Halodromus Muster 2009
Creators: name: Muster, Christoph
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Philodromidae
Halodromus

description: Key to the <i>Halodromus</i> species 1 Males......................................................................................................... <b>2</b> – Females...................................................................................................... <b>6</b> 2 Patellar apophysis longer than tibia of male palp, PTA laminate, projecting beyond retrolateral margin of tibia (Figs 33-34)..................... <i>H. patellidens</i> – Patellar apophysis not longer than ¾ the length of tibia of male palp, PTA hooked, not projecting beyond retrolateral margin of tibia (e.g. Fig. 17).... <b>3</b> 3 Embolus with distinct prolateral bulge at basis of distal embolus (Figs 21, 25, 29), RTA a wide, rounded projection......................................................... <b>4</b> – Embolus without distinct prolateral bulge at basis of distal embolus, RTA reduced to a small hump (Figs 17-18)............................. <b> <i>H. barbarae</i> sp. n.</b> 4 Distal embolus stout, curved to retrolateral side, PTA narrow (Figs 1, 29-30)................................................................................................ <i>H. patellaris</i> – Distal embolus a thin spur, PTA large (Figs 21, 25)................................... <b>5</b> 5 Patellar apophysis with distinct bulge at base of ventral margin (Figs 21-22)....................................................................................... <b> <i>H. deltshevi</i> sp. n.</b> – Patellar apophysis at ventral margin only with inconspicuous groove (Figs 25-26)............................................................................ <b> <i>H. gershomi</i> sp. n.</b> 6 Median septum with parallel margins (Figs 19, 31).................................... <b>7</b> – Median septum triangular (Figs 23, 27, 35)............................................... <b>8</b> 7 Epigyne longer than wide, glandular heads in lateral-distal position at receptacula (Figs 19-20).......................................................... <b> <i>H. barbarae</i> sp. n.</b> – Epigyne wider than long, glandular heads in mid-distal position at receptacula (Figs 31-32)................................................................... <i>H. patellaris</i> 8 Epigyne without grooves, anterior guide pockets covered by receptacula in dorsal view (Figs 35-36)......................................................... <i>H. patellidens</i> – Epigyne with extended grooves, anterior guide pockets visible in dorsal view (Figs 23, 27).............................................................................................. <b>9</b> 9 Epigyne longer than wide, epigynal sutures sigmoid (Fig. 23)............................................................................................................. <b> <i>H. deltshevi</i> sp. n.</b> – Epigyne wider than long, epigynal sutures straight (Fig. 27)............................................................................................................. <b> <i>H. gershomi</i> sp. n.</b>
description: Published as part of <i>Muster, Christoph, 2009, The Ebo-like running crab spiders in the Old World (Araneae, Philodromidae), pp. 47-73 in ZooKeys 16 (16)</i> on pages 57-58, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.16.230, http://zenodo.org/record/576477