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03DC87A1FFBDFFC9FEA0F8B7838DC670.text	03DC87A1FFBDFFC9FEA0F8B7838DC670.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Harpactea Bristowe 1939	<div><p>Genus Harpactea Bristowe, 1939</p><p>Harpactea catholica (Brignoli, 1984)</p><p>(Figs 2–12, 40)</p><p>Minotauria catholica Brignoli 1984: 287, fig. 14 (female). Holotype female from Katholico cave (= Aghios Ioannis), nr. Gouvernetou Monastery, Akrotiri peninsula, Chania, Crete; 10 Aug. 1974; coll. V. Sbordoni; According to the original description, this specimen is stored in Brignoli’s own collection at Aquila. Not examined.</p><p>Harpactea catholica . Deeleman­Reinhold 1993: 129, figs. 46–51 (male, female).</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Chania: Site 12 (a 6 ♂♂; b 2 ♂♂; c 1 ♂ 1 ♀; e 1 ♀ [MHNG]; f 1 ♀; g 1 ♀; h 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 14 (c 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀; f 1 ♂ 1 ♀; g 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 15 (a 1 ♂ [MHNG]; d 1 ♂); Site 16 (b 1 ♂; c 1 ♀; e 1 ♂); Site 19 (a 1 ♀; d 2 ♂♂; e 2 ♂♂; f 3 ♂♂); Site 20 (a 1 ♂); Rethymno: Site 21 (b 1 ♂).</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Differs from all other Harpactea by the presence of ventral spines in the anterior tibiae and metatarsi. Male bulb is distinguished from other Cretan Harpacteinae by the presence of a well­developed accessory apophysis and conductor (absent in S. thaleriana n. sp.); a thick, transverse embolus (not present in H. coccifera) and a finger­like conductor projected in opposite direction to the embolus (not present in H. cressa). Vulva differs from the former species by inverted Y­shaped spermatheca, which is easily visible through the cuticle in ventral view. The spermatheca does not show a recognizable distal keel­like apophysis.</p><p>Description</p><p>MALE. Medium to large sized (Table 1). Carapace with smooth surface, reddish light brown, scarce hairs. AME larger than PLE and PLE larger than PME. AME separated by 0.5 their diameter. Labium length two times its width, with hairy whitish upper part. Sternum yellow with hairs on the periphery.</p><p>Chelicerae with setiferous granulations along their whole dorsal surface. Retromargin with one tiny tooth on the base of the groove and a larger one on its middle part (Fig. 3). Promargin with two teerth of equal size (larger than those at retromargin), close to each other. Basal tooth of retromargin located in the interspace of the two promarginal teeth or close to the proximal one.</p><p>Abdomen light grey to yellow, long and slender. Light hairs equally distributed along the whole abdomen. All segments of legs yellow. Leg spination presents great variability. In some specimens spines are numerous, especially in Fe III and IV (see Table 2). Leg measurements (see Table 3).</p><p>mm).</p><p>Male bulb (Figs 2, 7–12): Tibia of equal size as tarsus or shorter, curved, following the shape of the tegulum. Tarsus triangular in lateral view, forming a conical tip on the base of the tegulum. All segments hairy. Femur with spiny hairs on its apical part. Tegulum pearshaped with comparatively small embolar division.</p><p>Female. All characters as described for male. Vulva (Figs 4–6): Membranous posterior diverticulum, reduced to a round­shaped small sac with wrinkles close to the transversal bar, perhaps suffocated because of osmotic phenomena after preservation in ethylene glycol and in 70% alcohol.</p><p>Ecology</p><p>Found in Pinus, Cupressus and Quercus forests of western Crete, from 500m to 1200m altitude. Active from March to April and from September to November, although adult specimens were also found in December. Possible activity peak in early spring.</p><p>Distribution Known only from western Crete.</p><p>Harpactea coccifera Brignoli, 1984</p><p>(Figs 13–20, 40)</p><p>Harpactea coccifera Brignoli, 1984: 283, figs. 1–3 (male). Holotype male from Gorge nr. Sfaka, rd. Sitia­Iraklion, Crete; in soil under Quercus coccifera; 13 Mar 1979; coll. B. Hauser; stored at MHNG (Kri­78/19); examined.