Harpactea dardanica Geci & Zamani, 2025

Geci, Donard, Ibrahimi, Halil, Strohmeier, Thomas, Bilalli, Stephan Koblmüller Astrit & Zamani, Alireza, 2025, First DNA barcoding of Dysderidae (Araneae) from Kosovo, with new records and the description of a new species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939, Zootaxa 5653 (4), pp. 486-500 : 490-491

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.4.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4F81F34C-A59B-44D6-8DF7-6649C3282223

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15822461

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CEA772-467A-B659-FF3D-DF87FCC6FC6D

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Plazi

scientific name

Harpactea dardanica Geci & Zamani
status

sp. nov.

Harpactea dardanica Geci & Zamani , sp. nov.

Figs 1A View FIGURE 1 , 2A–C View FIGURE 2 , 3A View FIGURE 3

Type material. Holotype ♂ ( ZMUT), KOSOVO: District of Peja: Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park , Junik, Livadhi i madh, 42°30'05.2"N 20°13'03.6"E. 27.05.2018, leg. D. Geci. GoogleMaps Paratype: 1♂ ( ZMUT), collected together with the holotype .

Etymology. The specific epithet is a Latinized adjective, referring to the ancient Kingdom of Dardania (4th century BC–28 BC), cantered around present-day Kosovo.

Diagnosis. The new species belongs to the lepida group, and is most similar to H. tenuiemboli Deltshev, 2011 ( Figs 2G–I View FIGURE 2 , 3C View FIGURE 3 ), H. lazarovi Deltshev, 2011 (Deltshev 2011: figs 1–3) and H. complicata Deltshev , in Deltshev & Ćurčić, 2011 ( Deltshev & Ćurčić 2011: figs 1–5). From these three species, it can be distinguished by the median apophysis (MA) terminally blade-like (vs. bifurcated; cf. Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 and Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 , Deltshev 2011: fig. 2 and Deltshev & Ćurčić 2011: fig. 3), the conductor (C) broad and with two arms (vs. slender and solid; cf. Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 and Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 , Deltshev 2011: fig. 2 and Deltshev & Ćurčić 2011: fig. 1), and the paramedian apophysis (PA) massive and flat (vs. slender; cf. Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 and Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 , Deltshev 2011: fig. 2 and Deltshev & Ćurčić 2011: fig. 1).

Description. Male (holotype). Habitus as in Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 . Total length 5.00. Carapace 2.27 long, 1.80 wide. Sternum 1.48 long, 1.19 wide. Eye sizes: AME 0.12, PME 0.10, PLE 0.12. Carapace, chelicerae, labium, and maxillae brown; carapace slightly lighter posteriorly; sternum light yellowish brown. Chelicerae each with 2 pro- and 2 retromarginal teeth. Palps and coxae, trochanters, and femora I and II light brown; legs III and IV and other segments of legs I and II yellowish brown. Abdomen light beige, without any pattern. Spinnerets uniformly beige. Measurements of palp and legs: palp: 2.74 (1.02, 0.53, 0.58, -, 0.61), I: 7.45 (2.11, 1.47, 1.72, 1.50, 0.65), II: 6.37 (1.80, 1.25, 1.42, 1.32, 0.58), III: 5.42 (1.56, 0.75, 1.08, 1.46, 0.57), IV: 7.87 (2.17, 1.04, 1.78, 2.21, 0.67). Spination: I: Fm 4(5) pl. II: Fm 4pl. III: Fm 6(7) d; Ti 3pl, 2rl, 4v; Mt 4pl, 3rl, 6v. IV: Fm 6d; Ti: 3pl, 3rl, 6v; Mt: 5pl, 4rl, 8v.

Palp as in Figs 2A–C View FIGURE 2 , 3A View FIGURE 3 ; tegulum (T) slightly longer than wide; embolic division complex; median apophysis (MA) broad, winding, and terminally blade-like; conductor (C) broad, with 2 pointed arms: proximal arm transverse and slightly winding retrolaterally, distal arm longitudinally oblique; paramedian apophysis (PA) hyaline, distally flat, with blunt dorsal outgrowth; embolus (E) transverse, slender, and slightly curved.

Female. Unknown.

Habitat. The specimens were collected in litter of a beach forest.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Kosovo.

ZMUT

University of Tokyo, Department of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Dysderidae

SubFamily

Harpacteinae

Genus

Harpactea

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