, 1884 Labulla thoracica (Wider, 1834) NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 2300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 2♂ ; Pian della Casa, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest Alpine grassland with peatbogs, 1760 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall near stream, 1500-2000 m, 23.IX.2009, 1♀ ; Natural Reserve of traps), 10♂, 13♀, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger. Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ ; Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). near stream, 1900-2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 1♂. Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 1♀. CHOROTYPE. — CEU. CHOROTYPE. — EUR. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, shrublands, riparian habitats.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Erigone dentipalpis (Wider, 1834)
Lepthyphantes agnellus Maurer & Th aler, 1988 NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Lago Sottano della Sella, Alpine grassland, close to lake shore, 1882 m, 17.VIII.2010, 1♂, 1♀ ; nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, peatbog, 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♂, 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Galleria di Valscura, Alpine scree, 2100 m, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; Pian della Casa, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 3♀ ; nearby Lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine grassland with peatbogs, 1760 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 2300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 1♀. traps), 4♂, 1♀, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; CHOROTYPE. — ALSW. southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, rocky lands. VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 2♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 7♂, leg. B. Rizzioli. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
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Lepthyphantes notabilis Kulczyn’ski, 1887 Mansuphantes pseudoarciger (Wunderlich, 1985)
CHOROTYPE. — SEU. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine MACROHABITAT. — caves. pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 27.VIII-23.IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀.
LITERATURE. — Isaia et al. (2011). CHOROTYPE. — ALPS.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies.
Lepthyphantes sp. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: along the path to Monte Matto, Alpine scree, 2500-3088 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♂. Mecynargus cf. paetulus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875) MACROHABITAT. — Rocky lands. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine NOTES. — Unidentifi ed species. Pending the examination of more prairies with rocky debris, 2300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 1♀. fresh material to be collected in future surveys, this species remains unidentifi ed. CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies.
Linyphia hortensis Sundevall, 1830 NOTES. — In the absence of males, the identifi cation of this spe- cies remains doubtful. However, the presence of this species in the NEW DATA. — Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest study area is plausible, given that Tanasevitch (2011) has reported near stream, 1500-2000 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; pathway to Pian del M. paetulus in Piemonte (Valle Toggia, Verbania). Valasco, beech forest, 1500-2000 m, 19.V.2011, 1♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Vernante: Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock- debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♀. Megaleptyphantes collinus (L. Koch, 1872) LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007).
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 27.VIII-23.IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, riparian habitats. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
Linyphia triangularis (Clerck, 1757) MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. NEW DATA. — Aisone: Vallone della Valletta, Pinet, sparse larch wood, 1200-1500 m, 17.VIII.2010, 1♂ ; Entracque: Trinità di En- traque, Vallone Bousset, beech forest, 1000-1200 m, 15.VI.2009, 1♀ (beating tray) ; Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, beech Micrargus alpinus Relys & Weiss, 1997 forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 2♀ ; Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 900-1200 m, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, 16.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Valdieri: Desertetto, grassland, 1088- stream bank with Petasites in deciduous forest (Fraxinus), 1000- 1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 3♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Natural Reserve of Rocca 1200 m, 28.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 2♂, leg. K. Wolf- San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000- Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Valdieri: southern slope of 1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ ; Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest near Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine stream, 1900-2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, traps), 1♂. beech forest, 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 1♂, 1♀. CHOROTYPE. — ALPC. LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, riparian habitats. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NOTES. — New record for Italy. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands.
Micrargus subaequalis (Westring, 1851) Mansuphantes aridus (Th orell, 1875) NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone NEW DATA. — Aisone: Vallone della Valletta, Pinet, sparse larch della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, wood, 1200-1500 m, 27.X.2010, 1♀. 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 3♂.
CHOROTYPE. — SEU. CHOROTYPE. — ASE.
MACROHABITAT. — Larch woods. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies.
NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
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Microlinyphia pusilla (Sundevall, 1830) LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007).
HOROTYPE NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- C . — PAL. 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, shrublands, 2012) ; Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, riparian habitats. 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 1♀.
LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). Neriene peltata (Wider, 1834) CHOROTYPE. — OLA. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, riparian habitats, 900-1100 m, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, shrublands. 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♀ ; Valdieri: pathway to Microneta viaria (Blackwall, 1841) Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture, 1300-1764 m, 7.VII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest, 1500-2000 m, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Trinità di Entracque, beech forest, 1000- 30.VI.2009, 2♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; pathway to Rifugio Livio Bianco, 1200 m, 28.V.2011, 1♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450- Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 30.VI.2011, 1♀ 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 2♂ (MRSN) ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500-1550 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♂, 4♀ ; same 10.IX.2008, 1♀ ; Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and locality, 1600 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN). rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♀.
CHOROTYPE. — OLA. LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007).
MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. CHOROTYPE. — OLA.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, riparian habitats. Mughiphantes pulcher (Kulczyn’ski, 1881) Oedothorax apicatus (Blackwall, 1850) NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♀ ; Valdieri: along the NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- path to Monte Matto, Alpine scree, 2500-3088 m, 27.VI.2011, 2♀. 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Valdieri: nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, lake shore, among CHOROTYPE. — CEU. mosses, 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 3♀. MACROHABITAT. — Rocky lands. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NOTES. — New record for the study area. MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands, wetlands.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Neriene clathrata (Sundevall, 1830)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, Oedothorax retusus (Westring, 1851) 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012). NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, stream banks, 900- 1200 m, 27.V.2011, 1♀ ; Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, CHOROTYPE. — OLA. stream bank, among gravels, 1000-1200 m, 29.VI.2007, 2♂, 3♀, MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats.
Neriene emphana (Walckenaer, 1841) NOTES. — New record for the study area.
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 2♂, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone Palliduphantes pallidus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky de- bris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 2♀ ; Vallone di NEW DATA. — Limone Piemonte: on the way to Bec Baral, Al- Lorousa, beech forest near stream, 1900-2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, pine pasture, 2000 m, 16.V.2006, 2♀ ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 2♀ del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 11.VII-27. (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, 4♀ (MRSN) ; same VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 2♀ ; Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest near locality, 1550 m, 9.IX.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, stream, 1900-2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 1♂ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine beech forest, 1550 m, 22.VI.2009, 2♀ (beating tray) ; same locality, pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 29.VI.2007, 1♂, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger. 1♀ ; Vallone della Meris, deciduous forest with Fraxinus and Acer,
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1200-1800 m, 1.VIII.2011, 1♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, Prinerigone vagans (Audouin, 1826) 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 2♂ (MRSN) ; same lo- NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian della Casa, Alpine grassland with cality, 1550 m, 13.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1600 m, peatbogs, 1760 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 1♂, 2♀, leg. 11.VIII.2011, 3♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Pian del Valasco, Al- 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 1♂ ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, pine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀. 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 1♂. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1972); Isaia et al. (2011). MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NOTES. — New record for the study area. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, caves.
Pelecopsis elongata (Wider, 1834) Scotinotylus antennatus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875)
NEW DATA. — Aisone: Vallone della Valletta, Pinet, sparse larch LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). wood, 1200-1500 m, 27.X.2010, 2♂. CHOROTYPE. — CEU. CHOROTYPE. — EUR. MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed. MACROHABITAT. — Larch woods.
NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. Styloctetor stativus (Simon, 1881)
Pelecopsis parallela (Wider, 1834) NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1550 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♂ ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30. VIII.2010, 1♂. LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). CHOROTYPE. — OLA. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, broadleaved woods. MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
Piniphantes pinicola (Simon, 1884) Tapinocyba praecox (O. P.-Cambridge, 1873) NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, peatbog, 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♀. LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013).
LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
CHOROTYPE. — TUE. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, wetlands. Tenuiphantes flavipes (Blackwall, 1854) Pityohyphantes phrygianus (C. L. Koch, 1836) NEW DATA. — Aisone: Vallone della Valletta, Pinet, sparse larch NEW DATA. — Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest wood, 1200-1500 m, 27.X.2010, 1♀ ; Entracque: Tetti Violin, near stream, 1500-2000 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀. banks of a small stream with bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Valdieri: Vallone CHOROTYPE. — ASE. della Meris, peatbog, 1200-1800 m, 27.V.2011, 1♀.
MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. MACROHABITAT. — Larch woods, riparian habitats, wetlands.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Poeciloneta variegata (Blackwall, 1841) Tenuiphantes mengei (Kulczyn’ski, 1887) LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013).
NEW DATA. — Aisone: Sorgente Pinet, In the gravel of a small CHOROTYPE. — OLA. spring among mosses, 1560 m, 11.IX.2011, 1♂ ; Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures. 22.V.2010, 1♀ ; Valdieri: Galleria di Valscura, Alpine scree, 2100 m,
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11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Troglohyphantes konradi Brignoli, 1975 Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 2♀, leg. B. Rizzioli. LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1975, 1985); Bologna & Vigna Taglianti CHOROTYPE. — PAL. (1982); Pesarini (2001); Arnò & Lana (2005); Isaia et al. (2007, 2010c, 2011); Isaia & Pantini (2010). MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, wetlands. CHOROTYPE. — ALSW. NOTES. — New record for the study area. MACROHABITAT. — Caves. Tenuiphantes tenebricola (Wider, 1834) Turinyphia clairi (Simon, 1884) NEW DATA. — Aisone: Sorgente Pinet, In the gravel of a small spring (Fig. 4) among mosses, 1560 m, 11.IX.2011, 1♀ ; Entracque: Trinità di En- tracque, beech forest, 1000-1200 m, 28.V.2011, 1♂ ; Valdieri: Lago NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gias degli Isterpis, Vallone Gesso della Sottano della Sella, Alpine grassland, close to lake shore, 1882 m, Barra, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1368 m, 23.V.2010, 1♂ ; 17.VIII.2010, 1♀ ; pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near Trinità di Entraque, Vallone Bousset, beech forest, 1000-1200 m, stream, 1500-2000 m, 23.IX.2009, 1♀ ; southern slope of Monte 15.VI.2009, 1♂ (beating tray) ; Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bous- Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies set, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011, 1♂ ; Vernante: 1♀ ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 6♀ (MRSN) ; same local- 1500-2000 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech ity, 11.VIII.2011, 2♂, 4♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 1♂, forest, 1500-2000 m, 30.VI.2009, 1♂, 2♀ (MRSN) ; Vernante: 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, 3♂, 10♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same lo- same locality, 1500 m, 11.VIII.2011, 9♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, cality, 13.X.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1600 m, 13.X.2011, 1500 m, 13.X.2011, 2♂, 14♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 2.VII.2010, 2♀ ; same locality, 9.IX.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 2♂, 9♀ ; same locality, 1550 m, 22.VI.2009, 4♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 13.X.2011, 6♀ (MRSN) ; 2♂, 1♀ (beating tray). same locality, 1600 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♂, 11♀ (MRSN) ; same local- ity, 1600 m, 11.VIII.2011, 11♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1600 m, LITERATURE. — Maurer & Th aler (1988); Lambiase et al. (2007). 13.X.2011, 9♂, 23♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 2.VII.2010, 1♀ ; same locality, 1550 m, 22.VI.2009, 1♀. CHOROTYPE. — WEU.