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Additional material examined. Chania: Site 9 (a 4 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀; b 2 ♂♂; c 2 ♀♀); Site 10 (a 6 ♂♂); Site 12 (h 1 ♂); Site 13 (a 1 ♂); Site 14 (c 1 ♂); Site 19 (a 10 ♂♂ 11 ♀♀; b 1 ♂; f 1 ♂ 1 ♀); Site 20 (a; b 1 ♂; c 1 ♂; e 1 ♂); Rethymno: Site 24 (a 1 ♀; b 2 ♀♀; c 3 ♀♀); Site 26 (a 1 ♂); Site 29 (b 2 ♀♀; c 1 ♂); Site 31 (a 2 ♀♀); Irakleio: Site 38 (b 6 ♂♂); Site 40 (a 1 ♂); Lasithi: Site 44 (b 1 ♂ 1 ♀ [MHNG]); Site 47 (a 1 ♂); Site 49 (a 1 ♂; b 4 ♂♂); Site 50 (a 5 ♂♂).</p><p>Comparative material examined. Harpactea villehardouini Brignoli, 1979: Peloponnisos, Mt. Panachaiko, under Abies cephalonica (1♂ Holotype, MHNG: The­76/ 3); Peloponnisos, Mt. Panachaiko, close to Kastritsi (1♂ MHNG: Kri­78/2).</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Only representative of the “ hombergi ” group on Crete. Thin, subapical embolus, conductor and accessory apophysis massive, sheet­like, projected in the same direction as embolus. Long spermatheca with thin tip, small oval­shaped posterior diverticulum. Differs from similar H. nausicaae Brignoli, 1976, from Epirus and the Ionian Islands, by embolus, conductor and accessory apophysis transverse to tegulum axis (parallel to tegulum in H. nausicaae) and from Peloponnesian H. villehardouini Brignoli, 1979 by embolus and conductor being at the same plane (embolus making a loop at its distal part clearly above the end of the conductor in H. villehardouini) and by the relative size of the embolic division (larger and with more pronounced turning of the embolus in H. villehardouini).</p><p>Description</p><p>MALE. Medium sized (Table 4). Carapace with smooth surface, brown, scarce hairs only at cephalic part. Apparent longitudinal fovea. Cephalic part elevated compared with thoracic part. All eyes closely connected, forming an oval circle. PME smaller than the remaining eyes, AME larger. Labium very long, longer than twice its width, with hairy whitish upper part. Sternum yellow with hairs on the periphery.</p><p>Chelicerae with setiferous granulations along their whole dorsal surface. Retromargin with one tooth on the base of the groove and another one of equal size on its middle part (Fig. 14). Promargin with two teeth close to each other, but not as close as in other congeners. Basal tooth of the retromargin located in the interspace of the two at the promargin, or almost at the level of the proximal­most tooth of the promargin.</p><p>Abdomen light grey, very slender. Light hairs densely distributed along the whole abdomen. All segments of legs yellow. Leg spination and measurements (see Tables 5 and 6).</p><p>Male bulb (Figs 13, 17–20): Tibia longer than tarsus, straight. Conical tip of tarsus less projected than in other species. Tegulum longer than wide, cylindrical. Embolus with broad base, abruptly turning to the opposite direction of its base and finishing in a long and thin tip. Conductor projected in the same direction as embolus, wide, sclerotized. Massive, sheet­like, membranous accessory apophysis.</p><p>Female. All characters as described for male. Vulva (Figs 15–16): Long and slender, sclerotized spermatheca broadening at its middle and finishing in a pointed tip, encircled in a transparent membrane. In profile, the upper part of this sclerotization is enlarged. Anterior arc with thin lateral edges. Transversal bar indistinguishable. Small, oval­shaped posterior diverticulum.</p><p>Ecology</p><p>Found in phrygana close to the sea and in maquis forests ( Pinus, Cupressus and Quercus) reaching altitudes up to 1600m. Mostly active from March to May and from October to November, although adult specimens were also found in July. Possible activity peak in April. H. coccifera appears to have a longer period of activity than H. catholica .</p><p>Distribution Scarce presence throughout Crete.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87A1FFBDFFC9FEA0F8B7838DC670	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Chatzaki, Maria;Arnedo, Miquel A.	Chatzaki, Maria, Arnedo, Miquel A. (2006): Taxonomic revision of the epigean representatives of the spider subfamily Harpacteinae (Araneae: Dysderidae) on the island of Crete. Zootaxa 1169: 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2645543
03DC87A1FFA5FFC7FEA0F90782DCC1CD.text	03DC87A1FFA5FFC7FEA0F90782DCC1CD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Harpactea cressa Brignoli 1984	<div><p>Harpactea cressa Brignoli, 1984</p><p>(Figs 21–29, 41)</p><p>Harpactea cressa Brignoli 1984: 285, figs. 4–5 (male). Holotype male from Mt. Aloitha above Mesa Lathitakion, 1000 m, Lasithi, Crete; in soil under Quercus coccifera; 6.iv.1978; coll. B. Hauser; stored at MHNG (Kar­79/24); examined.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Additional material examined. Chania: Site 1 (a 3 ♂♂; b 2 ♂♂); Site 2 (a 1 ♂); Site 3 (a 1 ♂; b 4 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀); Site 4 (a 1 ♂; b 1 ♂); Site 5 (a 3 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 6 (a 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 7 (a 1 ♂); Site 8 (a 1 ♂ 1 ♀); Site 9 (a 2 ♀♀; b 2 ♂♂; c 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 10 (a 1 ♂); Site 11 (a 1 ♂; b 1 ♂); Site 12 (b 4 ♂♂; c 1 ♂; g 3 ♂♂; h 1 ♂); Site 14 (c 2 ♂♂); Site 15 (a 3 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀; b 7 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀; c 12 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀; e 2 ♂♂); Site 16 (b 2 ♂♂; d 1 ♂); Site 17 (b 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀); Site 19 (a 2 ♂♂; d 1 ♀; e 1 ♂; f 11 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 20 (a 3 ♂♂; c 1 ♂; d 1 ♂; e 2 ♀♀); Rethymno: Site 21 (a 1 ♂ 1 ♀; b 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀); Site 22 (a 8 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀ [MHNG]; b 9 ♂♂; d 1 ♂ 1 ♀; e 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀); Site 23 (a 6 ♂♂); Site 25 (a 5 ♂♂); Site 26 (a 4 ♂♂); Site 28 (a 5 ♂♂); Site 29 (b 1 ♂ 1 ♀; c 4 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 31 (a 4 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀); Site 32 (a 26 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 33 (a 1 ♂); Irakleio: Site 36 (a 2 ♂♂); Site 37 (a 1 ♂); Site 38 (b 6 ♂♂); Lasithi: Site 41 (a 1 ♂); Site 44 (a 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀; b 1 ♂); Site 47 (a 4 ♂♂); Site 49 (a 3 ♂♂); Site 50 (a 2 ♂♂).</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Can be distinguished from all other Cretan Harpacteinae by its vulva with tube­like posterior diverticulum, distinctly curved upwards and long, thin spermatheca, very similar but thinner than that of H. coccifera . Male bulb with thick, transverse, proximally bent embolus similar to H. catholica but distinguished from this species by lamella­like, bifurcated conductor, and accessory apophysis that is flat, rectangle­like and bent backwards. Differs from similar North Anatolian H. osellai Brignoli, 1978, by conductor and accessory apophysis shape (hook­like conductor; short, finger­like AA in H. osellai) and embolus trajectory (upwards in H. osellai).</p><p>Description</p><p>MALE. Small to medium sized (Table 7). Carapace with smooth surface, reddish brown and hairs more densely distributed at cephalic part. Apparent longitudinal fovea. Carapace lateral margins clearly angled at its widest point, in dorsal view. PME smaller than the rest of eyes, separated from PLE by 0.5 PLE’s diameter. Distance between AME equal to their diameter. Labium length two times its width, with hairy whitish upper part. Sternum yellow with hairs on the periphery.</p><p>Chelicerae with setiferous granulations along their whole frontal surface. Retromargin with two small teeth, a tiny one at the base of the groove and another one larger on its middle part (Fig. 22). Promargin with two teeth of equal size, close to each other. Proximal­most tooth of the retromargin located in the interspace of the two at the promargin or opposite to the distal­most tooth of the promargin.</p><p>Abdomen yellowish. Light hairs equally distributed along the whole abdomen. Femur I–II reddish brown, all other segments and legs III–IV yellow. Leg spination and measurements (see Tables 8–9).