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Description of Ozyptila Balcanica Sp. N. from the Balkan Peninsula and Its Comparison with the Closely Related O ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA Systematics and Phylogenetics Acta zool. bulg., 68 (4), 2016: 483-490 Research Article Description of Ozyptila balcanica sp. n. from the Balkan Peninsula and its Comparison with the closely related O. umbraculorum Simon, 1932 (Araneae: Thomisidae) Christo Deltshev1, Gergin Blagoev2, Marjan Komnenov3 & Stoyan Lazarov1 1 National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; E-mail:[email protected] m; [email protected] 2 Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada; E-mail: [email protected] 3 Macedonian Museum of Natural History, Skopje, FYR Macedonia; E-mail: [email protected] Abstract: Ozyptila balcanica sp. n. is described (based on both males and females) from Bulgaria (Zemen Gorge), Greece (Arkadia, Mainalo) and FYR Macedonia (Skopje Region, Osogovo Mts.). The new species re- sembles the poorly known O. umbraculorum Simon, 1932, recorded from France, Portugal and Spain, but is clearly a distinct species. Illustrations of both taxa are presented. Due to the isolated position of both species in the genus, we proposed a new species group – umbraculorum, characterised by a large inter- mediate apophysis (ITA), armed with well-developed teeth, and a long scimitar-shaped tegular apophysis. The females have similar epigynes with pan-shaped median septum. Key words: Description, comparison, Ozyptila, umbraculorum species group Introduction The crab spiders of the genus Ozyptila Simon, 1864 the text shows that he had female specimens. Later, are common in a range of ground habitats such as URONES (1985) and JIMÉNEZ -VALVER D E (2002) pre- moss, detritus and leaf litter. Currently, the genus in- sented new illustrations of female and male, respec- cludes 103 species and five subspecies, 16 of which tively, of O. umbraculorum from Spain. No author, are known from the Balkan Peninsula (WSC 2016). therefore, has published drawings of male and fe- Here, we describe a new Ozyptila species from the male in the same paper. We provide a comparison of Balkan Peninsula (Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia and the new Balkan species with O. umbraculorum, for Greece). The new species resembles O. umbraculo- which new line drawings and photographs of the fe- rum Simon, 1932 and was misidentified as the latter male holotype and a male from Spain are presented. species by DELTSHEV & BLAGOEV (2001). Additionaly, it was listed as Ozyptila pr. umbraculorum (DELTSHEV Material and methods & BLAGOEV 1992, STEFANOVSKA et al. 2008). The Western Mediterranean species Ozyptila The spiders were collected using pitfall traps dur- umbraculorum Simon, 1932 has been described by ing field surveys in one site in the Eastern Zemen SIMON (1932) on the basis of one female only, from Mountain (Bulgaria), two sites within the city of the Pyrénées-Orientales (Massif de Conigou) in Skopje (FYR Macedonia), two sites in the South- France. SCHENKEL (1938) reported this species from west Osogovo Mountain (FYR Macedonia), and Spain (Granada), and MACHA D O (1949) described the four sites in Greece (Figs., 1-7). Specimens were male from Portugal. Machado’s description is brief examined and measured using a Leica M205 C and and does not contain comments on females, although Wild M5A stereomicroscopes. Photos were taken 483 Deltshev C., G. Blagoev, M. Komnenov & S. Lazarov with a Leica DFC digital camera on a Leica M125 (NMNH), Karposh, N 42.0044, E 21.4042 (253 m stereomicroscope and a Lumix digital camera, at- a.s.l.), 21.03.2005; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (NMNH), same locality, tached to a Wild M5A stereomicroscope. Drawings 21.04.2005; 1 ♂ (NMNH), same locality, 28.04.2005; were made using a drawing tube attached to a Leica 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (SMF), same locality, 20.05.2005; 1 ♂ M05 stereomicroscope. Coloration is described (NMNH), same locality, 20.09.2005; 8 ♂ (NMNH), from alcohol-preserved specimens. The illustra- same locality, 04.10.2005; 8 ♂ (NMNH), same lo- tions of Ozyptila balcanica sp. n. are based on the cality, 22.10.2005; 3 ♂ (NMNH), same locality, paratypes from the type locality (FYR Macedonia. 