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Studies in Corinnidae (Araneae): a new Paratrachelas Kovblyuk & Nadolny from Algeria, as well as the description of a new genus of Old World Trachelinae

Section of invertebrates, Royal Museum for Central Africa, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium
Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
Araneae Arachnida Mediterranean Trachelas Metatrachelas Paratrachelas atlantis P. validus P. ibericus cladistic analysis phylogeny polyphyletic

Abstract

A new Paratrachelas Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2009 species, P. atlantis sp. n., is described from Algeria. As a result of a cladistic analysis involving ten Palaearctic Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 and Paratrachelas species, T. validus Simon, 1884, and T. ibericus Bosselaers et al., 2009 are transferred to Paratrachelas as P. validus new combination and P. ibericus new combination, and a new genus, Metatrachelas gen. n., is erected, to which T. rayi Simon, 1878, T. macrochelis Wunderlich, 1992, and T. amabilis Simon, 1878 are transferred as M. rayi new combination, M. macrochelis new combination and M. amabilis new combination.

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    APPENDIX 1. List of material examined for the phylogenetic analysis, listed alphabetically according to their classification in subfamilies.

    Corinnidae: Phrurolithinae

    Orthobula radiata Simon 1897: SOUTH AFRICA, North-West Province, Brits, 25.39°S 27.45°E, cotton field, 3 February 1988, A. van den Berg leg., 1 % (NCA 89/552); Mpumalanga Province, Bethal, 26.27°S 29.28°E, pitfall trap, on soil, 2 January 1980, D' Uys leg., 1 & (NCA 82/299).

    Phrurolithus festivus (C.L. Koch 1835): BELGIUM, Antwerp Province, Beerse, Heide St. Jozef, sifting litter in Calluna heath, 2–3 May1997, J. Bosselaers leg., 2 % 4 & (CJB 2009).

    Corinnidae: Trachelinae

    Cetonana laticeps (Canestrini 1868): SPAIN, Girona Province, Baix Empordà, Els Angels, 41°59'04"N, 02°54'38"E, 466 m a.s.l., sifting litter in cork oak wood, 6 September 2008, J. Bosselaers leg., 1 % 1 & (CJB 2053).

    Fuchiba capensis Haddad & Lyle 2008: SOUTH AFRICA, Western Cape Province, De Hoop Nat. Res., Koppie Alleen, under rocks in fynbos, 5 April 2004, C. Haddad leg., 1 % 1 & (NCA).

    Metatrachelas amabilis (Simon 1878): ALGERIA, Oran Province, Oran, Daya, 36°7'N, 0°20'E Lectotype & (MNHN 1784).

    Metatrachelas macrochelis (Wunderlich 1992): SPAIN, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Isla El Hierro, La Dehesa, July (no year indicated on label), J. Wunderlich leg., holotype % (SMF 37153); Cádiz Province, Tarifa, March 1991, P. Poot leg., 1 & (CRB).

    Metatrachelas rayi (Simon 1878): FRANCE, (no locality specified, label only mentions "Gallia. Hisp."), 6 % 43 & (MNHN 1523).

    Paratrachelas acuminus (Zhu & An 1988): see type material mentioned in text.

    Paratrachelas atlantis sp. n.: see type material mentioned in text.

    Paratrachelas maculatus (Thorell 1875): FRANCE, Paris, Parc de Bercy, Le Labyrinthe et Le Jardin Aromatique, sweep net capture, 23 October 2004, C. Hervé leg., 1 & (CCH).

    Paratrachelas ibericus (Bosselaers et al. 2009): SPAIN, Girona Province, Baix Empordà, Cruilles, 41°56'34"N, 03°00'33"E, 55 m a.s.l., sifting litter in mixed forest along Daró river, 8 September 2008, J. Bosselaers leg. 1 % (CJB 2058); Els Angels, 41°58'54"N, 02°54'17"E, 448 m a.s.l., sifting litter in cork oak wood, 6 September 2008, J. Bosselaers leg., 1 & (CJB 2055).

    Paratrachelas validus (Simon 1884): PORTUGAL, Estremadura, Tapada Nacional de Mafra, Povoa de Cima, 38º98’N, 9º35’W, pitfall trap in oakwood, 4 September 2001, G. Telfer leg., 1 % (CJB); Tapada Nacional de Mafra, Vila Pouca, pitfall trap in pine wood, 1 October 2001, G. Telfer leg., 1 & (CJB).

    Thysanina serica Simon 1910: NAMIBIA, Karas Province, Lüderitzbucht, L. Schultze leg., holotype % (MNHN).

    Thysanina transversa Lyle & Haddad 2006: SOUTH AFRICA, Mpumalanga Province, Sabie, Dr. De Wet Plantation, 21.10°S, 30.48°E, hand capture on Pinus taeda, 1 December 1981, A. Bruzas leg., 1 % 2 & (NCA 83/68).

    Trachelas canariensis Wunderlich, 1987: SPAIN, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Isla La Gomera, Valle Gran Rey, 28°6'N, 17°16'W, among litter in gully, captured in July (no year specified), J. Wunderlich leg., paratypes, 3 %, 6 & (SMF 37310)

    Trachelas minor O.P. Cambridge, 1872: FRANCE, Bouches-du-Rhône Province, 13 % 18 & (MNHN 325).

    Utivarachna sp.: VIETNAM, June 1997, Luu Tham Muu leg., 1 & (CJB).