CHOROTYPE. — SIE. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, broadleaved woods, ripar- ian habitats. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, riparian habitats, wetlands.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Walckenaeria acuminata Blackwall, 1833
NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 13.X.2011, Tenuiphantes tenuis (Blackwall, 1852) 1♂. CHOROTYPE. — EUR. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian della Casa, Alpine grassland with peat- bogs, 1760 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 1♂, leg. K. Wolf- MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 1♀.
LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). Walckenaeria alticeps (Denis, 1952)
CHOROTYPE. — TUE. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Trinità di Entracque, beech forest, 1000- 1200 m, 28.V.2011, 1♂ ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods. beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀.
Tiso vagans (Blackwall, 1834) CHOROTYPE. — EUR. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, riparian habitats. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, stream bank, among gravels, 1000-1200 m, 29.VI.2007, 1♂, leg. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 2♂. Walckenaeria cf. simplex Chyzer, 1894 LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013).
CHOROTYPE. — EUR. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies. 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂.
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FIG. 4. — Turinyphia clairi (Simon, 1884) (Linyphiidae), Vernante, Palanfrè. Photograph: Mauro Paschetta (2009).
CHOROTYPE. — CEU. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
NOTES. — Identifi cation doubtful, in need of validation.
Walckenaeria monoceros (Wider, 1834) Walckenaeria languida (Simon, 1914)
LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♂. CHOROTYPE. — TUE.
CHOROTYPE. — MED. MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed.
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FIG. 5. — Meta menardi (Latreille, 1804) (Tetragnathidae), Valdieri, Vallone della Meris. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2010).
Family TETRAGNATHIDAE Menge, 1866 Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)
Meta menardi (Latreille, 1804) NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gias degli Isterpis, Vallone Gesso della Barra, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1368 m, 23.V.2010, 2♀ ; (Fig. 5) Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; same lo- NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Vallone della Meris, small cave in beech cality, 11.VII-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂, 2♀ ; same locality, forest, 1200-1800 m, 26.V.2011, 1♂. 29.VI.2009, 1♂, 2♀. ITERATURE L . — Brignoli (1971, 1972, 1975, 1985); Manzone et al. LITERATURE. — Martinotti (1968); (Brignoli (1971, 1972, 1975, (1987); Lana et al. (2003); Arnò & Lana (2005); Isaia et al. (2011). 1985); Bologna & Vigna Taglianti (1985); Lana et al. (2003); Arnò & Lana (2005); Isaia et al. (2011). CHOROTYPE. — EUR. CHOROTYPE. — EUR. MACROHABITAT. — caves. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, caves, riparian habitats.
Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1870) Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) NEW DATA. — Entracque: Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, (Fig. 6) beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♀ ; Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ ; Vallone NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Ju- della Meris, small cave in beech forest, 1200-1800 m, 26.V.2011, 1♂. niperus phoenicea, 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 5♂, 8♀ (MRSN) ; pathway to Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). 900 m, 16.IX.2011, 3♂ (MRSN) ; Trinità di Entraque, Vallone Bousset, beech forest, 1000-1200 m, 15.VI.2009, 1♂ (beating CHOROTYPE. — EUR. tray) ; Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♂, 3♀ ; Valdieri: Desertetto, MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, shrublands, caves. grassland, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 5♂, 6♀ (MRSN) ; path-
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FIG. 6. — Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) (Tetragnathidae), Entracque, Gorge della Reina. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2011). way to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♂, 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, Family ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 1764 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 22.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, Aculepeira carbonaria (L. Koch, 1869) 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 2♂, 1♀. (Fig . 7)
LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966); Lambiase et al. (2007). NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Rifugio Questa – Lago delle Portette, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 11.VII.2009, 2♀. CHOROTYPE. — OLA. LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966). MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, shrublands, riparian habitats. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. MACROHABITAT. — Rocky lands.
Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874 Aculepeira ceropegia (Walckenaer, 1802) (Fig. 8)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, stream banks, 900- 1200 m, 27.V.2011, 1♂ ; Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- NEW DATA. — Entracque: pathway to Lago degli Alberghi, Alpine 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 3♂, 3♀ (collected within the PIT Summer prairies with rocky debris, 1800-2200 m, 26.VII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; School 2012) ; Valdieri: Sant’Anna di Valdieri, stone wall, 1200 m, Tetti Violin, grassland, 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 5♂, 3♀ (collected 21.VII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN), leg. F. La Pietra & L. Picciau. within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Valdieri: Desertetto, grass- land, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 9 juv. (MRSN) ; nearby Rifugio CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Livio Bianco, lake shore, among mosses, 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♀ ; pathway to lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine prairies with rocky de- MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands, riparian habitats. bris, 1900-2300 m, 30.VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; pathway to Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture, 1300-1764 m, 7.VII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; NOTES. — New record for the study area. pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m,
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FIG. 7. — Aculepeira carbonaria (L. Koch, 1869) (Araneidae), Valdieri, Rifugio Questa. Photograph: Mauro Paschetta (2011).
27.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; pathway to Rifugio Livio Bianco, Alpine prairies Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1757 with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 30.VI.2011, 1♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Pian (Fig. 9) del Valasco, Alpine grassland with peatbogs, 1764 m, 7.VII.2011, 1♀, 4 juv. (MRSN) ; Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest near stream, 1900-2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Pianard, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- Garbella, sparse wood, grassland, 1600 m, 30.VI.2010, 1♂, 4♀. 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Valdieri: Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest near stream, 1900- LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966); Calloni (1889); Lambiase et al. 2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 1♀. (2007). CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands, riparian habitats. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, riparian habitats, wetlands. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
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FIG. 8. — Aculepeira ceropegia (Walckenaer, 1802) (Araneidae), Entracque, Lago degli Alberghi. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2013).
Araneus circe (Audouin, 1826) della Rovina, Alpine scree, 1535 m, 19.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN), leg. F. La Pietra ; pathway to Gorge della Reina, shrubland with ♂ LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966). Juniperus phoenicea, 900 m, 16.IX.2011, 2 (MRSN) ; Valdieri: Desertetto, grassland, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 6♀ (MRSN) ; CHOROTYPE. — PAL. pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; pathway to Rifugio Livio Bianco, Alpine prairies MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed. with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 26.VI.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine grassland with peatbogs, 1764 m, 7.VII.2011, 2 juv. (MRSN) ; Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest near stream, 1900- Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757 2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 2♀. (Fig. 10) LITERATURE. — Brignoli 1966; Isaia et al. (2007); Lambiase et al. (2007). NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Ju- niperus phoenicea, 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Lago CHOROTYPE. — OLA.
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FIG. 9. — Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1757 (Araneidae), Entracque, Tetti Violin. Photograph: Mauro Paschetta (2011).
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies, broadleaved Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757 woods, shrublands, riparian habitats, rocky lands. LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Lambiase et al. (2007).
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757 CHOROTYPE. — PAL. (Fig. 11) MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 22.VI.2009, 2♀ (beating tray). Araneus triguttatus (Fabricius, 1793)
LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966); Lambiase et al. (2007). NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 2♂, 1♀ ; Valdieri: path- CHOROTYPE. — OLA. way to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 11.VII.2009, 1♂. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. CHOROTYPE. — ASE.
MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats. Araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus Clerck, 1757 NOTES. — New record for the study area. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juni- perus phoenicea, 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1600 m, 22.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN). Araniella alpica (L. Koch, 1869) CHOROTYPE. — OLA. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, shrublands. near stream, 1500-2000 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♂, 1♀.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
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FIG 10. — Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757 (Araneidae), Entracque, Gorge della Reina. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2010).
MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, riparian habitats. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, shrublands, riparian habitats.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: pathway to Lago degli Alberghi, Alpine Araniella opisthographa (Kulczyn’ski, 1905) prairies with rocky debris, 1800-2200 m, 26.VII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♂, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, Riparian bushes, 900-1100 m, 15♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Valdieri: 10.VI.2011, 10♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, Valdieri: pathway to lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine prairies with rocky 27.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, debris, 1900-2300 m, 30.VI.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Natural Reserve 1550 m, 22.VI.2009, 1♀ (beating tray).
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FIG. 11. — Araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus Clerck, 1757 (Araneidae), Entracque, Gorge della Reina. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2013). of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1200 m, 22.V.2010, 3♂, 5♀ ; Tetti Violin, banks of a small stream 1000-1500 m, 18.VI.2009, 1♂, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Pianard, with bushes, 900-1100 m, 15.V.2012, 1♀ ; Tetti Violin, grassland Garbella, sparse wood, grassland, 1600 m, 30.VI.2010, 3♂, 1♀. with bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 10♀ ; Valdieri: Desertetto, grassland, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 1juv, 1♀ CHOROTYPE. — TUE. (MRSN) ; pathway to lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1900-2300 m, 30.VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Vernante: MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, broadleaved woods, shrub- Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 22.VI.2009, 1♀ lands, riparian habitats. (beating tray) ; Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♂, 1♀ (MRSN).
Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). (Fig. 12) CHOROTYPE. — OLA.
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juni- MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies, broadleaved perus phoenicea, 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN). woods, shrublands, not specifi ed.
LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966).
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Cyclosa oculata (Walckenaer, 1802) MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juni- perus phoenicea, 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 1 juv.
Cyclosa conica (Pallas, 1772) CHOROTYPE. — ASE.
MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 1 juv. (MRSN) ; NOTES. — Identifi cation based on the diagnostic shape of the abdo- Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 900- men. New record for the sudy area.
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Hypsosinga albovittata (Westring, 1851) Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck, 1757)
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 29.VI.2011, 2♀. near stream, 1500-2000 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀. CHOROTYPE. — SIE. LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. CHOROTYPE. — SIE. NOTES. — New record for the study area. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, riparian habitats.
Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) Parazygiella montana (C. L. Koch, 1834) NEW DATA. — Entracque: Trinità di Entraque, Vallone Bousset, beech forest, 1000-1200 m, 15.VI.2009, 1♀ (beating tray) ; Val- lone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, beech forest and nearby habi- NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, lake shore, tats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♂, 1♀ ; Valdieri: nearby Rifugio among mosses, 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♀ ; pathway to Pian del Val- Livio Bianco, lake shore, among mosses, 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♂, asco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall 4♀ ; pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500- traps), 2♀ ; same locality, 29.VI.2009, 4♀ ; Rifugio Questa – Lago 2000 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Vernante: Vallone degli delle Portette, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 1♀ ; Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest near stream, 1900-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♀. 29.VIII.2009, 1♀.
CHOROTYPE. — OLA. CHOROTYPE. — SEU.
MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, riparian habitats, wetlands. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, riparian habitats, rocky lands, wetlands. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
NOTES. — New record for the study area.
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757) Family LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833 LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966).
