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Descriptions of New Taxa
A Supplement to Salticidae Diagnostic Drawings Library
by Jerzy Proszynski 1997
Phlegra dimentmani Proszynski, 1998
See Drawings
Material: ISRAEL: female holotype - Mt. Meron 7. V. 70, coll. "faunistics".
Etymology: named for Dr. Chonan DIMENTMAN of the Department of Zoology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Diagnosis. Species with abdomen grey, without visible traces of contrasting stripes. Clypeus without conspicuous white streak, orbital setae of AME dorsally fawn (these around ALE slightly lighter), laterally and medially whitish. Epigynal depressions longitudinally oval, separated by a narrow septum.
FEMALE
Cephalothorax brown with lighter streaks of adpressed, sparse, whitish setae along dorsal edges, separated by brown area without whitish setae; eye field dark brown, sides brown, almost bald, somewhat lighter near the ventral edge, the latter without white setae.
Abdomen altered now by preservation, uniformly greyish brown and partially shrunken.
Frontal aspect: dorsal part of orbital setae on rims of AME fawn, of ALE slightly lighter; lateral and median parts whitish; ventral inconspicuous. Clypeus bald with a few dark bristles, there are a few short, adpressed, whitish setae along the rim, also scattered over the remainder of the clypeus. Chelicerae light brown; pedipalps light brown with darker annulations. Ventral aspect: coxae yellowish brown; sternum greyish brown with yellowish brown, broad margin; abdomen, uniformly light brownish grey. Legs: brown with darker annulations.
Epigyne with grooves oval, encircled with sclerotized rims and separated by narrow septum with parallel edges. Copulatory openings very broad, channels short, triangular, posterior parts of spermathecae thinner than in other species.
Measurements (mm): Female - length of cephalothorax 2.29; length of abdomen 4.08; length of 5 segments of leg I 3.27.
Distribution: Israel: Mt. Meron. Seasonal appearance of adult female: V.