</p><p>Male bulb (Figs 21, 25–29): Tibia straight, of equal size as tarsus. Tarsus triangular in lateral view, forming a small conical tip on the base of the tegulum. Tegulum relatively enlarged at its apical part. Embolar division large compared with tegulum size, with broad embolar base. Embolus transverse, thick. Conductor bifurcated with a lamella­like large plate and a very slender, sharp projection. Rectangular accessory apophysis, slightly bending on its apical part.</p><p>Female. All characters as described for male. Vulva (Figs 23–24): Long, tube­like posterior diverticulum abruptly turning on its mid to distal part. Long and slender, sclerotized spermatheca with rather broad dorsal base and pointed tip, encircled in a transparent membrane. In profile, the upper part of this sclerotization is enlarged, very similar to H. coccifera . Small anterior arc. Transversal bar indistinguishable.</p><p>Intraspecific variation</p><p>H. cressa on Crete are small (Table 7). Some of the individuals from Gavdos island fall in the same size range, while others are much larger (AL: 2.4–3.1, CL: 3, CWmax: 2.2).</p><p>Ecology</p><p>Found from coastal phrygana up to 1450m altitude, often in Quercus, Cupressus and Pinus forests of Crete. Active from early spring to May and in mid fall (October­ November). Possible peak of activity in March­April.</p><p>Distribution Widespread on Crete and on Gavdos. On the latter, it is the only representative of the genus.</p><p>Genus Stalagtia Kratochvil, 1970</p><p>Stalagtia thaleriana n. sp.</p><p>(Figs 30–39, 42)</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Types. 1 ♂ holotype; 15 ♂♂, 20 ♀♀ paratypes [NHMC­81.2.1026.1]; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ paratypes [MHNG]; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ paratypes [CRBA]. Type and paratype locality: Ano Meros, Rethymno, Crete (pitfalls sampling period: 5.x.99 to 26.i.00)</p><p>Additional material examined. Chania: Site 10 (a 3 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 11 (a 1 ♂); Site 12 (a 7 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀; d 7 ♀♀; f 1 ♂ 1 ♀; g 8 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀; h 11 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀); Site 13 (b 1 ♂; c 1 ♂); Site 14 (a 4 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀; b 15 ♂♂; c 29 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀; d 7 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀; e 1 ♂; f 3 ♂♂ 11 ♀♀; g 6 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 15 (a 15 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀; b 7 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀; e 1 ♂ 1 ♀); Site 16 (a 26 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀; b 4 ♂♂; d 1 ♂ 1 ♀; e 5 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀); Site 17 (a 4 ♂♂ 9 ♀♀; b 31 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀); Site 18 (a 5 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀; b 4 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀); Site 19 (a 1 ♂ 9 ♀♀; b 6 ♀♀; c 2 ♀♀; d 5 ♀♀; e 5 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀; f 13 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀); Site 20 (a 23 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀; b 3 ♂♂); Rethymno: Site 21 (a 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀; b 16 ♂♂ 7 ♀♀); Site 22 (a 36 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀; b 3 ♂♂; c 1 ♀; e 6 ♀♀); Site 25 (a 14 ♂♂); Site 26 (a 2 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀); Site 28 (a 40 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀); Site 29 (a 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀; b 11 ♂♂ 8 ♀♀; c 3 ♂♂); Site 30 (a 3 ♂♂ 1 ♀; b 8 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀; c 16 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 31 (a 47 ♂♂ 13 ♀♀; b 14 ♂♂ 15 ♀♀); Site 32 (a 28 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀); Site 33 (a 11 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀); Site 34 (a 3 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀; b 4 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀); Site 35 (a 1 ♀); Irakleio: Site 36 (a 7 ♂♂ 18 ♀♀); Site 37 (a 8 ♀♀; b; c 5 ♂♂ 18 ♀♀); Site 38 (a 7 ♂♂ 1 ♀; b 1 ♂); Site 39 (a 1 ♂ 1 ♀); Site 40 (a 27 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀; b 11 ♂♂ 17 ♀♀); Lasithi: Site 41 (b 27 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 42 (a 1 ♂ 1 ♀; b 19 ♂♂); Site 43 (a 2 ♀♀; b 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀; c 5 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀); Site 44 (a 12 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀; b 1 ♂ 6 ♀♀); Site 45 (a 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀); Site 46 (a 2 ♀♀); Site 47 (a 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀; b 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀); Site 48 (a 4 ♀♀).</p><p>Comparative material examined. Stalagtia kratochvili Brignoli, 1976: Ipeiros: close to Filiatis, 170 m, pine forest (1 ♂ Holotype, MHNG: Ep­73/86); close to Megalo Peristeri, 620 m, under Quercus (3 ♀♀ paratypes, MHNG: Ep­73/34); 3 km after Karies, towards E lati, 740 m, under Quercus (2 ♀♀ paratypes, MHNG: Ep­73/17); 11Km SE of Konitsa, gorge in Voithomatis, 450 m, under Quercus and Castanea (1 ♀ paratype, MHNG: Ep­73/ 50); Sterea Ellada: Voiotia: road to Arachova, Eptalofos, 1280m (1 ♀, MHNG: The­76/ 10).</p><p>Etymology The new species is dedicated to the late Austrian arachnologist Konrad Thaler, who made a great contribution to knowledge of Cretan spiders.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Differs from any other Harpacteinae in Crete by the very simple male bulb (accessory apophysis absent and conductor reduced to small tooth­like apophysis at the base of the embolus), and a vulva with a short, globular posterior diverticulum and a small, distal keel­like projection in the spermatheca. Differs from other Stalagtia species by slender and long embolus, which is shorter than the tegulum slightly curved forward and distally markedly bent.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male holotype (Fig. 30). Carapace orange to light brown, smooth, scarcely granulated at anterior part. Cephalic part narrower, clearly differentiated from the thoracic part (Table 10). Fovea apparent, covering almost half of the thoracic part. Eyes very close to each other, the space between AME less than half their diameter.</p><p>Chelicerae with setiferous granulations on dorsal part that become more dense on lateral sides. Basal part of chelicerae hairless, groove of chelicerae covered with hairs arranged in two lines. Retromargin with one tooth on the base of the groove and another one of equal size on its middle part (Fig. 31). Promargin with two teeth of equal size, larger than those at the retromargin. Proximal­most tooth of the retromargin located in the interspace of the two at the promargin or opposite to the distal­most tooth of the promargin, very similar to H. cressa (except for a difference in relative size of teeth). Body, cheliceral and ocular measurements are shown in Table 10. Legs with same color as carapace. Leg spination and measurements are shown in Tables 11 and 12, respectively. Relative leg length of male type and female paratype: IV&gt;I&gt;II&gt;III.</p><p>Male bulb (Figs 32, 35–39): Tibia short, almost half of the tarsus length, slightly recurved. Simple palpal organ with globular bulb and a long, slender, spiniform embolus, ending in a curved tip. The base of the embolus holds a thorn­like projection, possibly homologous to a conductor.</p><p>Female. All characters as described for male. Vulva (Figs 33–34): Small and sclerotized spermatheca, visible only by dissection of the genital organ, projected from a relatively large, sclerotized, inverted Y­shaped anterior arc. Anterior arc with curved ventral edge and paddle­shaped dorsal base. Posterior diverticulum small, oval shaped, with a glandular formation at its basal part.