CHOROTYPE. — OLA. Alopecosa accentuata (Latreille, 1817)
MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed. NEW DATA. — Limone Piemonte: Bec Baral, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 2130 m, 23.V.1999, 1♂ ; Valdieri: pathway to Rifu- gio Livio Bianco, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 30.VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni- Mangora acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802) Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 19.V.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 29.IV.2009, 1♂ ; southern slope of Monte NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011, 1♀. 2012) ; Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrub- land with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♂, 1♀. LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — SIE. MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, shrublands. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
Alopecosa aculeata (Clerck, 1757) Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer, 1802) NEW DATA. — Valdieri: surroundings of Lago del Claus, Alpine NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- scree, 2350 m, 8.VII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Vernante: nearby Palan- 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 5♂, 3♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School frè, grassland, 1400 m, 21.VII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias 2012) ; Valdieri: Desertetto, grassland, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 1♀ della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 2♀, leg. B. Rizzioli (MRSN) ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 29.VI.2011, 1♂ (MRSN). LITERATURE. — Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969; Lambiase et al. (2007); Paschetta et al. (2013). CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — OLA. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, shrublands. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine NOTES. — New record for the study area. prairies, broadleaved woods, rocky lands.
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FIG. 12. — Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) (Araneidae), Entracque, Gorge della Reina. Photograph: Mauro Paschetta (2010).
Alopecosa alpicola (Simon, 1876) Alopecosa cuneata (Clerck, 1757)
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gias degli Isterpis, Vallone Gesso della della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky de- Barra, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1368 m, 23.V.2010, 1♂ ; bris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 2♂ ; Vernante: Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Monte Chamoussier, Vallone degli Alberghi, high Alpine prairies Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500- with scattered rocks, 2478 m, 1.VII.2010, 1♀ ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, 2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Pianard, Garbella, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010, 1♂. sparse wood, grassland, 1600 m, 14.VI.2010, 1♀. LITERATURE. — Lugetti & Tongiorgi (1969); Isaia et al. (2007); LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007); Paschetta et al. (2013). Paschetta et al. (2013).
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, rocky lands. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies.
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Alopecosa inquilina (Clerck, 1757) Arctosa renidescens Buchar & Th aler, 1995
NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 1♀, leg. B. Rizzioli. della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky de- bris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Vernante: CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 2♂. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures. CHOROTYPE. — CEU. NOTES. — New record for the study area. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies.
NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. Alopecosa mariae (Dahl, 1908)
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, Aulonia albimana (Walckenaer, 1805) shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♂. EW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni- CHOROTYPE. — SIE. N Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 18-23. MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. VI.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1600 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN). NOTES. — New record for the study area. CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, shrublands. Alopecosa pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757) NOTES. — New record for the study area. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gias degli Isterpis, Vallone Gesso della Barra, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1368 m, 23.V.2010, 1♀ ; Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♀ ; Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine Hogna radiata (Latreille, 1817) pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Pianard, Garbella, sparse wood, grassland, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- 1600 m, 14.VI.2010, 1♂. 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Lambiase et al. (2007). shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — TUM.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies. MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Alopecosa trabalis (Clerck, 1757)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- Pardosa agrestis (Westring, 1861) 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). 1♂ ; Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂, 2♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Valdieri: CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Desertetto, grassland, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 18-23.VI.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, forest edge with scattered Pardosa amentata (Clerck, 1757) rocks, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Vernante: Palan- (Fig. 13) frè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♀ NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland (MRSN) ; same locality, 1600 m, 11.VIII.2011, 6♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 2♂ ; Tetti Violin, banks same locality, 13.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, of a small stream with bushes, 900-1100 m, 15.V.2012, 5♂ (col- Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 20♂, 1♀, leg. B. Rizzioli ; lected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Tetti Violin, grassland Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 with bushes, 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♂ (collected within the (pitfall traps), 2♂. PIT Summer School 2012) ; Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, CHOROTYPE. — TUE. stream bank with Petasites in deciduous forest (Fraxinus), 1000- 1200 m, 28.VI-09.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 21♂, 22♀, leg. K. Wolf- MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, broadleaved Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Valdieri: nearby Lago Soprano woods, shrublands. della Sella, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 2300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 3♂, 2♀ ; nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, lake shore, among mosses, NOTES. — New record for the study area. 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 3♀ ; nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, peatbog,
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FIG. 13. — Pardosa amentata (Clerck, 1757) (Lycosidae) carrying an egg sac. Valdieri, Lago Soprano della Sella. Photograph: Mauro Paschetta (2013).
1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♀ ; pathway to Pian del Valasco, Alpine MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, shrublands. scree, 1300-1764 m, 29.VI.2009, 2♀ (MRSN) ; pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest, 1500-2000 m, 19.V.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 29.VI.2009, NOTES. — New record for the study area. 2♂ (MRSN) ; Pian della Casa, Alpine grassland with peatbogs, 1760 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007, 30♂, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Vallone della Meris, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 26.V.2011, 4♂, 2♀ ; Vernante: Vallone degli Pardosa blanda (C. L. Koch, 1833) Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♂. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 2300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 3♂, 1♀ ; nearby LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Paschetta et al. (2013). Rifugio Livio Bianco, peatbog, 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 3♂ ; along CHOROTYPE. — SIE. the path to Monte Matto, Alpine scree, 2500-3088 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♂, 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11- MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, shrublands, 12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 5♂ ; same locality, 27.VIII-23.IX.2009 broadleaved woods, riparian habitats, rocky lands, wetlands. (pitfall traps), 3♀ ; same locality, 29.VI.2009, 3♂ ; Pian della Casa, Alpine grassland with peatbogs, 1760 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 3♂, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Rifugio Pardosa bifasciata (C. L. Koch, 1834) Questa – Lago delle Portette, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vallone della 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School Meris, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 26.V.2011, 2012) ; Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 2♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Valdieri: 3.VII.2010, 8♂, 20♀, leg. B. Rizzioli ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Palanfrè, di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31. Pianard, Garbella, sparse wood, grassland, 1600 m, 30.VI.2010, VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♀. 1♂ ; Vallone degli Alberghi, Gias Piamian, stream gravel, 1470 m, 1.VII.2010, 1♀ ; Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and CHOROTYPE. — PAL. rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 3♂, 3♀.
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LITERATURE. — Isaia et al. (2007); Lambiase et al. (2007); Paschetta CHOROTYPE. — PAL. et al. (2013). MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. CHOROTYPE. — SEU. NOTES. — Identifi cation based on ethological evidence according MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine prai- ries, riparian habitats, rocky lands, wetlands, not specifi ed. to Töpfer-Hofmann et al. (2000).
Pardosa mixta (Kulczyn’ski, 1887) Pardosa cribrata Simon, 1876 NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂, 2♀ ; Pian della Casa, Alpine grassland with peatbogs, 1760 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007 CHOROTYPE. — EUR. (pitfall traps), 1♂, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1600 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures. Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 20♂, 20♀, leg. B. Rizzioli ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 1♂. Pardosa ferruginea (L. Koch, 1870) LITERATURE. — Chiarle et al. (2013); Paschetta et al. (2013). LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). CHOROTYPE. — TUE. CHOROTYPE. — SIE. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed. woods.
Pardosa sp. gr. lugubris (Walckenaer, 1802) Pardosa nigra (C. L. Koch, 1834)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juniperus NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Lago Sottano della Sella, Alpine grassland, phoenicea, 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Torrente Bous- close to lake shore, 1882 m, 17.VIII.2010, 1♀ ; nearby Lago Soprano set, Trinità di Entracque, open area close to a spring with Petasites della Sella, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 2300 m, 1.VIII.2011, and Salix, 1000-1200 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007, 2♂, leg. K. Wolf- 1♂ ; along the path to Monte Matto, Alpine scree, 2500-3088 m, Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del 27.VI.2011, 1♂, 1♀ ; Vallone Assedras, Rifugio Remondino, Alpine Valasco, beech forest, 1500-2000 m, 30.VI.2009, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same scree, 2400 m, 6.VIII.2009, 1♂ (MRSN). locality, 29.VI.2009, 3♀ (MRSN) ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 8♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 2♀ CHOROTYPE. — EUR. (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 9.IX.2011, 3♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 11.VIII.2011, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, rocky lands. 3♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same local- ity, 1550 m, 9.IX.2011, 3♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, LITERATURE. — Isaia et al. (2007). 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 13.X.2011, 2♀ ; same locality, 1600 m, 9.IX.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 12♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 8♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine Pardosa oreophila Simon, 1937 pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 2♀. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, broadleaved woods, shrublands, della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, riparian habitats, rocky lands. 1500-2300 m, 1.VIII-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 NOTES. — Th e identifi cation of specimens of the Pardosa lugubris (Walckenaer, 1802) group based on morphological characters is dif- (pitfall traps), 1♂. fi cult. In particular, females can only be identifi ed when collected in association with males. Nevertheless, the species of this group CHOROTYPE. — SEU. are reproductively isolated, so the only reliable means of separating them at present is their courtship behaviour (Nentwig et al. 2014). MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies. See also notes about Pardosa lugubris and Pardosa saltans Töpfer- Hofmann, 2000. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
Pardosa lugubris (Walckenaer, 1802) Pardosa paludicola (Clerck, 1757)
LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, Vallone Garbella, wood margin (broadleaved forest), 1379 m, 16.VI.2007, 4♂. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed.
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Pardosa palustris (Linnaeus, 1758) LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013).
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). woods, rocky lands. CHOROTYPE. — OLA. NOTES. — According to the shape of the palps and epygines these MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed. individuals clearly belong to the monticola-group, but identifi cation at species level remains doubtful.
Pardosa riparia (C. L. Koch, 1833) Piratula knorri (Scopoli, 1763)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Casermette, grassland, 886 m, 9.VI.2011, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, stream banks, 900- 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Torrente Bous- 1200 m, 27.V.2011, 2♀ ; Tetti Violin, banks of a small stream with set, Trinità di Entracque, stream bank, among gravels, 1000-1200 m, bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Sum- 29.VI.2007, 2♂, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; mer School 2011) ; Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, Valdieri: pathway to lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine prairies with 4.VII.2012, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012). rocky debris, 1900-2300 m, 30.VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Vernante: CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same local- ity, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands, riparian habitats. 1♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 4♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 9.IX.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, NOTES. — New record for the study area. 11.VIII.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 13.X.2011, 3♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1600 m, 11.VIII.2011, 4♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine Trochosa terricola Th orell, 1856 pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 10♂, 10♀, leg. B. Rizzioli ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, traps), 1♀ ; Palanfrè, Pianard, Garbella, sparse wood, grassland, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same 1600 m, 14.VI.2010, 2♀ ; Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, locality, 13.X.2011, 2♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 9.IX.2011, 2♂ grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 3♂, 2♀. (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN).
LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Lambiase et al. (2007). LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). CHOROTYPE. — OLA. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, not specifi ed. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, riparian habitats. Vesubia jugorum (Simon, 1881) (Fig. 14) Pardosa saltans Töpfer-Hofmann, 2000 NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, scree, 2300 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♀ ; slopes of Monte Bourel, rocky de- shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 19.V.2011, 1♂ bris, 2360 m, 2.VIII.2011, 2♂ ; surroundings of Lago Sottano di (MRSN) ; same locality, 1379 m, 29.IV.2009, 4♂, 1♀ ; Vallone della Valscura, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 8.VII.2011, 1♀;Vallone Assedras, Meris, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 26.V.2011, Rifugio Remondino, Alpine scree, 2400 m, 6.VIII.2009, 2♂, 1♀ ; 1♂, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Vallone Garbella, unpaved road among Vernante: Monte Chamoussier, Vallone degli Alberghi, high Alpine Alpine pasture, 1379 m, 16.VI.2007, 6♂ ; Palanfrè, Vallone Garbella, prairies with scattered rocks, 2478 m, 1.VII.2010, 1♀. wood margin (broadleaved forest), 1379 m, 16.VI.2007, 2♂, 2♀. LITERATURE. — Tongiorgi (1969); Maurer & Th aler (1988); Isaia CHOROTYPE. — EUR. et al. (2007). HOROTYPE MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, broadleaved woods, shrublands. C . — ALSW. MACROHABITAT. — Rocky lands. NOTES. — Identifi cation based on ethological evidence according to Töpfer-Hofmann et al. (2000). New record for the study area.
