Clubiona Wagner 1887
Creators: name: Bosmans, Robert
name: Henrard, Arnaud
name: Benhalima, Souâd
name: Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Clubionidae
Clubiona

description: Key to the Clubiona species of the genevensis group
Clubiona minor, C. pseudominor and C. wunderlichi were not examined and, for these species, the key is based on characters found in literature.
1 Males (those of C. pseudominor and C. wunderlichi unknown).................................................. 2
- Females............................................................................................. 7
2(1) Embolus originating in distal or median part of bulbus and directed anteriorly (Figs 4, 12, 17; Wunderlich 1987: fig. 640), basolateral extension of bulbus and cymbium short, as long as wide (Figs 54, 55); modified cymbial setae long: as long as half the length of cymbium or more (Figs 3, 4, 11, 16, 52)..........................................3 (decora subgroup)
- Embolus originating more basally and directed laterally (Figs 25, 38, 46); basolateral extension of bulbus and cymbium much longer than wide (Figs 59, 63, 67); modified cymbial setae shorter, length less than half length of cymbium (Figs 24, 37, 45, 56, 60, 64)5........................................................................ (genevensis subgroup)
3(2) Palpal tibia nearly twice as long as wide (Fig. 11); RTA tip more rounded (Fig. 11); origin of embolus in distal part of bulbus (Figs 12, 17)................................................................................ C. diniensis
- Palpal tibia slightly longer than wide (Fig. 3; Wunderlich 1987: fig. 641); RTA with sharp tip (Fig. 3; Wunderlich 1987: fig. 641); origin of embolus in median part of bulbus (Fig. 4; Wunderlich 1987: fig. 640)................................ 4
4(3) RTA thin, triangular, not broadened basally (Fig. 3).................................................... C. decora
- RTA with broad base extending dorsally (Wunderlich 1987: figs 641, 642).................................. C. minor
5(2) Retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA) rounded, slightly longer than wide at its base (Figs 37, 62); ventral profile of anterior part of bulbus concave (Figs 37, 60); modified cymbial setae with spherical sub-basal swelling (Figs 74–76); abdomen dorsally with pale spot on posterior half (Fig. 34).......................................................... C. leucaspis
- RTA roughly triangular or bluntly pointed (Figs 24, 45, 57, 58, 65, 66); ventral profile of bulbus convex (Figs 24, 45, 56, 64); modified cymbial setae with flattened sub-basal swelling (Figs 73, 79); abdomen without postero-dorsal white spot (Figs 20– 23, 42, 43)........................................................................................... 6
6(5) Chelicerae not enlarged (Figs 20, 22, 23); RTA roughly triangular, with blunt, rounded tip (Figs 24, 57, 58); modified cymbial setae with well developed, plate shaped sub-basal swelling (Figs 72, 73)............................... C. genevensis
- Chelicerae dark brown, strongly protruding (Figs 43, 44); RTA triangular with sharper tip (Figs 45, 65, 66); sub-basal swelling of modified cymbial setae reduced, crescent shaped (Fig. 79)............................................ C. vegeta
7(1) Copulatory ducts loose, slightly coiled or not, connected laterally to the atrio-spermathecal part (Figs 6–8, 13–15; Wunderlich 1987: figs 643–645; Mikhailov 1992: figs 2A, B)............................................ 8 (decora subgroup)
- Copulatory ducts tightened, strongly convoluted, connected inferiorly to the atrio-spermathecal part (Figs 29–32, 40, 41, 48– 51)............................................................................. 12 (genevensis subgroup)
8(7) Copulatory ducts straight forward, not coiled (Wunderlich 1987: figs 643–645, 645a)..................................................................................................................................... 9
- Copulatory ducts coiled (Figs 6–8, 13–15; Mikhailov 1992: figs 2A, B).......................................... 10
9(8) Fertilization duct well developed, conical (Wunderlich 1987: fig. 644)...................................... C. minor
- Fertilization duct thinner, tube-shaped (Wunderlich 1987: fig. 645a)................................. C. pseudominor
10(8) Epigyne with two distinct oval atria (Figs 13, 14, 18)................................................ C. diniensis
- Epigyne with only one, roughly inverted heart-shaped atrium (Figs 6–8; Mikhailov 1992: figs 2A, B).................. 11
11(10) Spermathecae far away from the anterior part of longitudinal copulatory ducts (Figs 6– 8)..................... C. decora
- Anterior part of longitudinal copulatory ducts almost reaching the inferior part of spermathecae (Mikhailov 1992: figs 2A, B)......................................................................................... C. wunderlichi
12(7) Abdomen dorsally with short anterior median stripe and with contrasting pale oval area on posterior half (Figs 35, 36); spermathecae small, separated by their diameter or more (Figs 39–41)...................................... C. leucaspis
- Abdomen usually with longer, sometimes interrupted median stripe, posteriorly without dorsal pale spot (Figs 21, 42); spermathecae larger, separated by less than their diameter (Figs 26–33, 47–51)....................................... 13
13(12) Dorsal median stripe most often absent in anterior third of abdomen, fading into V-shaped stripes in posterior third (Fig. 21); copulatory opening often narrower, longer than wide (Figs 26, 27); vulva with narrower atrium (Figs 30, 32)... C. genevensis
- Dorsal median stripe often reaching anterior margin of abdomen, tapered posteriorly and fading in posterior third (Fig. 42; better preserved in the male Fig. 43); copulatory opening wider, at least as wide as long (Figs 47, 48); vulva with wider atrium (Figs 49, 51).................................................................................. C. vegeta
description: Published as part of Bosmans, Robert, Henrard, Arnaud, Benhalima, Souâd & Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida, 2017, The genus Clubiona Latreille, 1904 (Araneae: Clubionidae) in the Maghreb, with notes on the genevensis group and new records from the Mediterranean Region, pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 4353 (1) on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1064416