</p><p>Ecology</p><p>Found in coastal phrygana up to 1950 m. Also widespread in Quercus, Cupressus and Pinus forests of Crete. Active all year round except for the very dry summer months (although few specimens were caught in mid­July). Highest activity March­April and October­November.</p><p>Distribution Widespread on the western and central part of Crete; absent from the easternmost sites.</p><p>Key for identification</p><p>1. Distance between AME smaller than 0.5 AME diameter ............................................. 2 Distance between AME equal or larger than 0.5 AME diameter.................................. 3 2. Tibia of pedipalp longer than tarsus. Patellae spineless. All cheliceral teeth of equal size, those at promargin not close together .................................... Harpactea coccifera Tibia of pedipalp shorter than tarsus. Patella III with 1–2 dorsal spine. Proximal most tooth of retromargin tiny ................................................................ Stalagtia thaleriana 3. Anterior tibiae and metatarsi spineless. Patella III with one dorsal spine. Patella IV spineless. Proximal most tooth of retromargin tiny ............................ Harpactea cressa Anterior tibiae and metatarsi with several ventral spines. Patella III with one ventral spine. Patella IV with one ventral and one dorsal spine ................. Harpactea catholica</p><p>Discussion</p><p>All Harpacteinae presented in this paper share the same habitats and periods of activity. H. catholica is mostly restricted to woody environments and caves, while the other species also inhabit the most common habitats of Crete, i.e. those less densely vegetated and lacking leaf litter shrublands. Among Harpacteinae, H. cressa and S. thaleriana n. sp. are the dominant species, the former being the only representative of the subfamily on the islands of Gavdos and Gavdopoula. Given this observation and also the finding that these two species showed high presence in the drier months, we propose that these species are the most resistant to aridity, although they are mostly active in early spring and in midautumn, like the other species studied. In all cases, males and females occur more or less at the same time period, the males being active during a longer period than females. However, this observation is probably an artifact of the collection method (mostly pitfalls), males are more frequently collected because they are actively searching for mates. In Stalagtia thaleriana n.sp., for which we have the largest collections, male peaks preceded those of females in some localities, but this is not a general rule. Gaps in the distribution of the two most common species ( H. cressa and S. thaleriana n. sp.) on Crete are probably the result of restricted sampling in some areas, such as the lowlands of western and central Crete. Conversely, the absence of S. thaleriana n. sp. and H. catholica in eastern Crete is supported by the thorough examination of the area, which did not yield a single capture of either. The distributional pattern of S. thaleriana n. sp. closely matches that reported for other spider species on Crete, namely the gnaphosids Trachyzelotes lyonneti (Audouin, 1826), Drassyllus pumiloides Chatzaki, 2003, Drassyllus praeficus (L. Koch, 1866), Callilepis cretica (Roewer, 1928), Haplodrassus dalmatensis (L. Koch, 1866) (Chatzaki et al. 2002a, 2002b, 2003). This pattern may be related to ecological (extreme aridity during a long dry season, Pennas 1977) and historical factors (the eastern part of Crete after Ierapetra was isolated from the rest of the island until very recently, Dermitzakis 1981). There is no evidence of size segregation among the species studied. Size ranges mostly overlapped, and all species fall in small to medium size categories. Overall, H. cressa is the smallest representative on Crete and H. catholica the largest.