Xerolycosa miniata (C. L. Koch, 1834) Pardosa sp. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, peatbog, Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 2♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀. 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 5♂, 17♀ ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; surroundings of Lago del Claus, Alpine scree, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies. 2350 m, 8.VII.2011, 1 (MRSN) ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♀. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
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Xerolycosa nemoralis (Westring, 1861) K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN). NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer CHOROTYPE. — PAL. School 2012) ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, riparian habitats. near stream, 1500-2000 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 2♂ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11.VII-27. NOTES. — New record for the study area. VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂, 1♀ ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vallone della Meris, Gias Prato, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1600 m, Zora pardalis Simon, 1878 27.VI.2011, 2♀ ; Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest near stream, 1900-2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 1♂, 1♀ ; Vernante: nearby Palanfrè, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone grassland, 1400 m, 21.VII.2011, 8♂, 4♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 22.VI.2009, 1♂, 1♀ (beating 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂. tray) ; Vallone degli Alberghi, Gias Piamian, stream gravel, 1470 m, CHOROTYPE. — TUE. 1.VII.2010, 1♂ ; Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♀. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies.
LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007); Paschetta et al. (2013). NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved Zora spinimana (Sundevall, 1833) woods, shrublands, riparian habitats. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♀ ; Tetti Violin, grassland Family PISAURIDAE Simon, 1890 with bushes, 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, Pisaura mirabilis (Clerck, 1757) stream bank, among gravels, 1000-1200 m, 9.VIII.2007, 1♂, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 3♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School CHOROTYPE. — PAL. 2012) ; Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Valdieri: De- MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands, riparian habitats. ♀ ♂ sertetto, grassland, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 1 , 1 (MRSN). NOTES. — New record for the study area. LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007); Paschetta et al. (2013).
CHOROTYPE. — ASE. Family AGELENIDAE C. L. Koch, 1837
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, broadleaved woods, shrublands. Aterigena ligurica (Simon, 1916)
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Terme di Valdieri, road from the parking to Cappella di S. Giovanni, rocky slope, 1368 m, 30.VI.2009, 1♀ Family OXYOPIDAE Th orell, 1870 (MRSN) ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 2♂, 1♀ ; same locality, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, 5♂, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same Oxyopes lineatus Latreille, 1806 locality, 11.VIII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 3♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 9.IX.2011, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN). 1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 5.X.2011, 1♀, leg. F. La Pietra & L. Picciau ; same locality, 29.VI.2011, 1♂. CHOROTYPE. — ALAP. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, rocky lands. CHOROTYPE. — TUE.
MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. Coelotes osellai De Blauwe, 1973 NOTES. — New record for the study area. (Fig. 15)
Family ZORIDAE F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 11♂, 2♀ ; same local- Zora nemoralis (Blackwall, 1861) ity, 27.VIII-23.IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 4♂, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 13♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 7♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, 43♂, 7♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 11.VIII.2011, 18♂, 1♀ stream bank, among gravels, 1000-1200 m, 9.VIII.2007, 2♂, leg. (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 1♂, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality,
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FIG. 14. — Vesubia jugorum (Simon, 1881) (Lycosidae), Vernante, Vallone degli Alberghi. Photograph: Francesco Tomasinelli /Parco Naturale Alpi Marittime (2009).
9.IX.2011, 70♂, 3♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 11.VIII.2011, 23♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same Coelotes poweri Simon, 1875 locality, 1600 m, 9.IX.2011, 51♂, 4♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 17♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 16♂, 2♀ NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, (MRSN) ; same locality, 29.VI.2007, 9♂ ; Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 1♀ ; same locality, 22.VI-19.VII.2009, 1♂. Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 20♂, leg. B. Rizzioli LITERATURE. — Isaia et al. (2007); Paschetta et al. (2013). LITERATURE. — De Blauwe (1973); Lambiase et al. (2007). CHOROTYPE. — ALSW. CHOROTYPE. — ALAP. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, broadleaved woods. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods.
Histopona leonardoi Coelotes pabulator Simon, 1875 Bolzern, Pantini & Isaia, 2013
LITERATURE. — De Blauwe (1973); Isaia et al. (2007). NEW DATA. — Aisone: Grange Pinet, beech forest, 1478 m, 11.IX.2011, CHOROTYPE. — ALPS. 1♀ ; Entracque: Entracque, 894 m, 4.X.2013 – 2.XI.2013 (pitfall traps), 1♂, 3♀ ; leg. L. Latella & A. Latella ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, rocky lands. del Valasco, beech forest, 1500-2000 m, 30.VI.2009, 1♀ (MRSN) ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31. VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 3♂ ; Vallone della Meris, deciduous forest Coelotes pickardi pastor Simon, 1875 with Fraxinus and Acer, 1200-1800 m, 1.VIII.2011, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 43♂, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Isaia et al. (2007). locality, 11.VIII.2011, 18♂, 1♀ (MRSN same locality, 13.X.2011, 3♂, 4♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, 38♂, 4♀ CHOROTYPE. — ALPS. (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 24♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 14♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 9.IX.2011, MACROHABITAT. — Rocky lands. 67♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 59♂, 2♀ (MRSN) ;
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same locality, 13.X.2011, 8♂, 2♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1600 m, Tegenaria silvestris (L. Koch, 1872) 9.IX.2011, 8♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 15♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 17♂, 1♀ (MRSN). NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gias degli Isterpis, Vallone Gesso della Barra, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1368 m, 23.V.2010, 1♀ ; LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007); Bolzern et al. (2013). Valdieri: nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1900 m, 30.X.2011, 1♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, CHOROTYPE. — AWNA. 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same local- MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved ity, 13.X.2011, 2♂ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, woods, riparian habitats. 1550 m, 22.VI.2009, 2♀ (beating tray) ; same locality, 29.VI.2007, 1♂, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 1♂, leg. B. Rizzioli ; Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood,grassland and rock-debris, Histopona torpida (C. L. Koch, 1837) 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♀.
LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1975, 1977, 1985); Arnò & Lana (2005); Isaia et al. (2011); Paschetta et al. (2013). CHOROTYPE. — EUR. CHOROTYPE. — EUR. MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, caves. Tegenaria agrestis (Walckenaer, 1802)
NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, Textrix denticulata (Olivier, 1789) 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 3♂, 2♀, leg. B. Rizzioli ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010, 1♂. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grass- land and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♀ ; Tetti Violin, CHOROTYPE. — OLA. grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂, 1♀ (col- lected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Torrente Bousset, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures. Trinità di Entracque, stream bank with Petasites in deciduous forest (Fraxinus), 1000-1200 m, 28.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 2♂, NOTES. — New record for the study area. leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, forest edge with scattered rocks, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 2♀ (MRSN). Tegenaria fuesslini Pavesi, 1873 LITERATURE. — De Blauwe 1973.
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovan- CHOROTYPE. — EUR. ni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, ♀ 18.VI.2009, 2 ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, shrublands, riparian habi- Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, tats, not specifi ed. 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vallone della Meris, deciduous forest with Fraxinus and Acer, 1200-1800 m, 1.VIII.2011, 1♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, Family CYBAEIDAE Banks, 1892 1♀ ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 2♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1600 m, 13.X.2011, 1♂ ; Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 3♂, leg. B. Rizzioli ; same locality, 1600 m, Cybaeus intermedius Maurer, 1992 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 1♂. LITERATURE. — Maurer (1992), Isaia & Chiarle (2015). LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1977). CHOROTYPE. — ALAP. CHOROTYPE. — EUR. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, shrublands. Cybaeus vignai Brignoli, 1977 Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785) LITERATURE. — Isaia & Chiarle (2015). LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1977).
CHOROTYPE. — SCO. CHOROTYPE. — ALSW.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, riparian habitats.
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FIG. 15. — Coelotes osellai De Blauwe, 1973 (Agelenidae), Valdieri, Pian del Valasco. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2013).
Family HAHNIIDAE Bertkau, 1878 Family DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
Antistea elegans (Blackwall, 1841) Argenna patula (Simon, 1874)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, banks of a small stream with NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland, 900-1100 m, bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Sum- 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011). mer School 2011) ; Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, stream bank with Petasites in deciduous forest (Fraxinus), 1000-1200 m, CHOROTYPE. — PAL. 28.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 1♂, 1♀, leg. K. Wolf-Schwen- MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands. ninger & H. Schwenninger ; Vernante: Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♀. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats, not specifi ed. Cicurina cicur (Fabricius, 1793)
NOTES. — New record for the study area. LITERATURE. — Arnò & Lana (2005).
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Cryphoeca silvicola (C. L. Koch, 1834) MACROHABITAT. — caves.
NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 2.VII.2010, 1♀. Dictyna arundinacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, hazelnut, 900-1100 m, MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011).
NOTES. — New record for the study area. CHOROTYPE. — OLA.
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MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. land, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 27.VIII-23. NOTES. — New record for the study area. IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂, 1♀ ; same locality, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; path- way to Pian del Valasco, beech forest, 1500-2000 m, 30.VI.2009, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, Dictyna latens (Fabricius, 1775) 27.VIII-23.IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀, 6♂ ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000- NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni- 1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ ; same locality, 29.IV.2009, 2♀ ; southern Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 29.VI.2011, slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, 1♂, 2♀. Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest near stream, CHOROTYPE. — SIE. 1900-2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 1♂, 2♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. forest, 1450 m, 9.IX.2011, 4♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, 5♂ ; same locality, 13.X.2011, 5♂ (MRSN) ; same lo- NOTES. — New record for the study area. cality, 1550 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1600 m, 13.X.2011, 6♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 10.IX.2008, 1♂, 1♀ ; Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 22.VI-19. VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀. Mastigusa arietina (Th orell, 1871) LITERATURE. — Pesarini (1991); Arnò & Lana (2005); Paschetta NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone et al. (2013). della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, CHOROTYPE. — ALAP. 1500-2300 m, 1.VIII-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♀. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, CHOROTYPE. — PAL. broadleaved woods, shrublands, caves, larch woods, riparian habitats. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies.
NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. Family TITANOECIDAE Lehtinen, 1967
Titanoeca quadriguttata (Hahn, 1833) Family AMAUROBIIDAE Th orell, 1870 NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Vallone della Meris, Gias Prato, Alpine Amaurobius fenestralis (Ström, 1768) prairies with rocky debris, 1600 m, 27.VI.2011, 2♂. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bous- set, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures. 1♂ ; Valdieri: Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest near stream, 1900- 2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1450 m, NOTES. — New record for the study area. 9.IX.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 10.IX.2008, 1♀. Family MITURGIDAE Simon, 1885 LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). Cheiracanthium elegans Th orell, 1875 CHOROTYPE. — EUR. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, broadleaved woods, riparian 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer habitats. School 2011).
Amaurobius jugorum L. Koch, 1868 CHOROTYPE. — ASE.
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Desertetto, grassland, 1088-1885 m, MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. 14.IX.2011, 1♀. NOTES. — New record for the study area. LITERATURE. — De Blauwe (1973).
CHOROTYPE. — SEU. Cheiracanthium erraticum (Walckenaer, 1802) MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, rocky lands. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 9.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011). Amaurobius scopolii Th orell, 1871 CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
NEW DATA. — Aisone: Grange Pinet, beech forest, 1478 m, MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. 11.IX.2011, 1♀ ; Vallone della Valletta, Pinet, sparse larch wood, 1200-1500 m, 17.VIII.2010, 2♂, 1♀ ; Valdieri: Desertetto, grass- NOTES. — New record for the study area.
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Family ANYPHAENIDAE Bertkau, 1878 Family CLUBIONIDAE Wagner, 1887
Anyphaena accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802) Clubiona caerulescens L. Koch, 1867
NEW DATA. — Aisone: Vallone della Valletta, Pinet, sparse larch NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood with wood, 1200-1500 m, 27.X.2010, 3 ; Entracque: Gorge della Reina, bushes and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 3♀. sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♂ ; Tetti Violin, banks of a small stream with bushes, 900-1100 m, CHOROTYPE. — PAL. 10.VI.2011, 1♂, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 2♀. MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands.
CHOROTYPE. — TUE. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands, larch woods, riparian habitats.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Clubiona comta C. L. Koch, 1839
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer Family LIOCRANIDAE Simon, 1897 School 2011).
Agroeca cuprea Menge, 1873 CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni- MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. Saben, forest edge with scattered rocks, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ (MRSN) ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, NOTES. — New record for the study area. Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500- 2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 2♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 13.X.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, beech Clubiona frutetorum L. Koch, 1867 forest, 1600 m, 13.X.2011, 1♂. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Vallone della Meris, Gias Prato, Alpine CHOROTYPE. — ASE. prairies with rocky debris, 1600 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♀. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, shrublands. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NOTES. — New record for the study area. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Agroeca proxima (O. P.-Cambridge, 1870)
LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). Clubiona neglecta O. P.-Cambridge 1862 CHOROTYPE. — SIE.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Apostenus fuscus Westring, 1851 MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. NEW DATA. — Aisone: Vallone della Valletta, Pinet, sparse larch wood, 1200-1500 m, 27.X.2010, 1♂. NOTES. — New record for the study area. CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
MACROHABITAT. — Larch woods. Clubiona pallidula (Clerck, 1757) NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer Liocranum rupicola (Walckenaer, 1830) School 2011) ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; Natural Reserve of NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♂ ; Valdieri: Natural 1000-1500 m, 29.VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus forest, 1500 m, 13.X.2011, 1♀. phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♂. CHOROTYPE. — OLA. CHOROTYPE. — EUR. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, shrublands, riparian habitats. MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands, caves.
LITERATURE. — Arnò & Lana (2005). NOTES. — New record for the study area.
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Clubiona terrestris Westring, 1851 Zodarion rubidum Simon, 1914
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Trinità di Entracque, beech forest, 1000- 1764 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 3♀. 1200 m, 25.V.2011, 1♂.
LITERATURE. — Arnò & Lana (2005). CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
CHOROTYPE. — EUR. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, caves. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
Family CORINNIDAE Karsch, 1880 Family GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Phrurolithus festivus (C. L. Koch, 1835) Callilepis nocturna (Linnaeus, 1758)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, Alpine scree, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♀ ; 1300-1764 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ (MRSN) ; pathway to Pian del Val- Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, asco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♂ ; Pian 1500-2000 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; same lo- del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11-12.VII.2009 cality, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone (pitfall traps), 2♂,1♀ ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 2♂ ; Vernante: Palan- 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂. frè, beech forest, 1450 m, 11.VIII.2011, 3♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 20♂, 18♀, LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). leg. B. Rizzioli ; Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and CHOROTYPE. — PAL. rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♀. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, riparian habi- CHOROTYPE. — PAL. tats, rocky lands.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, shrublands, riparian habitats. Drassodes cupreus (Blackwall, 1834)
OTES N . — New record for the study area. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni- Saben, forest edge with scattered rocks, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ (MRSN). Vernante: surroundings of Gias Vilazzo, Vallone degli Phrurolithus minimus C. L. Koch, 1839 Alberghi, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1850 m, 26.VII.2011, 2♀ (MRSN). NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- 1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). 2011) ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; southern slope of Monte CHOROTYPE. — SIE. Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, shrublands.
CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved Drassodes lapidosus (Walckenaer, 1802) woods, shrublands, riparian habitats. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland, 900-1100 m, NOTES. — New record for the study area. 10.VI.2011, 1♀ ; Limone Piemonte: Bec Baral, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 2130 m, 23.V.1999, 1♀ ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 29.VII.2009, Family ZODARIIDAE Th orell, 1881 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11-12. VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂, 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture Zodarion italicum (Canestrini, 1868) with rocks, 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 2♀ ; Natu- ral Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 18-23.VI.2009, 1♂ ; Vallone della Meris, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni- Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1300 m, Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 18.VI-23. 1.VIII.2011, 1♀ ; Vernante: Monte Chamoussier, Vallone degli Al- VI.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀. berghi, high Alpine prairies with scattered rocks, 2478 m, 1.VII.2010, 1♀ ; Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, CHOROTYPE. — EUR. 4♂, leg. B. Rizzioli ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vallone degli Alberghi, MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. Gias Piamian, stream gravel, 1470 m, 1.VII.2010, 1♀.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889).
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CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — ALSW.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods. prairies, shrublands, riparian habitats, rocky lands. NOTES. — According to Hervé et al. (2009) specimens referred as D. hispanus in the French Alps belong instead to D. validior. Drassodes pubescens (Th orell, 1856)
NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, Drassyllus praeficus (L. Koch, 1866) 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 2♂, 1♀, leg. B. Rizzioli.
LITERATURE. — Isaia et al. (2007); Paschetta et al. (2013). NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 10♂, 10♀, leg. B. Rizzioli ; Palanfrè, Pascari- CHOROTYPE. — PAL. und, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 2♀ ; Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, rocky lands. Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500- 2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♀.
Drassodes thaleri Hervé & Rollard, 2009 CHOROTYPE. — SIE. (Fig. 16) MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures.
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: along the path to Monte Matto, Alpine NOTES. — New record for the study area. scree, 2500-3088 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♀ ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 2♀ ; surroundings of Lago Inferiore di Valscura, Alpine scree, 2300 m, Drassyllus pusillus (C. L. Koch, 1833) 8.VII.2011, 1♂. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: along the path to Monte Matto, Alpine CHOROTYPE. — ALSW. scree, 2500-3088 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, rocky lands. 26♀ ; same locality, 27.VIII-23.IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 2♀ ; south- ern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di NOTES. — New record for Italy. Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31. VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 10♂, 10♀, leg. B. Rizzioli ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 Drassodex hypocrita (Simon, 1878) (pitfall traps), 3♀.
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, rocky lands. CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, shrublands. Drassyllus villicus (Th orell, 1875)
Drassodex simoni Hervé, Roberts & Murphy, 2009 NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Vallone del Sabbione, pathway to Colle CHOROTYPE. — EUR. del Sabbione, on rocky slopes, 2000 m, 25.VII.2009, 1♀ (MRSN), leg. F. La Pietra & S. Birindelli ; Valdieri: along the path to Monte MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. Matto, Alpine scree, 2500-3088 m, 27.VI.2011, 2♀. NOTES. — New record for the study area. CHOROTYPE. — ALPW.
MACROHABITAT. — Rocky lands. Echemus angustifrons (Westring, 1861) NOTES. — New record for Italy. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, stream bank, among gravels, 1000-1200 m, 29.VI.2007, 1♀, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger. Drassodex validior (Simon, 1914) CHOROTYPE. — SIE. NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 13.X.2011, 1♂. MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats.
LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). NOTES. — New record for the study area.
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Gnaphosa badia (L. Koch, 1866) CHOROTYPE. — OLA.
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, peatbog, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies. 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♂, 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; Rifugio Questa – Lago delle Portette, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀. Micaria rossica Th orell, 1875
LITERATURE. — Isaia et al. (2007). NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, peatbog, 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♂ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with CHOROTYPE. — SIE. rocks, 1764 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, rocky lands, wetlands. LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Lambiase et al. (2007); Paschetta et al. (2013).
Gnaphosa lugubris (C. L. Koch, 1839) CHOROTYPE. — OLA.
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, wetlands. della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♀.
LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013) Micaria silesiaca L. Koch, 1875
CHOROTYPE. — SIE. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, ♂ ♀ MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies. 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 3 , 1 ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 3♀. Haplodrassus signifer (C. L. Koch, 1839) CHOROTYPE. — PAL. EW DATA N . — Valdieri: Lago Sottano della Sella, Alpine grassland, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. close to lake shore, 1882 m, 17.VIII.2010, 1♀ ; Rifugio Questa-Lago delle Portette, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 11-12.VII.2009, 1♀ ; southern NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pas- Scotophaeus scutulatus (L. Koch, 1866) ture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 5♂, 5♀, leg. B. Rizzioli NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889); Paschetta et al. (2013). and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♀. CHOROTYPE. — OLA. CHOROTYPE. — SIE. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, rocky lands, MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed. not specifi ed. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
Micaria fulgens (Walckenaer, 1802) Zelotes aeneus (Simon, 1878) NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ ; beech forest, 1600 m, 11.VIII.2011, 2♀ (MRSN). southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31. LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 2♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 1♂. CHOROTYPE. — SIE. LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods. CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, shrublands. Micaria pulicaria (Sundevall, 1831)
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone Zelotes apricorum (L. Koch, 1876) della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky de- bris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vernante: LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 1♂. CHOROTYPE. — SIE.
LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures.
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FIG. 16. — Drassodes thaleri Hervé & Rollard, 2009 (Gnaphosidae), Valdieri, Monte Matto. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2009).
Grimm, 1982 beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall Zelotes devotus traps), 3♀ ; same locality, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies LITERATURE. — Isaia et al. (2007). with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 2♂ ; CHOROTYPE. — ALPS. Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 13.X.2011, 1♂ (MRSN).
MACROHABITAT. — Rocky lands. CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, riparian Zelotes electus (C. L. Koch, 1839) habitats. NOTES. — New record for the study area. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011, 1♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 1♀, leg. B. Rizzioli. Zelotes latreillei (Simon, 1878)
CHOROTYPE. — SIE. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Trinità di Entraque, Vallone Bousset, beech MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies. forest, 1000-1200 m, 15.VI.2009, 1♀ (beating tray) ; Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000- NOTES. — New record for the study area. 1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 11.VIII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 1550 m, 9.IX.2011, 1♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 20♂, 2♀, leg. Zelotes gallicus Simon, 1914 B. Rizzioli ; same locality, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 2♂.
