Trichothyse golan ( Levy, 1999 ), 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 : 59

Trichothyse golan ( Levy, 1999) comb. nov.

Poecilochroa golan Levy, 1999: 435 , figs 15–16 (holotype ♀: ISRAEL: Golan Heights : Boqa’ata Forest [33°00’N, 35°45’E], 1.VII.1973, leg. G. Levy, HUJ 14733—not examined.

Macarophaeus golan (Levy) : Wunderlich, 2011: 46.

Description. Female. For description of the female, see Levy (1999).

Male. Unknown.

Justification of transfer. The illustrations of the female genitalia provided in Levy (1999: figs 15–16) are diagnostic and were used for comparison. Although we could not examine the holotype of P. golan , the illustrations of the female genitalia of this species are diagnostic and present all typical features of the female Trichothyse species: epigyne with median extension and vulva with short copulatory ducts, large, bean-shaped primary and small secondary spermathecae (cf. Levy 1999: figs 15–16 and Figs 9–20 , 56–57 , 119 ). Based on the similarity in genitalic structure of this species to Trichothyse , we propose the transfer of P. golan .

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Israel in western Asia ( Fig. 121 ).

Figures

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

FIGURES 9–20. Epigyne morphology of Afrotropical Trichothyse species in ventral (9–14) and dorsal (15–20) views. 9, 15. T. fontensis Lawrence, 1928 from Ndumo; 10, 16. T. hortensis Tucker, 1923, lectotype from Waterberg; 11, 17. T. karoo Haddad & Sankaran sp. nov., paratype from Jagerskraal; 12, 18. T. subtropica Lawrence, 1927, lectotype from Kunene River; 13, 19. T. zuluensis (Lawrence, 1938) comb. nov. from Ndumo; 14, 20. ‘T.’ africana (Tucker, 1923) from Dereham. Arrows indicate epigynal atrium. Scale bars: 0.25 mm.

FIGURES 54–57. Genitalic morphology of Trichothyse karoo Haddad & Sankaran sp. nov.: 54–55. Holotype male left palp: 54. Ventral view; 55. Retrolateral view. 56–57. Paratype female: 56. Epigyne, ventral view; 57. Vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: A, atrium; C, conductor; CD, copulatory duct; E, embolus; EB, embolic base; FD, fertilisation duct; PL, posterior lobe; PS, primary spermatheca; RTA, retrolateral tibial apophysis; SD, sperm duct; SS, secondary spermatheca; T, tegulum. 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.