</p><p>The three species of Harpactea found on Crete can be assigned to two of the four species groups proposed by Deeleman­Reinhold (1993). H. coccifera belongs to the “ hombergi ” group and closely resembles H. hombergi (Scopoli, 1763), the type species of the genus, in male bulb morphology. This species group is distributed across Europe and North Africa. Species showing closer geographical and morphological affinities with H. coccifera include H. villehardouini Brignoli 1979 from Peloponnisos and H. nausicaae Brignoli, 1976 from Ipeiros, Kerkyra (Corfu) and Kefalonia (Brignoli 1984). Male bulb characters and leg spination indicate that H. cressa is a member of the “ rubicunda ” group (contra Brignoli 1984). However, the narrow, tubular posterior diverticulum of the vulva does not conform to the general pattern of the group, which is characterized by wide posterior diverticula. The male bulb pattern and the shape of the spermatheca of this species closely resemble those of H. osellai Brignoli, 1978 from the Pontic Mountains (Amasya) in Turkey. These two speciesformerly included in Brignoli’s group “ babori ”differ from other species of the “ rubicunda ” group in the shape of the tegulum, which is clearly longer than wide in these two species and globular in the remaining ones.</p><p>The morphological affinities of H. catholica are a matter of debate. This species was originally classified a member of the genus Minotauria (Brignoli, 1984) on the basis mostly of the leg spination of a single female specimen found in Katholiko cave, near Chania. It was later transferred to the Harpactea, group “ rubicunda ”, after study of newly collected male material and cheliceral dentition (Deeleman­Reinhold 1993). According to Deeleman­Reinhold (1993), Harpactea are distinguished from the microphtalm (or eyeless) genera Folkia and Stalagtia by the absence of spines in the anterior tibiae and metatarsi, which are present in H. catholica . Deeleman­Reinhold (1993) explained this unusual character for Harpactea as an adaptation to the cave environment. The remarkable presence of spines on femora, tibiae and metatarsi of anterior legs, sometimes in high densities, has been reported in other cave­dwelling Dysderidae such as the genus Stalita Schiödte, 1847, and some troglobitic species of the genus Dysdera (Arnedo &amp; Ribera 1999) . However, this explanation seems questionable in the case of H. catholica since this species is also found in open ground. Curiously, the same author used the presence of spines in anterior legs as a character to restrict the delimitation of the genus Stalagtia (Deeleman­Reinhold 1993) . In its present definition, the Harpacteinae genus Stalagtia is restricted to cave­dwelling species with ventral spines on the anterior tibiae and metatarsi, spineless PaIII and CoIV, ball­shaped male bulb with long, transverse embolus and small or absent conductor, and a small, inverted Y­ or V­shaped vulva with a wide posterior diverticulum (Deeleman­Reinhold 1993). Only the Southern Dalmatian species, S. hercegovinensis (Nosek, 1905) and S. monospina (Absolon &amp; Kratochvil, 1933) fit this narrow definition. The species H. argus (Brignoli, 1976) was originally described as Stalagtia and was subsequently claimed to belong to the Harpactea group “ corticalis ” (Deeleman­Reinhold 1993), while S. kratochvili Brignoli, 1976 was excluded from the genus Stalagtia and proposed to belong somewhere between the Harpactea species group “ rubicunda ” and the genus Dasumia, but without an explicit genus assignation (Deeleman­Reinhold 1993). In our opinion, S. thaleriana n. sp. constitutes a clear link between the Greek species formerly considered Stalagtia (i.e. S. kratochvili and H. argus), and the species currently included in the genus, and reveals that the current definition of Stalagtia is too restrictive. All these species share the same male bulb pattern: an embolus as long or longer than the tegulum, curved on its proximal side and projected forward (in S. thaleriana n. sp. the curve is slightly attenuated, while in the other species the embolus is almost transverse; in both S. thaleriana n. sp. and S. hercegovinensis the tip of the embolus is bent, although in different directions); the conductor is absent ( H. argus), hardly visible ( S. thaleriana n. sp., S. hercegovinensis) or small but clearly recognizable ( S. kratochvili). The similarity of the vulvas of these species has been previously