Trichothyse senilis auspex ( Simon, 1878 ), 2025

Sankaran, Pradeep M., Haddad, Charles R. & Tripathi, Rishikesh, 2025, A review of the ground spider genus Trichothyse Tucker, 1923 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), Zootaxa 5583 (1), pp. 39-70 : 68

Trichothyse senilis auspex ( Simon, 1878) comb. nov.

Drassus auspex Simon, 1878: 154 (syntype ♂ ♀: FRANCE: Pyrénées-Orientales : Vernet /Vernet-Les-Bains [42°32’N, 02°24’E], date unknown, leg. M. Nou, repository unknown, probably MNHN—not examined).

Poecilochroa dimidiata auspex Simon, 1914: 185 , 221, fig. 398.

Description. Male and female. For redescription of the male and female, see Simon (1914).

Justification of transfer. The illustration of the palp provided in Simon (1914: fig. 398) is diagnostic and was used for comparison. Even though we did not examine the types of P. senilis auspex , the original illustration shows that this species has a robust RTA with an apical bifurcation, which is consistent with the RTA of male Trichothyse species (cf. Simon 1914: fig. 398 and Simon 1914: fig. 395, Fage 1929: fig. 1, Di Franco 2001: figs 3–4, Levy 1999: fig. 10, 2009: fig. 45, Fomichev & Marusik 2021: fig. 23, and Figs 109–110, 112 , 116–117 herein). We therefore propose the transfer of P. senilis auspex to Trichothyse .

Distribution. Known only from France in Mediterranean Europe ( Fig. 121 ).

Figures

FIGURE 121. Distribution records of the known Palaearctic Trichothyse species.

FIGURES 109–115. Genitalic morphology of Trichothyse jodhpurensis (Gajbe, 1993) comb. nov.: 109–112. Male left palp: 109. Ventral view; 110. Same, retrolateral view; 111. Same, dorsal view; 112. RTA enlarged, retrolateral view. 113–115. Female genitalia: 113. Intact epigyne, ventral view; 114. Epigyne after clearing in 10% KOH, ventral view; 115. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 116–119. Genitalic morphology of Trichothyse jodhpurensis (Gajbe, 1993) comb. nov.: 116–117. Male left palp: 116. Ventral view; 117. Same, retrolateral view. 118–119. Female genitalia: 118. Epigyne, ventral view; 119. Vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: A, atrium; C, conductor; CD, copulatory duct; CyF, cymbial flange; E, embolus; EB, embolic base; FD, fertilisation duct; ME, median extension of anterior epigynal margin; PS, primary spermatheca; RTA, retrolateral tibial apophysis; SD, sperm duct; SS, secondary spermatheca; T, tegulum. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.