18.11.2004; 1 ♂ (NMNH), same locality, 24.11.2005, Madzari). The illustrations of Ozyptila umbraculo- leg. D. Stefanovska. Osogovo Mts.: 1 ♀ (CMK), rum Simon, 1932 are based on the female holotype Kočani [=Kochani], N 41.9022, E 22.2862 (451 m from the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, a.s.l.), 14.04-15.05.2009; 2 ♀ (CMK), same local- Paris, France (MNHN), and a male specimen from ity, 15.05-09.07.2009; 3 ♂ (CMK), same locality, the Museo National de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, 05.09-09.10.2009; 9 ♂, 1 ♀ (CMK), same locality Spain (MNCN). Leg measurements were taken from 09.10.2009-18.03.2010; 1 ♀, (CMK), same local- the dorsal side. Total length of the body includes the ity 18.03-27.04.2010; 3 ♀ (CMK), same locality chelicerae. All measurements are in mm. The mate- 26.05-20.06.2010; 3 ♂ (CMK), Leški [=Leshki], N rial is deposited in the National Museum of Natural 41.9645, E 22.3798 (881 m a.s.l.), 05.09-09.10.2009 History, Sofia, Bulgaria (NMNH); University of (leg. M. Komnenov). Bulgaria: Zemen Range, 1 Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece (ATA); Museum ♂ (NMNH), N 42.4205, E 22.6921, (576 m a.s.l.), für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Polska Skakavitsa, 13.10.1984, leg G. Blagoev. Germany (ZMB); Museum National d’Histoire Greece Peloponnese, Arcadia, Mainalo Mts.: 1 ♂, 1 Naturelle, Paris, France (MNHN); Senkenberg ♀ (NMNH), N 37.6759, E 22.2119 (1344 m a.s.l.), Museum, Frankfurt, Germany (SMF), and the per- 18.10-01.11.2006; 4 ♂ (UTA), same locality 18.10- sonal collection of M. Komnenov, Skopje, FYR 01.11.2007; 1 ♀ (UTA), same locality, 06-22.06.2008 Macedonia (CMK). The following abbreviations are (leg. Y. Anastasiou). Erymanthos Mts.: 1 ♂ (NMNH), used in the text and figures: AME, anterior median N 380810, E 21.5232 (1600 m a.s.l.), 04.10.1996-09 eyes; PLE, posterior lateral eyes; PME, posterior .05.1997; 1 ♂ (UTA), same locality, 10.07-1.10.1997 median eyes; VTA, ventral tibial apophysis; ITA, in- (leg. Y. Anastasiou). Thessaly: Magnisia, Portaria: 1 termediate tibial apophysis; RTA, retrolateral tibial ♀ (UTA), N 39.2260, E 23.077 (963 m a.s.l.), 24.04- apophysis; TA, tegular apophysis; fe, femur; tb, tibia; 28.06.1914 (leg. Y. Anastasiou). Western Macedonia: mt, metatarsus; d, dorsal; p, prolateral; r, retrolateral; Florina, Prespes, Karies: 1 ♀ (UTA), N40.7475, E v, ventral; E, embolus; MS, median septum; SAS, 21.1875, 24-29.06.2014 (leg. W. Nentwig) sclerotized angular structures; SP, spermatheca. Material used for comparison. Ozyptila um- braculorum Simon, 1932, female holotype, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris; Results 1 male, National Museum of Natural Sciences Taxonomy (NMNS), Madrid. Etymology: The specific name derived from its Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833 terra typica, the Balkan Peninsula. Ozyptila Simon 1864 Diagnosis: According to the three tibial apo- Ozyptila balcanica sp. n. physes (Figs. 11-13, 25-27), the new species could Figs 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25-27, 31, 32 be put in distant position to the rauda species group Ozyptila pr. umbraculorum: DELTSHEV & (HIPPA et al. 1986, MAR U SIK 2008) and differs dis- BLAGOEV 1992: 32; STEFANOVSKA et al. 2008: 45. tinctly from all other species of the rauda group and O. umbraculorum: DELTSHEV & BLAGOEV 2001: 132. the genus. The new species is characterizsed an in- Type material: Holotype: ♂ (NMNH), FYR termediate apophysis (ITA), large and armed with Macedonia, Skopje Region, Madzari, N 42.0008, well-developed teeth (Figs. 11-13, 25-27). Such a E 21.5043 (230 m a.s.l.), 19.09.2005. Paratypes: 1 type of ITA is otherwise present only in Ozyptila um- ♀ (NMNH), same data as holotype; 1 ♂ (NMNH), braculorum, hitherto known from France, Portugal same locality, 26.09.2005; 1 ♂ (NMNH), same lo- and Spain (Figs. 14-16, 28-30). Both species ap- cality, 26.03.2005; 1 ♂ (NMNH), same locality, pear closely related, but can be distinguished by the 23.04.2005; 1 ♂ (NMNH), same locality, 02.10.2005; teeth on the ITA: six in O. umbraculorum, three of 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (MNHN), same locality, 17.10.2005; 1 ♂, which are well-developed, tapered and sharp; four 1 ♀ (ZMB), same locality, 18.11.2005; 2 ♂, 1 ♀ in O. balcanica sp. n., stout and not so sharp (Figs. 484 Description of Ozyptila balcanica sp. n. from the Balkan Peninsula and its Comparison with the closely related... Fig. 1. Distribution map of Ozyptila balcanica sp. n. 11-13, 25-27). The tegular apophysis of the new AME-AME 0.25, AME-ALE 0.11, PME-PME 0.29, species is large, scimitar-shaped, extending over PME-PLE 0.25. the bulb, but concave distally in O. umbraculorum Carapace brown, dorsally with yellow-brown (Figs. 14-16, 28-30). The females of both species V-shaped spot (Figs. 8, 9). Ocular area yellow-brown. are characteriszed by having a pan-shaped epigynal Sternum, maxillae and labium yellowish. Chelicerae median septum. The differences between the two brown. Opisthosoma variegated yellowish-brown species are that O. balcanica sp. n. has a strongly with median row of brown spots and transverse sculptured, mace-shaped median septum; coiled in- brown streaks. Legs brown to brown-yellowish, with semination ducts obscured by sclerotised angular white to yellow rings on segment joints. Spination of structures larger spermatecae (Figs. 21, 22, 31, 32). leg I: fe p 1-1-1, tb v 2-2, mt v 2-2-2 (Table 1). At the same time, O. umbraculorum has a smooth, Male palp (Figs. 11-13, 25-27): Tibia with pan-shaped median septum; visible and twisted in- three apophyses. VTA transverse, distally rounded.
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