Haplodrassus Bosmans, Kherbouche-Abrous, Benhalima & Hervé, 2018, sp. n.
Creators: name: Bosmans, Robert
name: Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida
name: Benhalima, Souâd
name: Hervé, Christophe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Haplodrassus

description: Key to the Haplodrassus species of the Maghreb region
MALES
1 Cymbium with abundant, strong spines (fig. 71)................................................... nigroscriptus
- Cymbium with few, less strong spines (fig. 32).............................................................. 2
2(1) Embolic apophysis hooked (fig. 190)........................................................ triangularis sp. n.
2 Embolic apophysis sigmoid or nearly straight (Figs 4, 14, 35 …)................................................. 3
3(2) Embolic apophysis small, occupying only one third of tegulum (Figs 122, 136); tibial apophysis slender, with narrow base (Figs 120, 137)............................................................................... rhodanicus
- Embolic apophysis large, occupying at least half of tegulum (Figs 4, 14, 35 …); tibial apophysis voluminous, with broad base (Figs 5, 12, 33 …)..................................................................................... 4
4(3) Embolic apophysis with dorsal keel (Figs 158, 169)..................................................... signifer
- Embolic apophysis without dorsal keel (Figs 4, 14, 35 …)...................................................... 5
5(4) Embolic apophysis with 2 prolateral teeth (Figs 14, 26, 93, 110)................................................. 6
- Embolic apophysis without (Figs 4, 35, 103 …) or at most with 1 prolateral tooth (Figs 62, 129)....................... 7
6(5) Embolic apophysis slender, elongated and with pointed tip (Figs 93, 108).................................... omissus
- Embolic apophysis compact, robust, with blunt tip (Figs 14, 25)........................................ dalmatensis
7(6) Embolic apophysis with one prolateral tooth (Figs 62, 77, 129, 140)............................................. 8
- Embolic apophysis without prolateral tooth (Figs 4, 35, 103 …)................................................. 9
8(7) Teeth on embolic apophysis equal, apophysis appearing bifid (Figs 62, 79)............................... lyndae sp. n.
- Teeth on embolic apophysis not equal (fig. 129, 142).................................................... rufipes
9(8) Embolus with a strong retrolateral tooth at its base (Figs 49, 51)....................................... dentifer sp. n.
- Embolus without retrolateral tooth at base (Figs 4, 45, 103 …)............................................ …….10
10(9) Tibial apophysis nearly symmetric (Figs 100, 114).................................................. ovatus sp. n.
- Tibial apophysis strongly asymmetric (Figs 5, 43, 147, 186)................................................... 11
11(10) Tibial apophysis terminally strongly pointed (Figs 186, 195).............................................. typhon
- Tibial apophysis bluntly pointed (Figs 5, 43, 147)........................................................... 12
12(11) Tibial apophysis gradually narrowing, with subterminal concavity (Figs 43, 55)....................... longivulva sp. n.
- Tibial apophysis not gradually narrowing, with basal concavity (Figs 5, 147)..................................... 13
13(12) Embolic apophysis terminally with pointed nipple (Figs 6, 20)........................................... crassipes
- Embolic apophysis terminally blunt (Figs 149, 164)............................................... securifer sp. n. FEMALES
1 Tarsus and tibia of palp with more than 20 ventral spines (fig. 73)..................................... nigroscriptus
- Tarsus of palp with less than 10 ventral spines (fig. 37........................................................ 2
2(1) Fovea triangular (Figs 178, 192)............................................................ triangularis sp. n.
- Fovea oval or rounded (Figs 7, 16, 38 …)................................................................... 3
3(2) Epigyne at least twice as long as wide (Figs 47, 64, 124)....................................................... 4
- Epigyne less elongate, at most 1.7 times as long as wide (Figs 7, 16, 38).......................................... 6
4(3) Fovea narrow anteriorly, widening distinctly to the back (Figs 64, 81)................................... lyndae sp. n.
- Fovea more or less rectangular (Figs 47, 124)............................................................... 5
5(4) Lateral margin of fovea with median angularity (Figs 47, 56)...................................... longivulva sp. n.
- Lateral margin of fovea with parallel margins (Figs 124, 138)........................................... rhodanicus
6(5) Fovea with postero-median septum (Figs 16, 95)............................................................. 7
- Fovea without postero-median septum (Figs 7, 38, 105)....................................................... 8
7(6) Fovea distinctly longer than wide (Figs 17, 28)..................................................... dalmatensis
- Fovea as long as wide (Figs 95, 111)................................................................. omissus
8(7) Foveal margin with distinct median tooth in lateral margin, dividing fovea into a trapezoid or rectangular anterior part and a rounded posterior part (Figs 40, 132)...................................................................... 9
- Foveal margin without such tooth, fovea oval or rounded (Figs 7, 105, 151, 160, 187).............................. 10
9(8) Areola anteriorly truncate (Figs 132, 143)............................................................. rufipes
- Areola anteriorly gradually narrowing (Figs 40, 52)................................................ dentifer sp. n.
10(9) Fovea longer than wide (Figs 105, 187)................................................................... 11
- Fovea as long as wide (Figs 7, 151, 160).................................................................. 12
11(10) Fovea oval, anterior margins converging (Figs 105, 116).............................................. ovatus sp. n.
- Fovea not oval, anterior margins diverging (Figs 187, 196)................................................ typhon
12(11) Areola elongated, anteriorly continuing into a chitinised crest (Figs 160, 170)................................. signifer
- Areola less elongated, anteriorly rounded (Figs 7, 151)....................................................... 13
13(12) Epigyne as long as wide (Figs 151, 165), lateral pockets nearly rounded (Figs 152, 166)................... securifer sp. n.
- Epigyne longer than wide, (Figs 7, 22), lateral pockets more oval (Figs 9, 23)............................... crassipes
description: Published as part of Bosmans, Robert, Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida, Benhalima, Souâd & Hervé, Christophe, 2018, The genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in the Mediterranean and the Maghreb in particular (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 4451 (1) on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4451.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1445080