Gongylidiellum orduense Wunderlich 1995
Creators: name: Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Linyphiidae
Gongylidiellum
Gongylidiellum orduense

description: Gongylidiellum orduense Wunderlich, 1995 Figs 53-58   
 MATERIAL: 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Turkey, Kastamonu, 5 km S of Küre, 1200 m a.s.l., Fagus & Picea forest, sifting litter, 18. V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [24]. – 1 ♀, between Inebolu and Sure, 10 km from Küre, 700 m a.s.l., Fagus & Picea forest with Rhododendron, sifting litter, 18. V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [22]. – 3 ♀ (ZMMU), Sinop, near Lala, Quercus & Fagus forest, sifting litter, 20. V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [28]. – 2 ♀, above Bektas, 23 km N of Boyabat, route Boyabat - Sinop, 1100 m a.s.l., Fagus forest, sifting litter, 20. V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [31]. – 1 Ƌ, 4 ♀, Zonguldak, 17 km N of Safranbolu, route Bartin - Safranbolu, 1000 m a.s.l., Fagus forest with Picea & Pinus, sifting litter, 16. V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [18]. – 1 ♀, 10 km from Zonguldak, route Zonguldak - Çaycuma, 500 m a.s.l., Fagus forest with Rhododendron, sifting litter, 23. V.1976, leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [35]. – 1 ♀, Artvin, 8 km W of Borçka, 350 m a.s.l., deciduous forest, sifting litter, 8. VI.1986, leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt [8]. – 1 ♀, SW of Artvin, 1900 m a.s.l., pasture in Fagus & Picea forest, under stones, 9. VI.1986, leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt [10a]. – 2 ♀, above Artvin, 1500 m a.s.l., Fagus & Picea forest with Rhododendron, sifting litter, 9. VI.1986, leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt [11b]. – 1 ♀, between Hopa and Kemalpasa, 11 km from Hopa, sifting litter under ferns and blackberry, 10. VI.1986, leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt [12a].   
REMARKS: This species has been described from Anatolia, Turkey, from a single male. A description of the female is given below for the first time.  
DESCRIPTION OF FEMALE: Total length 1.98. Carapace unmodified, 0.82 long, 0.57 wide, pale brown. Chelicerae 0.35 long, frontal tooth absent. Legs pale brown. Leg I 1.92 long (0.55+0.22+0.45+0.38+0.32), IV 1.93 long (0.55+0.20+0.50+0.38+ 0.30). Chaetotaxy: 2.2.1.1, spines about as long as diameter of tibia or a bit longer. TmI 0.38. Metatarsus IV without trichobothrium. Abdomen 1.27 long, 0.82 wide, pale grey. Epigyne with highly pigmented and well protruded drop-shaped ventral plate as in Fig. 58. Receptacles small, spherical.  
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF MALE: Total length 1.50. Carapace unmodified, 0.70 long, 0.55 wide. Chelicerae 0.30 long, frontal tooth position as in Fig. 53. Leg I 1.92 long (0.55+0.20+0.48+0.38+0.31), IV 1.87 long (0.53+0.20+0.48+0.38+0.28). TmI 0.37. Palp as in Figs 54-57. Abdomen 0.78 long, 0.50 wide. Body and leg coloration, as well as chaetotaxy, as in female.  
DISTRIBUTION: This species is still known from northern Turkey only.  
RANGE: Anatolian.
description: Published as part of Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2011, On linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Eastern and Central Mediterranean kept at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, pp. 49-91 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (1) on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.117799, http://zenodo.org/record/6311696