Oecobius cambridgei Wunderlich, 1995

Marusik, Yuri M. & Zonstein, Sergei, 2024, The spider genus Oecobius (Araneae: Oecobiidae) in Israel, with description of a new species and new synonymies, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 53 (17), pp. 49-62 : 55-56

Oecobius cambridgei Wunderlich, 1995

( Figs 4B, 5A)

Oecobius cambridgei Wunderlich, 1995: 592 , figs 13–16 (♂).

Material examined: Israel: Upper Galilee : 1♂, foothills 0.5 km SE ' En Ya'aqov , 33°00.6'N 35°14.3'E, 450 m, 18–23.iii.2006, I. Shtirberg (SMNHTAU) ; 2♂, northern slope of Mt Meron , environs of Meron Field School, 33°00'N 35°24'E, 800 m, 9–16.v.2007, T. Levanony (SMNHTAU) ; 1♂, same but 20–29. iv.2008, T. Levanony (SMNHTAU) .

Distribution: The species has been previously known only from the type locality: Ain Aata 100 km south-east of Beirut, Lebanon. This is its first record in Israel (Upper Galilee, areas adjoining the border with Lebanon).

Habitat: The spiders were collected from pitfall traps in the dense Mediterranean maquis ('En Ya'aqov) or in the montane oak forest dominated by Quercus calliprinos Webb. (Mt Meron) .

Notes: The structure of the palp in the collected males entirely corresponds to that depicted by Wunderlich (1995) for the holotype of O. cambridgei ( Fig. 5A cf. Wunderlich 1995, fig. 15). The conspecific adult female remains unknown.