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

Sergei Zonstein; Yuri M Marusik

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1065.74119

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

Zookeys. 2021 Oct 22:1065:13-27. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1065.74119. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Sergei Zonstein¹, Yuri M Marusik^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Klausner 12, 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel Steinhardt Museum of Natural History Tel-Aviv Israel.
² Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str.18, Magadan, Russia Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS Magadan Russia.
³ Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa University of the Free State Bloemfontein South Africa.

Abstract

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

Keywords: Afrotropical; Arava Valley; new species; paleotropical; spiders; taxonomy.

Sergei Zonstein, Yuri M. Marusik.