摘要:

The spiders of the family Sparassidae in Israel have been described and species of the Middle East and from adjacent faunae have been revised. They are amongst the main predatory spiders of the Old World deserts although some also occur in less arid environments. Systematic and ecological information is presented and patterns of their zoogeographic distribution are discussed. Type and non‐type material pertinent to the faunae investigated, deposited in a great number of European collections, has been re‐examined. Nearly all species have never been adequately described or illustrated. The genusCerbalus, species of which have never before been recorded in Asia, is revised.Nonianusis likewise a new Asiatic record whileOliosandHeteropodaare reported for the first time from Israel. The AfricanMicrommata longipesBösenberg&Lenz, 1895 is transferred toPseudomicrommata, Cerbalus concolorDenis,1947 is newly placed inCerbalopsis, and a new synonymy of the genusMarmaricaCaporiacco,1928 withCerbalusSimon, 1897 has been proved. The following new synonyms are defined:Heteropoda civilis(Reuss, 1834) together withSparassus tersus(C. L. Koch, 1838),S. validusThorell, 1875,S. cognatusO.P.‐Cambridge, 1876, 5.fontanieriSimon, 1880, andEusparassus kronebergiDenis,1958 =Sparassus walckenaeri(Audouin, 1827);Cerbalus angustifronsDenis,1960, andC. sahariensisJézéquel&Junqua,1966 =Cerbalus pulcherrimus(Simon, 1880);Olios impediensDenis,1947 = Olios suavis (O.P.Cambridge, 1876), new combination;Cebrennus sparassoidesCaporiacco,1921 = Cebrennus castaneitarsisSimon, 1880. Two new species are described:Cerbalus psammodesandC. negebensis.Key to the genera and detailed illustrations of diagnostic characters are provided for each species, and are readily applicable to species of adjacent c

ISSN:0952-8369    

DOI:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02480.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY