Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae, Nesticidae), with notes on the Mediterranean cave species

  • Martina Pavlek Ruđer Bošković Institute & Croatian Biospeleological Society
  • Carles Ribera Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Universitat de Barcelona
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.262
Keywords: Nesticidae, taxonomy, caves, endemism, Dinarides

Abstract

This paper describes and illustrates a new genus and a new species belonging to the family Nesticidae based on morphology and supported by molecular data. The new genus, Kryptonesticus gen. nov., groups eight species spread from Bulgaria and Turkey to Croatia, including Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Crete. As a result, seven new combinations are proposed: K. eremita (Simon, 1879) comb. nov., K. arenstorffi (Kulczyński, 1914) comb. nov., K. fagei (Kratochvíl, 1933) comb. nov., K. beroni (Deltshev, 1977) comb. nov., K. beshkovi (Deltshev, 1979) comb. nov., K. henderickxi (Bosselaers, 1998) comb. nov. and K. dimensis (López-Pancorbo, Kunt & Ribera, 2013) comb. nov., all ex Nesticus. Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. is described on the basis of both sexes and its phylogenetic relationships with closely related species are discussed based on morphological and molecular data (the cox1, rrn and H3 genes). In addition, the species of this new genus (except for K. eremita) are clear candidates for protection: they have highly restricted ranges and some of them show a high degree of adaptation to the subterranean environment.

Author Biographies

Martina Pavlek, Ruđer Bošković Institute & Croatian Biospeleological Society
PhD, Division of Molecular Biology
Carles Ribera, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Universitat de Barcelona
Departament de Biologia Animal

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Published
2017-01-20
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Pavlek, M., & Ribera, C. (2017). Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae, Nesticidae), with notes on the Mediterranean cave species. European Journal of Taxonomy, (262). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.262
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