Halodromus barbarae Muster 2009

Description. Measurements. Male (n=2): total length 2.05-3.0, CL 0.9-1.39, CW 0.95-1.45, ClyH 0.11-0.21, OL 1.25-1.9, OW 1.0-1.4. Leg I 3.77-6.2 [1.45, 0.55, 1.25, 1.1, 0.64], FemII 2.65. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08-0.11, PME 0.04-0.06, AME–AME 0.1-0.14, AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PME 0.16-0.21, PME– PLE 0.09-0.12, ALE–PME 0.1-0.13. Pedipalp: PFem 0.36-0.56, PPat 0.15-0.24, PatApo 0.8-0.13, PTib 0.18-0,26, CyL 0.44-0.58, CyW 0.2-0.3. AME size index: 0.073-0.084. PME interdistance index: 1.72-1.76. Clypeus height index: 0.12-0.15. Leg II length index: 1.51.
Female (n = 5): total length 3.6 (2.6-5.1), CL 1.2 (1.05-1.35), CW 1.36 (1.15- 1.55), ClyH 0.18 (0.16-0.22), OL 2.55 (1.8-3.2), OW 2.07 (1.45-2.7). Leg I 5.26 (4.18-6.15) [1.58, 0.58, 1.31, 1.08, 0.71], FemII 2.29 (1.85-2.7). Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.1, PME 0.064, AME–AME 0.1, AME–ALE 0.046, PME–PME 0.21, PME–PML 0.12, ALE–PME 0.13. AME size index: 0.075 (0.061-0.087). PME interdistance index: 1.78 (1.59-2.09). Clypeus height index: 0.14 (0.11-0.15). LegII length index: 1.47 (1.46-1.48).
Colour. Pale species. Dorsal shield of prosoma (Fig. 14) light brown with yellowish median band that extends to posterior margin, posterior edges with whitish pubescence, allatum with radiating, furcated stripes of dark spots, whitish patches along longitudinal allatal stripes, metadiscus a central whitish W-sign, mesodiscus with inconspicuous pattern. Clypeus whitish, chelicerae uniformly beige. Sternum uniformly whitish with long pubescence. Legs yellowish-brown, mottled (particularly at prolateral- ventral side of femora), faint annulations distal at femora and basal and distal at tibia. Opisthosoma whitish grey with lanceolate cardiac mark, some dark patches and four to six chevrons in posterior half. Venter whitish grey.
Pedipalp (Figs 17-18). Patella with shortest apophysis among all known congeners, barely half as long as tibia. Tibia with RTA reduced to a low bulge. Cymbial tip less than one third of CyL. Cymbium length (CyL) 0.44-0.58, width (CyW) 0.2-0.3, ratio CyL/cephalothorax width 0.40-0.46. Subtegulum visible in ventral view. Anterior border of tegulum bulged, PTA situated near this bulge, hooked, tip pointing ventrally. Sperm duct symmetric, opening in 7:30 o’clock position. Conductor largely hidden behind embolus, in ventral view protruding at prolateral side of embolus. Embolus not clearly divided in basal and distal part, foxtail-shaped, embolus tip straight, projecting beyond anterior border of bulb, pointing to cymbial tip.
Epigyne-vulva (Figs 19-20). Median septum with almost parallel margins, more than three times as long as wide, stretched grooves at both sides of median septum. Posterior guide pockets wide at epigastric furrow, anterior guide pockets small, moderately sclerotized. Receptacula kidney-shaped, in close contact. Glandular heads in lateral-distal position.

Material examined. Holotype. Male. SPAIN: Murcia: Cartagena, 37° 36’N, 0° 59’W, leg. E. Simon, specimen in ethanol with left palp dissected, with hand-written labels as follows “13388 Cartagena!” “Halodromus barbarae Muster Holotype” (MNHN ES 13388). Paratypes. EGYPT: Aswan: 1♀, Assuan synanthropic, 24° 4’N, 32° 55’E, 22 June 1975, leg. Kübelböck (MNHG). ISRAEL: Southern District: 1♀, Arava Valley, ‘Iddan, 30° 47’N, 35° 17’E, 2 September 2008, D-Vac leg. V. Hochmann (TAU). SAUDI ARABIA: Eastern Province: 1♂, Al-Khobar, 26° 17’N, 50° 12’E, 12 January 1983, leg. E. Heiss (MNHG). SPAIN: Murcia: 3♀, 2 juv., Cartagena, 37° 36’N, 0° 59’W, leg. E. Simon (MNHN ES 13388).