Abstract
The following new species are described from Portugal: Diplocephalus machadoi Bosmans & Cardoso new species, Diplocephalus marijae Bosmans new species, Maso douro Bosmans & Cardoso new species, Parapelecopsis conimbricensis Bosmans & Crespo new species, Pelecopsis monsantensis Bosmans & Crespo new species and Sintula iberica Bosmans new species. The unknown males of Lepthyphantes berlandi Fage, 1931 and Lepthyphantes bacelarae Schenkel, 1938 are described and the species are transferred to the genera Bordea and Obscuriphantes respectively. The following new synonyms are proposed: Lepthyphantes ollivieri Denis, 1957 = Obscuriphantes bacelarae Fage, 1931 and Trichopterna alticeps Denis, 1952 = Trichopterna cucurbitina Simon, 1884. Acartauchenius depressifrons Simon and A. nasutus O. P.-Cambridge are redescribed and both transferred to the genus Erigonoplus. Pelecopsis lunaris Bosmans & Abrous is transferred to the genus Parapelecopsis. The following poorly known species are redescribed: Erigonoplus castellanus (O.P.-Cambridge), Mecopisthes crassirostris (Simon), Palliduphantes bolivari (Simon), Palliduphantes stygius (Simon), Pelecopsis susannae (Simon), Trichoncus trifidus Denis and Walckenaeria dalmasi (Simon). In addition to the six new species described, the following 18 species are new to Portugal: Alioranus pauper (Simon), Araeoncus toubkal Bosmans, Centromerus phoceorum Simon, Centromerus succinus Simon, Ceratinella brevis Wider, Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall), Entelecara acuminata (Wider), Meioneta mollis (O.P.-Cambridge), Micrargus herbigradus (Blackwall), Ouedia rufithorax (Simon), Palliduphantes cadiziensis (Wunderlich), Porrhomma pygmaeum Blackwall, Sintula furcifer (Simon), Tallusia experta (O.P.-Cambridge), Tapinocyba algirica Bosmans, Tapinopa disjugata Simon, Walckenaeria nudipalpis (Westring) and Walckenaeria obtusa Blackwall. Centromerus cinctus (Simon), Erigonoplus globipes (L. Koch), Mansuphantes mansuetus (Thorell, 1875), Meioneta rurestris (C.L. Koch), Oedothorax retusus(Westring), Palliduphantes cernuus (Simon), Parapelecopsis mediocris (Kulczyn’ski), Tenuiphantes tenebricola (Wider), Walckenaeria atrotibialis (O.P.-Cambridge), Walckenaeria dysderoides (Wider) and Walckenaeria erythrina (Simon) all have been cited from Portugal in the past but are deleted from its list. The Portuguese linyphiid fauna presently counts 111 species.References
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