GBIF Taxonomic Backbone & Wikipedia Registry Profile
Description Male Measurements (n = 14, average value with range in parenthesis). TL: 3.4 (2.6 - 4.2), PL: 1.8 (1.4 - 2.0), PW: 1.4 (1.1 - 1.6). Colour. A well-camouflaged species, habitus of live specimen as in Fig. 1. Carapace dark brown, rather densely covered with light brown and whitish hairs, particularly in cephalic region (Fig. 1). Chelicerae yellow with grey reticulations on anterior surface. Sternum with dark reticulations. Abdomen with dark brown folium and dark spots in anterior part (Figs 1, 4 b). Areas to the sides of the folium also brownish, only the median line reaching the fore margin of the abdomen is cream or whitish (white in alcohol conserved specimens). Area between epigastric furrow and spinnerets black. With dense co- verage of hairs of same colour as carapace. Trochanters and basal half of femora pale, remaining leg parts annulated with dark brown as in Fig. 1. The many strong spines vary in colour, some whitish with brown bases, some entirely dark, and some dark with pale median part. Eyes. Median eyes projecting and forming a quadrangle as seen in frontal view (Figs 3 a, 3 d). All eyes ringed with black, posterior medians with much wider encircling, thus appearing larger than anterior medians (Fig. 3 a). Measurements of eyes relate here only to the diameter of lenses or distances between them: anterior median eyes separated by 0.18 (2.4 times the diameter of an anterior median eye), posterior medians separated by 0.16, anterior medians separated by 0.13 from posterior medians. Sockets of anterior and posterior lateral eyes are contiguous, lenses separated by 0.065. Lens diameter of an anterior median eye 0.075, posterior median eye 0.091, anterior lateral eye 0.066 and posterior lateral eye 0.073. Prosoma. Clypeus as high as the width of an anterior median eye. The lateral edges of carapace rather sharply bent at about midway between the eyes and rear edge (Fig. 3 a). Maxillae with a basal external rounded tooth projecting retrolaterally. Cheliceral promargin with four large teeth, three form a group positioned opposite mid position of fang, and a fourth projecting ca. 45 ̊ forward, situated near basal position of fang. Cheliceral retromargin with three smaller teeth. Legs. Coxa I with distinct posterior-apical tooth or hook. All legs with strong spines, tibia II most heavily spined of all segments. Leg formula I-II-IV-III. Abdomen. Abdominal humps weakly developed (Fig. 4 b). Male palp. Patella of male palp with two strong dorsal spines (Fig. 5 c). Paracymbium with distinct hook, gradually bent (Figs 6, 7 b). Median apophysis of the male palp transverse with blackish endal spur abruptly narrowed near tip and with a blunt ectal end (Figs 5 a, 7 b). Conductor spoon-like, narrowed and smoothly bent near tip (Fig. 7 a). Terminal apophysis barely with dark sclerotization. Female Measurements (n = 11, average value with range in parenthesis). TL: 4.1 (3.6 - 4.8), PL: 2.1 (1.9 - 2.3), PW: 1.8 (1.5 - 1.9). Colour (Fig. 2). In drab colours as male and with similar colour of pubescence. Dark annulations of femora I and II less prominent, only apical quarter of segments are dark brown. Chelicerae and sternum coloured as in male. Abdomen with folium. One female out of eleven collected in Majorca has different abdominal markings, possessing a dark triangle spanning the width of the dorsum in area of humps. Females from Tunisia and Portugal have prosoma grey brown, cephalic part with triangular whitish spot, abdomen at level of humps with triangular grey to nearly black spot with median white stripe in anterior part, posterior part white with minute brown speckles contrasting abruptly with grey brown venter. Eyes. Quadrangle of median eyes situated on a less projecting prominence compared to the male. Eyes of the same size as in male, but spaced more apart due to a wider head in the female. Measurements: anterior median eyes separated by 0.23 (3.1 times the diameter of an anterior median eye), posterior medians separated by 0.22, anterior medians separated by 0.15 from posterior medians. Sockets of anterior and posterior lateral eyes contiguous, lenses separated by 0.075. Lens diameter of an anterior median eye 0.075, posterior median eye 0.091, anterior lateral eye 0.075 and posterior lateral eye 0.077. Prosoma. Clypeus 1 ½ times higher as the width of an anterior median eye. Lateral edges of carapace smoothly narrowed with protruding sides of head convex (Fig. 3 d). Cheliceral promargin with four large, equally spaced teeth, retromargin with three smaller teeth as in male. Legs. As in male but with tooth on coxa I lacking and spination of tibia II not much different from that of other tibiae. Abdomen. Humps of female much more pronounced than in male (compare Figs 2, 4 a, with figs 1, 4 b). Epigyne / vulva. with central structure looping around lateral bulb-like structures all the way to the posterior margin of the epigyne, almost to join opposite loop (Figs 8 a, 9 a, 9 b). Scape circular in ventral view. Ducts of vulva form mirrored “ S ” (Figs 8 b, 9 c). Spermathecae circular, separated by slightly less their diameter (Figs 9 b, 9 c).