CHOROTYPE. — SIE. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, stream bank with Petasites in deciduous forest (Fraxinus), 1000- MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, broadleaved woods. 1200 m, 28.VI-9.VIII.2007 (pitfall traps), 1♂, leg. K. Wolf-Schwen- ninger & H. Schwenninger ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, NOTES. — New record for the study area.
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Zelotes oblongus (C. L. Koch, 1833) Zelotes talpinus (L. Koch, 1872)
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ ; della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky de- same locality, 29.IV.2009, 1♂. bris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 2♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pastures, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 CHOROTYPE. — SEU. (pitfall traps), 4♂. MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). NOTES. — New record for the study area. CHOROTYPE. — SEU.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies. Zelotes petrensis (C. L. Koch, 1839)
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, Family PHILODROMIDAE Th orell, 1870 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Natural Reserve Philodromus aureolus (Clerck, 1757) of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ (MRSN) ; same locality, 22.IX.2009, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, banks of a small stream 1♀ (MRSN) ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, with bushes, 900-1100 m, 15.V.2012, 1♀ (collected within the 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 1♂, 2♀, leg. B. Rizzioli ; Palanfrè, Pascariund, PIT Summer School 2011) ; Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 2♂. Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 29.VI.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). forest, 1550 m, 22.VI.2009, 1♂, 1♀ (beating tray).
CHOROTYPE. — SIE. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, shrublands. MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, shrublands, riparian habitats.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Zelotes similis (Kulczyn’ski, 1887) Philodromus cespitum (Walckenaer, 1802) NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 2300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 1♀ ; Pian del NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer (pitfall traps), 3♂, 5♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, School 2011). 1764 m, 27.VIII-23.IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 2♂, 1♀ ; Rifugio Questa- Lago delle Portette, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall CHOROTYPE. — OLA. traps), 1♀ ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500- MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. 2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 4♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall NOTES. — New record for the study area. traps), 1♂ ; Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock- debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♀.
LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). Philodromus emarginatus (Schrank, 1803)
CHOROTYPE. — SEU. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine grassland with peatbogs, 1764 m, 7.VII.2011, 3♀. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, rocky lands. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
ACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. Zelotes subterraneus (C. L. Koch, 1833) M NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♀ ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 2♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Philodromus praedatus O. P.-Cambridge, 1871 beech forest, 1450 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, beech forest, 1600 m, 11.VIII.2011, 2♂ (MRSN) ; surroundings of Gias NEW DATA. — Entracque: Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, Vilazzo, Vallone degli Alberghi, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, stream bank, among gravels, 1000-1200 m, 29.VI.2007, 1♂, 1♀, 1850 m, 26.VII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN). leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — SIE.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods. MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
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Philodromus rufus Walckenaer, 1826 Heriaeus hirtus (Latreille, 1819)
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni- NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 19.V.2011, 1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 1♀ ; same locality, 29.VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN). 2011) ; Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 5.X.2011, 1♀ CHOROTYPE. — OLA. (MRSN), leg. F. La Pietra & L. Picciau ; same locality, 18.VI.2009, MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. 1♂ ; same locality, 29.VI.2011, 3♂ (MRSN).
NOTES. — New record for the study area. CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757) NOTES. — New record for the study area. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Desertetto, grassland, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Vernante: nearby Palanfrè, grassland, Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757) 1400 m, 21.VII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Monte Chamoussier, Vallone degli Alberghi, high Alpine prairies with scattered rocks, 2478 m, (Fig. 17) 1.VII.2010, 1♂ ; Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 13.X.2011, 1♂. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Ju- CHOROTYPE. — OLA. niperus phoenicea, 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 2♀, 1 (MRSN) ; same locality, 22.V.2010, 1♀. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, broadleaved woods, rocky lands.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. CHOROTYPE. — OLA.
MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands, not specifi ed.
Thanatus striatus C. L. Koch, 1845 NOTES. — New record for the study area
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♂ ; Vernante: Vallone degli Alberghi, Gias Piamian, stream gravel, 1470 m, 1.VII.2010, 1♀. Ozyptila atomaria (Panzer, 1801)
CHOROTYPE. — OLA. LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013)
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, riparian habitats. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures.
Family THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833 Ozyptila trux (Blackwall, 1846)
Cozyptila blackwalli (Simon, 1875) NEW DATA. — Entracque: Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque, stream bank, among gravels, 1000-1200 m, 29.VI.2007, 2♀, leg. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Valdieri: Pian del and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♀ ; Valdieri: Natural Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus (pitfall traps), 2♂, 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 18-23.VI.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂. 1764 m, 27.VIII-23.IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 2♂.
CHOROTYPE. — SIE. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, riparian habitats.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
Synaema globosum (Fabricius, 1775) Diaea dorsata (Fabricius, 1777) NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juni- NEW DATA. — Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture, perus phoenicea, 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 1♀ ; Valdieri: Desertetto, 1300-1764 m, 7.VII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN). grassland, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 1♀.
CHOROTYPE. — SIE. CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, shrublands.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
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Xysticus audax (Schrank, 1803) Xysticus gallicus Simon, 1875 (Fig 18) NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland Valdieri: nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco, lake shore, among mosses, and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♂ ; Valdieri: Vallone della 1900 m, 27.VI.2011, 2♂ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with Meris, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 26.V.2011, rocks, 1764 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Vallone della 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 3.VII.2010, 1♀, leg. B. Rizzioli ; Palanfrè, Pianard, Garbella, sparse 1300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 1♂ ; pathway to Rifugio Questa, Alpine prai- wood, grassland, 1600 m, 30.VI.2010, 1♂. ries with rocky debris, 1200-2300 m, 7.VII.2011, 1♂ ; Vernante: Monte Chamoussier, Vallone degli Alberghi, high Alpine prairies LITERATURE. — Pesarini (2000); Lambiase et al. (2007); Paschetta with scattered rocks, 2478 m, 1.VII.2010, 1♂. et al. (2013).
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — SIE.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies, rocky lands, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine wetlands. prairies, broadleaved woods.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. Xysticus ibex Simon, 1875 Xysticus cristatus (Clerck, 1757) CHOROTYPE. — CEU. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Vallone del Sabbione, pathway to Colle del Sabbione, on rocky slopes, 2000 m, 25.VII.2009, 1♀, leg. LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). S. Birindelli & F. La Pietra ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. beech forest, 1500-2000 m, 19.V.2011, 1♀.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, rocky lands. Xysticus kochi Th orell, 1872
NOTES. — New record for the study area. NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 5.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN), leg. La Pietra F & L. Picciau Xysticus desidiosus Simon, 1875 LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). NEW DATA. — Valdieri: nearby Lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 2300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 1♀ ; Pian della CHOROTYPE. — SIE. Casa, Alpine grassland with peatbogs, 1760 m, 29.VI-9.VIII.2007 MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, shrublands. (pitfall traps), 1♂, leg. K. Wolf-Schwenninger & H. Schwenninger ; Rifugio Questa-Lago delle Portette, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 11-12. VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Val- lone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky Xysticus lanio C. L. Koch, 1835 debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 1♀. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grass- land and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 5♂, 2♀ ; Vernante: LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♀. CHOROTYPE. — SEU. CHOROTYPE. — SIE. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, rocky lands. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands.
Xysticus erraticus (Blackwall, 1834) NOTES. — New record for the study area.
NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- 1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School Xysticus ninnii Th orell, 1872 2011) ; Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 18-23.VI.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pas- NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, ture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 2♂, 5♀, leg. B. Rizzioli. 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 4♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni- CHOROTYPE. — EUR. Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 5.X.2011, 2♂, 4♀ (MRSN), leg. F. La Pietra & L. Picciau ; same locality, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, broadleaved woods, shrublands. 29.VI.2011, 2♂ (MRSN), leg. F. La Pietra & L. Picciau ; Vernante: Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 3.VII.2010, 2♂, LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). 1♀, leg. B. Rizzioli.
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FIG. 17. — Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757) (Thomisidae), Entracque, Gorge della Reina. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2009).
LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). Family SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 CHOROTYPE. — SIE.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, shrublands. Aelurillus v-insignitus (Clerck, 1757) (Fig. 19)
Xysticus robustus (Hahn, 1832) NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gias degli Isterpis, Vallone Gesso della Barra, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1368 m, 23.V.2010, 1♂ ; Valdieri: pathway to Rifugio Livio Bianco, Alpine prairies with NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni- Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 29.IV.2009, rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 30.VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Pian del 1♀ ; Vernante: nearby of Palanfrè, grassland, 1400 m, 21.VII.2011, Valasco, Alpine grassland with peatbogs, 1764 m, 9.VII.2011, 1♂, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Gias della Luia, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 1♀ ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with 3.VII.2010, 1♂, leg. B. Rizzioli. Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 19.V.2011, 1♀. LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). CHOROTYPE. — SIE. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, shrublands. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies, shrublands. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
Xysticus ulmi (Hahn, 1831) Dendryphantes rudis (Sundevall, 1833)
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 19.V.2011, 2♀. and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♀.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — SIE.
MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands.
NOTES. — New record for the study area. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
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FIG. 18. — Xysticus gallicus Simon, 1875 (Thomisidae), Valdieri, Vallone della Meris. Photograph: Mauro Paschetta (2012).
Euophrys frontalis (Walckenaer, 1802) Evarcha laetabunda (C. L. Koch, 1846)
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovan- NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Desertetto, grassland, 1088-1885 m, ni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 14.IX.2011, 1♀. 22.IX.2009, 1♂ ; southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone della CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; surroundings MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands. of Lago Sottano di Valscura, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 8.VII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN). NOTES. — New record for the study area.
LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). Heliophanus aeneus (Hahn, 1832) CHOROTYPE. — PAL.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies, shrublands, rocky lands. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♂ ; Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, Evarcha falcata (Clerck, 1757) 21.IX.2008, 1♀. Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest (Fig. 20) near stream, 1500-2000 m, 29.VI.2009, 1♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; pathway to Rifugio Livio Bianco, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 26.VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juni- 1764 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; surroundings of Lago Sottano di Vals- perus phoenicea, 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 1♀. cura, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 8.VII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Vallone della Meris, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 26.V.2011, LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007). 1♀ ; Vallone della Meris, Gias Prato, Alpine prairies with rocky de- bris, 1600 m, 27.VI.2011, 2♂, 1♀ ; Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna CHOROTYPE. — PAL. di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 1♂ ; Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest near stream, 1900-2000 m, MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods, shrublands. 29.VIII.2009, 2♂, 2♀ ; Vernante: surroundings of Gias Vilazzo,
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FIG. 19. — Aelurillus v-insignitus (Clerck, 1757) (Thomisidae), Entracque, Gias degli Isterpis. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2011).
Vallone degli Alberghi, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1850 m, CHOROTYPE. — SIE. 26.VII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Vallone degli Alberghi, Gias Piamian, stream gravel, 1470 m, 1.VII.2010, 1♂, 2♀ ; Vallone degli Alberghi, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♂. prairies, shrublands, riparian habitats. OTES LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). N . — New record for the study area.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. Heliophanus flavipes (Hahn, 1832) MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine prai- ries, broadleaved woods, riparian habitats, rocky lands. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, banks of a small stream with bushes, 900-1100 m, 15.V.2012, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011). Heliophanus cupreus (Walckenaer, 1802) CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- 1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School MACROHABITAT. — Riparian habitats. 2011) ; Tetti Violin, grassland, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Valdieri: pathway NOTES. — New record for the study area. to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 11-12. VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂, 1♀ ; same locality, 29.VI.2009, 1♂ ; pathway to Rifugio Livio Bianco, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, Heliophanus kochii Simon, 1868 1200-1800 m, 30.VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 27.VIII-23.IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni- Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Ju- Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 18.VI.2009, niperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 18.VI.2009, 1♂, 2♀ ; same local- 1♂, 1♀ ; same locality, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ ; same locality, 29.VI.2011, ity, 19.V.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ ; same 1♀ (MRSN). locality, 29.VI.2011, 2♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Vallone della Meris, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 26.V.2011, 1♂ ; Vernante: CHOROTYPE. — EUM. Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010 (pitfall traps), 2♂. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
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FIG. 20. — Evarcha falcata (Clerck, 1757) (Salticidae), Entracque, Gorge della FIG. 21. — Philaeus chrysops (Poda, 1761) (Salticidae), Valdieri, Natural Reserve Reina. Photograph: Mauro Paschetta (2008). of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben. Photograph: Mauro Paschetta (2013).
Heliophanus lineiventris Simon, 1868 Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 18-23.VI.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, rocky debris, 1300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 1♂, 1♀. 1764 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; Vernante: Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse CHOROTYPE. — PAL. wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♂. ACROHABITAT LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). M . — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies, shrublands.
CHOROTYPE. — PAL. NOTES. — New record for the study area.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. Phlegra fasciata (Hahn, 1826) Pellenes tripunctatus (Walckenaer, 1802) NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, Pianard, Garbella, sparse wood, 1764 m, 11.VII-27.VIII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀. grassland, 1600 m, 30.VI.2010, 1♂. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — PAL. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands. NOTES. — New record for the study area. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
Philaeus chrysops (Poda, 1761) Pseudeuophrys erratica (Walckenaer, 1826) (Fig. 21) NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Rifugio Questa – Lago delle Portette, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; Vallone della Meris, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: pathway to lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 26.V.2011, 1♂. prairies with rocky debris, 1900-2300 m, 30.VI.2011, 2♂ (MRSN) ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013).
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FIG. 22. — Saitis barbipes (Simon, 1868) (Salticidae), Aisone, Vallone della Valletta. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2011).
CHOROTYPE. — OLA. Salticus scenicus (Clerck, 1757)
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, rocky lands, not specifi ed. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- 1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, Saitis barbipes (Simon, 1868) 1500-2000 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine grassland (Fig. 22) with peatbogs, 1764 m, 7.VII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Rifugio Questa – Lago delle Portette, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pitfall NEW DATA. — Aisone: Vallone della Valletta, Pinet, sparse larch wood, traps), 1♀ ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben, shrubland 1200-1500 m, 17.VIII.2010, 1♂ ; Entracque: Gias degli Isterpis, Val- with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, 18.VI.2009, 1♀ ; Vallone lone Gesso della Barra, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1368 m, della Meris, Gias Prato, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1600 m, 23.V.2010, 1♂ ; Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland and rock- 27.VI.2011, 1♀ ; Vallone della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 4♂, 1♀ ; Tetti Violin, banks of a prairies with rocky debris, 1300 m, 1.VIII.2011, 1♂. small stream with bushes, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Valdieri: pathway to Pian del CHOROTYPE. — OLA. Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 11-12.VII.2009 (pit- fall traps), 1♂ ; Pian del Valasco, Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine 27.VIII-23.IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San prairies, shrublands, riparian habitats, rocky lands. Giovanni-Saben, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000-1500 m, NOTES. — New record for the study area. 18-23.VI.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂ ; same locality, 22.IX.2009, 1♂, 2♀ (MRSN) ; Vallone di Lorousa, beech forest near stream, 1900-2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 2♂, 2♀ ; Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 13.X.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Palanfrè, Pianard, Garbella, sparse wood, Sibianor aurocinctus (Ohlert, 1865) grassland, 1600 m, 14.VI.2010, 1♀ ; Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♀. NEW DATA. — Entracque: Tetti Violin, grassland, 900-1100 m, 10.VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011). LITERATURE. — Paschetta et al. (2013). CHOROTYPE. — PAL. CHOROTYPE. — MED. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands. MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine prai- ries, broadleaved woods, shrublands, larch woods, riparian habitats. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
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Sitticus atricapillus (Simon, 1882) GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
NEW DATA. — Valdieri: along the path to Monte Matto, Alpine Faunal inventories are the first step in the study of biodiversity scree, 2500-3088 m, 27.VI.2011, 1♀. and often provide the basis for multiple types of ecological CHOROTYPE. — SEU. studies (Sanborn 2011). Our catalogue provides the fi rst structured spider checklist for the Site of Community Im- MACROHABITAT. — Rocky lands. portance and Special Area of Conservation IT1160056 “Alpi NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. Marittime”. Th e new data presented here add 182 species to the list of the spider species known for the study area, rais- ing their total number to 295 (147 genera and 31 families). Sitticus pubescens (Fabricius, 1775) A selection of photographs of the most representative species of the Park is presented in Figs 3-22. Th e fi nal species count NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, sparse wood, grassland also includes three species of linyphiids whose identifi ca- and rock-debris, 900-1200 m, 22.V.2010, 1♀. tions require confi rmation (Mecynargus cf. paetulus, Lepty- CHOROTYPE. — OLA. phantes sp. and Walckenaeria cf. simplex) (see notes under these species in the checklist). Th e study area includes half MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands. of the species currently known for Piemonte (546 species NOTES. — New record for the study area. and 5 subspecies in total) (Isaia et al. 2007). Compared with other northern Italian regions, such as Trentino-Alto Adige, Lombardia, Veneto and Valle d’Aosta, and considering its Sitticus rupicola (C. L. Koch, 1837) extent, our results confi rm the biological richness of this area (see Table 3). Th e spider fauna of the the Site of Com- LITERATURE. — Calloni (1889). munity Importance and Special Area of Conservation “Alpi CHOROTYPE. — EUR. Marittime” represent 18% of the Italian total. Th e number of families found in the study area (31) is comparable to MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed. those for the Northern Italian regions (44 in Veneto, 39 in Lombardia, 35 in Alto Adige, 43 in Piemonte, 29 in Valle d’Aosta). Sitticus saxicola (C. L. Koch, 1846) Although ten species (Agyneta nigripes, Diplocephalus foramini- fer, Histopona torpida, Pardosa ferruginea, Pardosa paludicola, NEW DATA. — Vernante: Vallone degli Alberghi, sparse wood, grass- Pardosa palustris, Pelecopsis parallela, Scotinotylus antennatus, land and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5.VI.2010, 1♂. Walckenaeria monoceros and Sitticus rupicola) are only cited CHOROTYPE. — PAL. from the work of Calloni (1890) and need confi rmation, their presence in the area would be compatible with their MACROHABITAT. — not specifi ed. ecological preferences. NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. Considering the works reporting data on the spiders of Piemonte published after the Regional checklist by Isaia et al. (2007) (Lambiase et al. 2007, Pantini & Isaia 2008, Talavera monticola (Kulczyn’ski, 1884) Sassu et al. 2008, Isaia & Pantini 2008, 2009, 2010; Isaia et al. 2010a, 2010b, 2010c, 2011; Hervé et al. 2009, NEW DATA. — Valdieri: southern slope of Monte Bourel, Vallone Muster 2009, Bolzern et al. 2010, Chiarle & Isaia 2013, della Meris, Sant’Anna di Valdieri, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1500-2300 m, 1-31.VIII.2011 (pitfall traps), 1♂. Chiarle et al. 2010, 2013; Tanasevitch 2011, Frick & Isaia 2012, Paschetta et al. 2012, Bolzern et al. 2013, CHOROTYPE. — SEU. 2015, Korenko et al. 2013, Paschetta et al. 2013, Isaia & Chiarle 2015), we provide 38 new records for Piemonte MACROHABITAT. — Alpine prairies. (see Table 4) and raise the total number of species known NOTES. — New record for Piemonte. from this region to 626. Four species (Drassodes thaleri, Drassodex simoni, Micrargus alpinus and Talavera inopinata) are recorded for the fi rst Talavera inopinata Wunderlich, 1993 time in Italy. Drassodes thaleri and Drassodex simoni have recently been described by Hervé et al. (2009) from ma- NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, edge of beech forest, 1600 m, terial collected in the French Alpes Maritimes (National ♀ 9.IX.2011, 1 . Park of Mercantour). In accordance with the original de- CHOROTYPE. — EUR. scriptions, we found these species in high Alpine habitats, such as screes and Alpine prairies under stones. Specimens MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures. of Micrargus alpinus were collected at lower elevations NOTES. — New record for Italy. (1500 m) in a riparian wood of Fraxinus excelsior and in
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TABLE 3. — Number of families and species for the study area and its extent Linyphiidae (in km2), compared with some Northern Italian regions. 20% 26% Gnaphodisae
Area/region Families Species Extent (km2) References Lycosidae Study Area 31 295 336 This work Theridiidae Piemonte 43 546 25 402 Isaia et al. 2007 4% Valle d’Aosta 29 261 3 260 Isaia 2005 Salticidae Lombardia 39 679 23 860 Isaia et al. 2007 Trentino – A. A 35 606 13 607 Nofl atscher 1996 6% Araneidae Veneto 44 738 18 399 Ballarin et al. 2011 Italy 49 1613 30 1 304 Pantini & Isaia 2008 Thomisidae 11% 7% Agelenidae
TABLE 4. — List of new records for Piemonte and Italy (systematic order after Plat- Other families nick 2014). All species are new for Piemonte. Bold species are also new for Italy. 8% 10% 8%
Family Species Linyphiidae Boleptyphantes index (Thorell, 1856) FIG. 23. — Species richness by family (in %) in the study Centromerus brevipalpus (Menge, 1866) Centromerus sellarius (Simon, 1884) Entelecara acuminata (Wider, 1834) Hilaira excisa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) Mansuphantes aridus (Thorell, 1875) 100% Mansuphantes pseudoarciger (Wunderlich, 1985) Megaleptyphantes collinus (L. Koch, 1872) Micrargus alpinus Relys & Weiss, 1997 Micrargus subaequalis (Westring, 1851) Pelecopsis elongata (Wider, 1834) Pityohyphantes phrygianus (C. L. Koch, 1836) 50% Walckenaeria acuminata Blackwall, 1833 Walckenaeria alticeps (Denis, 1952) Walckenaeria languida (Simon, 1914) Liocranidae Apostenus fuscus Westring, 1851 Theridiidae Dipoena erythropus (Simon, 1881) 0% Euryopis laeta (Westring, 1861) Neottiura bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1767) Robertus scoticus Jackson, 1914 Bushlands Theridion betteni Wiehle, 1960 Rocky lands Alpine Prairies Araneidae Araniella alpica (L. Koch, 1869) Alpine pastures Alpine grasslands Riparian habitats Lycosidae Arctosa renidescens Buchar & Thaler, 1995 Broadleaved woods Zoridae Zora pardalis Simon, 1878 Dictynidae Mastigusa arietina (Thorell, 1871) Linyphiidae Clubionidae Clubiona caerulescens L. Koch, 1867 Gnaphodisae Gnaphosidae Drassodes thaleri Hervé & Rollard, 2009 Lycosidae Drassodex simoni Hervé et al., 2009 Theridiidae Micaria silesiaca L. Koch, 1875 Salticidae Philodromidae Philodromus emarginatus (Schrank, 1803) Araneidae Thanatus striatus C. L. Koch, 1845 Thomisidae Salticidae Dendryphantes rudis (Sundevall, 1833) Pellenes tripunctatus (Walckenaer, 1802) Agelenidae Sibianor aurocinctus (Ohlert, 1865) Other families Sitticus atricapillus (Simon, 1882) Sitticus saxicola (C. L. Koch, 1846) Talavera monticola (Kulczyn’ski, 1884) FIG. 24. — Species richness by family (in %) in the most representative Talavera inopinata Wunderlich, 1993 macrohabitats.
Alpine grasslands. Th is species was known so far only for proximately to the typical habitat of the species (Nentwig Austria, Switzerland and Germany, where it was collected et al. 2013). in shrub heaths of the subalpine level (1400-1600 m). Th e In terms of species richness, linyphiids dominate with 77 spe- single female of Talavera inopinata found in the present cies (26%), followed by gnaphosids (11%) and lycosids (10%) study was collected in Alpine grasslands at the edge of a (Fig. 23). Linyphiids were mostly collected in broadleaved beech forest at around 1600 m, which corresponds ap- woods and riparian habitats, while gnaphosids and lycosids
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TABLE 5. — List of the restricted endemic species (chorotype: ALSW) found in the study area, with reference to the collection localities and to the macrohabitat (systematic order after Platnick 2014).
Species Localities Macrohabitat Leptoneta crypticola franciscoloi Gorge della Reina Rocky Lands di Caporiacco, 1950 Grotta Barôn Litrôn, Valle dell’Infernotto Caves Grotta del Bandito Caves Military bunker of Vernante Caves Dysdera cribrata Simon, 1882 Pian del Valasco Alpine Prairies Torrente Bousset, Trinità di Entracque Riparian Habitats Nesticus morisii Brignoli, 1975 Military bunker of Vernante Caves Araeoncus vaporariorum (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875) Nearby Mont Clapier Rocky Lands Vallone della Valletta, Pian della Casa Alpine Pastures Diplocephalus guidoi Frick & Isaia, 2012 Pinet, Vallone della Valletta (Aisone) Larch Woods Lepthyphantes agnellus Maurer & Thaler, 1988 Galleria di Valscura Rocky Lands Nearby Lago Soprano della Sella Alpine Prairies Troglohyphantes konradi Brignoli, 1975 Grotta Barôn Litrôn, Valle dell’Infernotto Caves Military bunker of Vernante Caves
Vesubia jugorum (Simon, 1881) Bassa del Drous Rocky Lands Colle del Sabbione Rocky Lands Colle di Finestra Rocky Lands Colle di Fremamorta Rocky Lands Monte Bourel Rocky Lands Monte Chamoussier, Vallone degli Albergh Rocky Lands Monte Matto Rocky Lands Nearby Lago di Valscura Rocky Lands Nearby Lago Soprano della Sella Rocky Lands Rifugio Soria Rocky Lands Surroundings of Lago Sottano di Valscura Rocky Lands Vallone Assedras, Rifugio Remondino Rocky Lands Coelotes poweri Simon, 1875 Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot Broadleaved Woods Pian della Casa Alpine Pastures Vallone della Valletta, Pian della Casa Alpine Pastures Cybaeus vignai Brignoli, 1977 Palanfrè Broadleaved Woods Torrente Bousset, Trinita di Entracque Riparian Habitats Drassodes thaleri Hervé & Rollard,2009 Monte Bourel, Vallone della Meris Alpine Prairies Monte Matto Rocky Lands Surroundings of Lago Inferiore di Valscura Rocky Lands Drassodex validior (Simon, 1914) Nearby Mont Clapier Rocky Lands Palanfrè Broadleaved Woods
dominate in rocky lands (Fig. 24). Alpine prairies and pastures habitats in terms of the ratio individuals/species richness show almost equal percentages of linyphiids, gnaphosids and and thus deserve particular attention in future studies. A lycosids, while in grazed grasslands at lower elevations the similar situation concerns wetlands, for which a higher percentage of gnaphosids decreases. Shrublands show a high number of species could be expected. Given the dominance percentage of araneids and lycosids. of rocky lands in the study area and the high number of During the fi eldwork, we collected 4390 specimens at 79 dif- species recorded, further studies on this habitat are also ferent localities (Fig. 25) through 264 sampling events. Locali- recommended. ties are scattered along an altitudinal range of nearly 2500 m, Th e list of species found in the cave macrohabitat is prob- from the 650 m of Borgo S. Dalmazzo to the 3088 m of ably one the most comprehensive because of the abundant Monte Matto. literature records. Moreover, most of the caves censused in Based on the results of an intensive sampling campaign by the study area were investigated. means of pitfall traps, the best investigated macrohabitat in Regarding chorotypes, almost half the species (46%) have terms of abundance of individuals was the broadleaved woods a Palaearctic distribution and nearly one fourth (24%) have a category, with 1885 specimens collected, followed by Alpine European distribution. Endemic species represent 9% of the pastures (1320 specimens) and Alpine prairies (1125 speci- total (Fig. 27). Th e distribution of the chorotypes of the Site mens). Th e macrohabitat of Alpine prairies was characterized of Community Importance and Special Area of Conserva- by the highest species richness (115), followed by shrublands tion IT1160056 “Alpi Marittime”, refl ects the distribution (88) and broadleaved woods (85) (Fig. 26). at the regional level (Isaia et al. 2007), for which a slightly Despite the low number of individuals collected, shrub- lower percentage of endemic species is recorded (7% versus lands and riparian habitats seem to be the most promising 9%, see Table 1).
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Sampling localities (original data and literature) Site of Community Importance “Alpi Marittime” (study area)
226050 226060 Sections of the Regional Technical Maps (CTR) Moiola Borgo S. Dalmazzo and number of sampling localities per section No records 1-2 3-4 225110 225120 226090 226100 226110 Gias Vei Cima Cialancia Valdieri Roaschia Robilante 5-6 7-8 8-9 226140 225160 Monte Bussaia 225110 Monte Matto 226130 226150 Passo di Valrossa Entracque Limone Piemonte
243030 242030 242040 243010 243020 Bec Baral 243040 Testa del Claus Cima del Baus Punta Ciamberline Monte Garbella Cima della Fascia
243070 242080 243050 243060 N Cima del Mercantour Cima dei Gelas Monte Clapier Rocca dell’Abisso 5 km
FIG. 25. — Map of the sampling localities (new data and literature).
1% 4% 1%
9%
46% 15%
24%
Caves Palaearctic Wetlands Bushlands
Rocky lands European Larch woods Larch Alpine prairies Other habitats Alpine pastures Riparian habitats
Alpine grasslands Holarctic Broadleaved woods Broadleaved Endemic
N° of species Turanic-European-Mediterranean N° of specimens Cosmopolitan
Mediterranean
FIG. 26. — Number of species (black) and number of specimens (white) for each macrohabitat. FIG. 27. — Species distribution. Groups of main chorotypes according to Table 1.
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A B
C D
E F
FIG. 28. — Records (□) of restricted endemic species (ALSW chorotype) in the study area: A, Leptoneta crypticola franciscoloi di Caporiacco, 1950; B, Dysdera cribrata Simon, 1882; C, Araeoncus vaporariorum (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875); D, Diplocephalus guidoi Frick & Isaia, 2012; E, Leptyphantes agnellus Maurer & Thaler, 1988; F, Troglohyphantes konradi Brignoli, 1975.
It is worth mentioning that most of the endemic fauna of Among these (Figs 28A-F, 29A-F), several species stand out Piemonte is composed of elements endemic to the district of for their ecological and faunistic peculiarities. Vesubia jugorum Alpi Marittime (ALSW chorotype, Table 5). (Lycosidae) (Fig. 14), one of the largest lycosids occurring in
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A B
CD
EF
FIG. 29. — Records (□) of restricted endemic species (ALSW chorotype) in the study area. A, Nesticus morisii Brignoli, 1975; B, Vesubia jugorum (Simon, 1881); C, Coelotes poweri Simon, 1875; D, Cybaeus vignai Brignoli, 1977; E, Drassodes thaleri Hervé & Rollard,2009; F, Drassodex validior (Simon, 1914).
Europe, was described by Simon (1881) from material from lycosid, being restricted to a highly fragmented area of about Saint Martin de Vesubie, France. Arguably the most famous 500 km2, centred on the Mercantour-Argentera massif. It oc- species of spider of the Maritime Alps, it is a rare endemic curs exclusively on rocky lands from 2300 to 3290 m and,
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until now, data about its presence were limited to a very small organized by the PIT (“PIT Summer School 2012: Ag- number of records (Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969, Maurer & ronomic, forestry and pasture activities and biodiversity Th aler 1988, Isaia et al. 2007). Considering its distinctive life conservation: problems and strategies for monitoring and history, strict adaptation to the cold montane environment, management, Parco Naturale Alpi Marittime, Italy, 1-8 narrow temperature range and narrow endemic distribution, July 2012”, “PIT Summer School 2011 – Dalla Tassono- it seems reasonable to propose a pre-Quaternary origin for mia alla Bioindicazione: studiare gli invertebrati terrestri this species (i.e. palaeoendemism), which would imply that per indagare i processi naturali e artifi ciali Parco Naturale its ecological niche may have remained relatively constant Alpi Marittime, Italy, 5-12 giugno 2011”). Th anks to the during the Pleistocene (Tongiorgi 1968, 1969). Although we staff of the Natural Park for logistic support. confi rm its presence within the study area and report several We warmly thank Cati Caballo, Raquel Galindo, Luca new records (Colle del Sabbione, Colle di Finestra, Colle di Giraudo, Davide Giuliano, Ivan Franco, Federica La Pietra, Fremamorta, Monte Chamoussier – Vallone degli Albergh, Elena Piano, Luca Picciau, Barbara Rizzioli, Matteo Russo, nearby Lago Soprano della Sella, Monte Bourel, Monte Matto, Marco Stassi and all the students of the Summer Schools for surroundings of Lago Sottano di Valscura, nearby Lago di the assistance during fi eldwork. And we thank the reviewers Valscura, Rifugio Soria, Vallone Assedras, Rifugio Remon- that contribute to improve our manuscript. dino and Bassa del Drous), this species exhibits a relatively low number of populations and its possible inclusion in the IUCN red data book should be evaluated. 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Submitted on 8 January 2014; accepted on 13 June 2014; published on 27 March 2015.
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