taxonID	type	description	language	source
038309341137F35F969AFD6AFA1EF8C0.taxon	description	Figs 1 – 9, 13 – 15	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341137F35F969AFD6AFA1EF8C0.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Male holotype, Bulgaria, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, near the town of Madzharovo (GPS coordinates: 41.65, 25.84), 04.05.2021, leg. Dragomir Dimitrov (SMF).	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341137F35F969AFD6AFA1EF8C0.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the Rhodope Mountains (Bulgaria), where the holotype was collected.	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341137F35F969AFD6AFA1EF8C0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The male is morphologically similar to those of Brachythele langourovi Lazarov, 2005 and Brachythele bentzieni Zonstein 2007, in the presence of an embolic keel (Figs 7 – 8). It can be distinguished by (1) the shape of the keel being more massive than in the other 2 species, and (2) the shape of the embolic portion — stout, curved (Figs 7 – 9, 13 – 15), whereas, in B. langourovi, it is curved but thinner (Figs 10 – 12) and, in B. bentzieni, it is straight (Figs 26 – 27).	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341137F35F969AFD6AFA1EF8C0.taxon	description	Description. (Holotype male). Measurements: Total length 12.76; carapace length 6.30, width 4.70; sternum length 3.07, width 2.25; labium length 0.64; maxilla length 2.02; abdomen length 6.46, width 3.25; PMS length 0.62; PLS length 2.10. Palp. Femur length 2.31, patella length 1.16, tibia length 1.85, cymbium length 0.86, bulbus length 1.21. Leg measurements: I — 15.45 (3.90, 2.84, 2.79, 3.35, 2.57), II — 14.18 (4.09,7 2.52, 2.70, 2.89, 1.98), III — 14.99 (3.94, 2.30, 2.54, 3.56, 2.65), IV — 18.73 (4.16, 2.91, 4.22, 4.74, 2.70). Eyes’ diameters: ALE 0.22, AME 0.18, PLE 0.18, PME 0.175. Eyes’ interdistances: AME – AME 0.15, AME – ALE 0.11, ALE – PLE 0.10, PME – PME 0.39, PME – PLE 0.10. Color (Fig. 1). Carapace brown, with darker margins (Figs 1 – 2). Legs more or less the same color as carapace. Sternum and coxae yellow-brown, coxae lighter ventrally. Sternal sigilla small and rounded, the posterior pair well visible, the other 2 much lighter (Fig 3). Chelicerae dark brown. Abdomen beige with darker brownish pattern (Fig 1). Spinnerets light beige (Fig 4). Eyes. Eye region darker than surrounding dorsal surface of carapace, elevated. Eyes compact. Anterior eye row procurved, posterior one almost straight (as seen from dorsal side, Figs 1 – 2). Other somatic characters. Carapace dorsally covered with fine setae. Fovea visible, deep, recurved. Chelicerae with 8 promarginal teeth, dorsally covered with long, weak, dense setae. Maxillae with many small prolateral cuspules on basal part (Fig 3). Tibia I with distal spur bearing 2 strong spines (Figs 5 – 6). Scopula: distal on metatarsi, and entire on tarsi I – II; apical on tarsi III – IV. Trichobothria in 2 rows of 7 – 10 on tibiae and 9 – 11 on metatarsi. Paired claws with 7 teeth. PMS medium-sized; apical segment of PLS triangular. Palp (Figs 7 – 9, 13 – 15). Femur, patella, and cymbium spineless. Tibia with 2 long dorsal spines. Bulbus pearshaped; apical part protruding, massive in 2 / 3 of its length; embolic portion narrow, twisted, with a small tubercle distally. Female. Unknown.	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341137F35F969AFD6AFA1EF8C0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The species is known only from the type locality in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria.	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341135F35A969AFF4FFDB4FF49.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 male paratype, Bulgaria, Struma valley, 2 km south of Kamenitsa vill., deciduous forest (Quercus coccifera), 5.04 – 9.05.2002, S. Lazarov leg. (NMNHS). 1 male, North Macedonia, Scopje (Üsküb, as labelled), no other data (SMF 3482 a).	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341135F35A969AFF4FFDB4FF49.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (partial, male). Males are morphologically similar to those of B. bentzieni Zonstein, 2007 and B. rhodopensis sp. n. by having an embolic keel, but can be distinguished by the thin, curved embolic portion (Figs 10, 12) vs. more massive in B. rhodopensis sp. n. (Figs 7 – 9, 13 – 15) and straighter in B. bentzieni (Figs 26 – 27).	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341135F35A969AFF4FFDB4FF49.taxon	description	Description. See Lazarov (2005).	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341135F35A969AFF4FFDB4FF49.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Previously known only from Bulgaria (World Spider Catalog 2022), and here reported from North Macedonia for the first time.	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341132F359969AFB95FA17F83F.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Female holotype, Croatia, Bacar (Buccari, as labeled), 04.1890, no other data (MIZW; not examined). Other material examined. 1 male, Slovenia, Mt. Slovnik, ca. 1000 m, 26.10.1976, A. Polenec leg. (NHML). 1 male, Slovenia, close to Komen, karst, 20.10.1982, J. Wunderlich leg. (SMF).	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341132F359969AFB95FA17F83F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (partial, male). The male of B. media appears to be similar to males of B. denieri (sensu Drensky 1937) and B. varrialei (Dalmas, 1921), by the characteristic gradually tapering embolus lacking any embolic keels (Figs 22 – 25). Males can be distinguished from those of the former species by several characters, such as a less swollen palpal tibia, slightly shorter embolus, a noticeably shorter tibial spur with narrower and longer megaspines (Figs 19, 21 cf. Lazarov et al., 2001, figs. 3 – 4), and from the latter — by the aspinose cymbium and the shape of the distal portion of embolus which is less curved and not dilated at the apex (Figs 22 – 25), while, in males of B. varrialei, the cymbium bears spines and the embolus is slightly twisted and bears a certainly flattened and broadened tip (see Raven, 1985, fig. 89).	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341132F359969AFB95FA17F83F.taxon	description	Redescription (male / SMF). Measurements: Total length 12.50; carapace length 5.44, width 4.26; sternum length 2.57, width 2.11; labium length 0.53, width 0.95; maxilla length 1.94; abdomen length (including spinnerets) 6.50, width 3.85; PLS length 0.63, diameter 0.27; PLE length 1.96 (0.93, 0.54, 0.49), maximal diameter 0.51; Palp, length of segments: femur 2.42, patella 1.09, tibia 1.82, cymbium 0.93, bulbus length 1.50. Leg measurements: Leg I — 12.96 (3.89, 2.13, 2.42, 2.69, 1.83), Leg II — 12.22 (3.62, 2.01, 2.29, 2.48, 1.82), Leg III — 11.57 (3.38, 1.64, 2.04, 2.88, 1.63), Leg IV — 16.11 (4.40, 2.19, 3.62, 4.03, 1.87). Eye diameters. ALE 0.32, AME 0.18, PLE 0.25, PME 0.15. AME – AME 0.15, AME – ALE 0.13, ALE – PLE 0.08, PME – PME 0.41, PME – PLE 0.06. Habitus as in Fig 16. Color. Carapace medium brownish orange, with darker radial stripes and lighter lateral margins (Fig 17). Legs lighter than carapace. Sternum, labium, maxillae and coxae light yellowish orange. Sternal sigilla contrasting and well-visible, small, widely oval and submarginal (Fig 18). Chelicerae reddish brown. Abdomen light greyish brown, dorsally with darker chestnut brown pattern consisting of large median spot and few incomplete and diffuse paired lateral chevrons (Fig 16). Spinnerets uniformly pale greyish brown (Fig 20). Eyes. Eye region noticeably elevated. Anterior eye row procurved, posterior one, as seen from the dorsal side, slightly recurved. AME, PLE, and PME about equal in size, ALE considerably larger. Other somatic characters. Carapace dorsally covered with fine dark and silver hairs. Fovea deep and recurved. Chelicerae with 9 promarginal teeth and 3 moderately small mesobasal denticles. Dorsally covered with long, weak, dense hairs. Maxillae with 20 – 25 very small cuspules in the prolateral basal part (Fig 18). Tibia I preapically with proventral spur bearing 2 megaspines (Figs 19, 21). Scopula: distal and entire on metatarsi I – II, entire on tarsi I – II; widely divided and mixed with setae on tarsus III; sparse and rudimentary on tarsus IV. Trichobothria 7 – 8 in each of two rows on tibiae, 12 – 14 on metatarsi, 12 – 13 on tarsi. Paired claws with 6 – 7 teeth in each row. Palp (Figs 22 – 25). Femur, patella, and cymbium spineless. Tibia with 2 long dorsal and 15 – 20 slightly shorter ventral spiniform setae. Bulbus pear-shaped, its embolic portion narrow, slightly curved, and gradually tapered. Female. See Ausserer (1871) and Naumova et al. (2016).	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
038309341132F359969AFB95FA17F83F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Albania, Croatia and Slovenia (World Spider Catalog, 2021). Notes. The male of B. media was first depicted (including figures of the habitus, the palp, and the tibial spur) by Polenec (1978). These illustrations, however, were not accompanied by a formal text description. This is thus a first full description of the conspecific male. The only morphometric trait provided by Polenec (1978) is the total male body length: 15 mm. Both males studied and measured in the course of the current study are 12.5 mm long. One male was collected by A. Polenec. Since the first Slovenian record by Polenec (1978) was based on two males, we do not know if this author was inaccurate, or if the indicated body length corresponds to another male specimen.	en	Dimitrov, Dragomir, Zonstein, Sergei (2022): A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.7
