Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Gnaphosa  Latreille, 1804   69 species

Gnaphosa mcheidzeae  Mikhailov, 1998

Description
Male

Male unknown.

Female

Prosoma length 3.1 mm, width 2.4 mm. The carapace is reddish brown, gray, with blackish markings; at its borders with at blade-like marks and radial lines, which terminate in three pairs of broadened, yellowish cell-like marks. Its fringe is black. The anterior eye row is weakly curved backwards; the posterior eye row is curved stronger. The distance between the anterior median eyes is larger than between the median eyes and lateral eyes. Chelicere, coxa, palpus, labium and sternum are of the same color as the carapace. The sternum is imprinted with a long light band; its lateral part is darker and in front of the edge it bears blackish marks. The legs are orange-brown; the femur is somewhat light, the remaining segments yellow. The distal half of the patella bears triangular marks. A smoke-colored band is recognizable in the proximal and distal parts of the tibia. Leg Spination: Femur I and II with 1.1 dorsal and 1 anterior spine. Femur III with 1.1 dorsal, 1.1 antero-dorsal, 1.1 postero-dorsal spine. Femur IV 1.1 dorsal, 1 posterior spine. Tibia I and II at the tip with 1 antero-ventral spine. Tibia III 1.1 ventral, in the basal half with 1 anterior (near the center), 1.1 antero-ventral, 2.2.2 ventral, 1.1 posterior, 1 postero-ventral spine. Tibia IV 2.2.2 ventral, 1.1 antero-ventral, 2.1.1 posterior spines. Metatarsus I and II with 2 antero-ventral (long) spines, with scopula. Metatarsus III and IV without scopula.
Opisthosoma length 3.8 mm, width 2.6 mm. It is blackish gray and bears three longitudinal pairs of deeply imprinted spots, in the posterior half with six pairs of diagonal lines. Abdominal markings are brown-yellow and are not sharply developed. The venter is yellowish and bordered by two lines.

This species is close to Gnaphosa bicolor and G. modestior.

Body length female: 6.9 mm
Additional information

In forests under rocks.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Georgia
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"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Georgia   (Otto, 2022) |||
References

Mcheidze T S (1997) Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review. Tbilisi Univ, 390 pp pdf

Mcheidze T S (2014) Georgian spiders – systematics, ecology and zoogeographic analysis. (ed.: Otto, S.) ISBN 978-3-00-044355-8 DOI 10.5431/mcheidze2014 vifabioDOC Frankfurt/Main, 425 pdf

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
19-02-2014 Datasheet update Detail
19-02-2014 Image insert