overlooked. An inverted Y­ or V­shaped vulva has been proposed as a diagnostic character of Stalagtia (Deeleman­Reinhold 1993) . However, Brignoli’s drawings of S. kratochvil and H. arguta show a very similar shape. The pattern is once again repeated in S. thaleriana n. sp., although in this case the short arms of the inverted Y arc are slightly more open. Moreover, S. hercegovinensis, S. thaleriana n. sp., S. kratochvili and H. arguta (Simon, 1907) show a very similar posterior diverticulum: rounded, short (shorter than or as long as the spermatheca) and wrinkled. Major differences between these species are restricted to leg spination: ventral spines on anterior tibiae and metatarsi and spineless PaIII, CoIV in S. hercegovinensis and S. monospina and the opposite state in H. argus, S. kratochvili and S. thaleriana n. sp. H. catholica, a species that does not show any clear morphological affinity with Stalagtia species, other than the subfamily characters, also shows spines in the ventral side of the anterior tibiae and metatarsi. This observation alone is probably sufficient to reject the use of a particular spination pattern as an indication of generic status. Therefore, we formally propose transferring H. argus back to Stalagtia and omitting spination pattern as a diagnostic character of this genus. In fact, the genus Stalagtia is probably much more diverse than previously considered. In addition to several new species recently collected in Turkey and the Middle East (M. Ṙ ezáč, pers. comm.), several species currently included in Harpactea, more specifically species in Brignoli’s group “ abantia ”, should probably be transferred to Stalagtia .</p><p>The difficulties encountered regarding definition and species ascription are not exclusive of Stalagtia and can also be found in the remaining genera of Harpacteinae. Several species of Harpactea would better fit the genus Dasumia (Alicata 1966a) . Moreover, some species of the “rubicunda” group maybe closer to Dasumia than to other Harpactea (Deeleman­Reinhold 1993) . One of the main characters separating Minotauria from Harpactea is the position of cheliceral teeth. In Minotauria, the proximal­most tooth on the retromargin is situated opposite or distally to the distal­most tooth on the promargin, while in Harpactea it is found opposite the interspace of the teeth on the promargin. However, in both S. thaleriana n. sp. and H. cressa, the arrangement of cheliceral teeth can roughly be considered as belonging to the “classical” Harpactea ­ Stalagtia group. In these cases, the relative position of the proximal­most tooth of the promargin to those of the retromargin is a matter of angle when observing chelicerae, therefore we propose that cheliceral teeth arrangement is not a robust diagnostic character. Finally, several characters of Folkia are quite similar to Stalagtia, for example a simple male bulb with conductor (well developed in Folkia) but lacking accessory apophysis or the small globe­shaped posterior diverticulum of the vulva.</p><p>A complete redefinition of the distinct genera and species groups included in the subfamily Harpacteinae is beyond the scope of this paper. However, here we show that Harpacteinae can be currently summarized as a set of narrowly defined genera, in some cases ecologically distinct, and a ragbag of species that are collectively referred to as Harpactea, because they cannot clearly be included in any other Harpacteinae genus. As a concluding remark, we wish to stress the importance of producing a working phylogenetic hypothesis of the Harpacteinae representatives in order to circumvent the current limitations of the taxonomy of this diverse spider group.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87A1FFA5FFC7FEA0F90782DCC1CD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Chatzaki, Maria;Arnedo, Miquel A.	Chatzaki, Maria, Arnedo, Miquel A. (2006): Taxonomic revision of the epigean representatives of the spider subfamily Harpacteinae (Araneae: Dysderidae) on the island of Crete. Zootaxa 1169: 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2645543
