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Macrothele cretica female. A-B. NHMC, FC 17372, Rethymno, Patsos, Ag. Antonios gorge. A. Habitus, dorsal, B. Habitus, lateral view. C-E. NHMC, Chania, Tzani cave. C. Eye region. D. Cephalothorax, dorsal, E. Cephalothorax, ventral view.
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The family Theraphosidae is recorded from Greece for the first time with the description of a new species, Chaetopelma lymberakisi sp. n. Also, the male of Macrothele cretica Kulczyński, 1903 is re-described and the female of the same species is described for the first time.
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... cretica Kulczyński, 1903 (Figs 1-2) M. cretica Kulczyński, 1903: 35, pl. 1, fig. 1. Male holotype, Institute of Zoology, Warsaw, coll. Kulczyński, not ...
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... Male (N=3 individuals): Carapace 4.46-4.87 long, 3.67-3.86 wide, Abdomen 4.25-5.69 long, Total 9.08-11.04. Body dark brown, uniformly colored (Fig. 1A-B, D-E). Anterior eye row procurved, posterior recurved (Fig. 1C). Eyes size and interdistances: AME 0.174, ALE 0.300, PME 0.143, PLE 0.204, BAME 0.092 (separated by ca. their diameter), BPME 0.281 (separated by twice their diameter), AME-ALE 0.075, PME-PLE 0.078. Chelicerae Figs 1D, E), with strong hairs on distal half and 9-10 teeth on ...
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... Male (N=3 individuals): Carapace 4.46-4.87 long, 3.67-3.86 wide, Abdomen 4.25-5.69 long, Total 9.08-11.04. Body dark brown, uniformly colored (Fig. 1A-B, D-E). Anterior eye row procurved, posterior recurved (Fig. 1C). Eyes size and interdistances: AME 0.174, ALE 0.300, PME 0.143, PLE 0.204, BAME 0.092 (separated by ca. their diameter), BPME 0.281 (separated by twice their diameter), AME-ALE 0.075, PME-PLE 0.078. Chelicerae Figs 1D, E), with strong hairs on distal half and 9-10 teeth on promargin. Labium almost rectangular, with 23-50 cuspules. ...
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... diameter), BPME 0.281 (separated by twice their diameter), AME-ALE 0.075, PME-PLE 0.078. Chelicerae Figs 1D, E), with strong hairs on distal half and 9-10 teeth on promargin. Labium almost rectangular, with 23-50 cuspules. ...
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... interdistances: AME 0.174, ALE 0.300, PME 0.143, PLE 0.204, BAME 0.092 (separated by ca. their diameter), BPME 0.281 (separated by twice their diameter), AME-ALE 0.075, PME-PLE 0.078. Chelicerae Figs 1D, E), with strong hairs on distal half and 9-10 teeth on promargin. Labium almost rectangular, with 23-50 cuspules. Maxillae with ca. 110 cuspules (Fig. 1E). Abdomen dark grey. Spinnerets digitiform, median with one article, posterior laterals with 3 articles (Fig. 1B). Leg measurements (male NHMC FC 17359, Chania, Emprosneros-Vatoudiaris): I. 3.165; 2.13; 2.23; 2.27; 1.42. II: 3.25; 1.82; 2.07; 2.55; 1.58. III: 3.03; 1.78; 1.98; 2.86; 1.76. IV: 3.49; 2.05; 2.79; 3.50; 1.90. Leg spination ...
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... (separated by twice their diameter), AME-ALE 0.075, PME-PLE 0.078. Chelicerae Figs 1D, E), with strong hairs on distal half and 9-10 teeth on promargin. Labium almost rectangular, with 23-50 cuspules. Maxillae with ca. 110 cuspules (Fig. 1E). Abdomen dark grey. Spinnerets digitiform, median with one article, posterior laterals with 3 articles (Fig. 1B). Leg measurements (male NHMC FC 17359, Chania, Emprosneros-Vatoudiaris): I. 3.165; 2.13; 2.23; 2.27; 1.42. II: 3.25; 1.82; 2.07; 2.55; 1.58. III: 3.03; 1.78; 1.98; 2.86; 1.76. IV: 3.49; 2.05; 2.79; 3.50; 1.90. Leg spination as in Table 2. All Ti with two rows and Mt/Ta with one row of trichobothria on dorsal side. Paired claws with ...
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... (compare Fig. 6D, F). C. lymberakisi sp. n. differs from the similar sized C. karlamani, by the shape of embolus, almost straight in C. karlamani and S-shaped in C. lymberakisi sp. n. when viewed ventrally (compare Fig. 3B, H respectively), and by the prolateral tibial lobe of Leg I, in C. karlamani being very narrow (Guadanucci & Gallon (2008): fig. 14), compared to that seen in C. lymberakisi sp. n. (Fig. 6D). Males of C. turkesi are very similar to the newly described species, but they differ by the smaller size of the prolateral tibial lobe of Leg I ( Topçu & Demircan 2014: fig. 1E, mirror copied here in Fig. 6F) and by the close and parallel position of the embolus relative to ...
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... and by the prolateral tibial lobe of Leg I, in C. karlamani being very narrow (Guadanucci & Gallon (2008): fig. 14), compared to that seen in C. lymberakisi sp. n. (Fig. 6D). Males of C. turkesi are very similar to the newly described species, but they differ by the smaller size of the prolateral tibial lobe of Leg I ( Topçu & Demircan 2014: fig. 1E, mirror copied here in Fig. 6F) and by the close and parallel position of the embolus relative to the tegulum ( Topçu & Demircan 2014: fig. 2G), in C. lymberakisi sp. n. being ca. 45 o relative to it (Fig. 3G, I). Females of C. lymberakisi sp. n. differ from those of C. olivaceum, C. altugkadirorum and C. karlamani by the presence of ...
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... Gramvousa, phrygana, 35.579856 o N, - 23.592025 o E: 1♀ (NHMC, FC 9, 25.05.96-25.06.1996), leg. Lymberakis; Kournas Lake, dense Quercus forest, 35.332533 o N, -24.279533 o E: 1♂ (NHMC, FC 111, 20.08.96-30.10.1996), 2 ♂♂ (NHMC, FC 226, 30.10.9629.12.1996) (NHMC, FC 17365, 14.10.2015), leg. ...
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