identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FF77036AFEAF.text	03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FF77036AFEAF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes brevihamatus Bosmans 1985	<div><p>KBIN-IRSNB Dienst Patrimonium/Departement. Entomologie, Bruxelles</p> <p>Lepthyphantes brevihamatus Bosmans, 1985</p> <p>; paratypes IG27782; Maroc, Haut Atlas, Ait Mohammed/ S. d’Azilal, grotte Fri Bernate; 1500 m; 22.VIII.77 (B. Deeleman, leg.).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FF77036AFEAF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FE2E0206FDC1.text	03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FE2E0206FDC1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes longihamatus Bosmans 1985	<div><p>Lepthyphantes longihamatus Bosmans, 1985</p> <p>; paratypes IG27782; Maroc, Haut Atlas, Imilchil / N. de Tinerhir, grotte Achia inz Rebi; 2500 m; 22.VIII.77 (B. Deeleman leg.). Lepthyphantes longihamatus Bosmans, holotype (male), IG27782; Maroc, Haut Atlas, Imilchil, N. de Tinerhir, grotte Achia inz Rebi; 2500 m; 22-VIII.77 (B. Deeleman leg.).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FE2E0206FDC1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FD7505A6FBA6.text	03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FD7505A6FBA6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes longipedis Tanasevitch 2014	<div><p>NNHG, Department of Arthropodology and Entomology, Geneva</p> <p>Lepthyphantes longipedis Tanasevitch, 2014</p> <p>;</p> <p>paratypes; 2 ♀; Morocco, Beni Mellal, Jbel Ibel Ighnayene; 22.VI.1982; leg. Strinati; Ji 11/ 22-6-82; Araignèes. Lepthyphantes longipedis; Holotype ♂; Morocco, Beni Mellal, Jbel Ibel Ighnayene; 20.VI.1982; leg. Strinati / Ji 7; 20.VI.1982; Lepthyphantes longipedis Tanasevitch; det Tanasevitch, 2014; NO TYPES!; Ji7 Maroc; Moyen Atlas, Jbel Ighnayene, between Beni Mellal and Ouaouizaght, grotte “kef du Calmar coince”; 11-14.VII.1982.; leg. J. Delore, P. Jolivet &amp; T. Marchand. Lepthyphantes coliginis n. sp. [sic, in the label] ♂ ♀ paraypes; P.Brignoli det. 1984; Marocco Ji7. 2x coll. Mus. Geneva. Lepthyphantes longipedis; paratypes 1♂, 3♀; Morocco, Beni Mellal, Jbel Ibel, Ighnayene; 20.VI.1982; leg. P. Strinati.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FD7505A6FBA6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FB240248FAAB.text	03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FB240248FAAB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes maurusius Brignoli 1978	<div><p>Lepthyphantes maurusius Brignoli</p> <p>, det. A. Tanasevitch, 2014; No type/ grotte de Sidi Mejbeur,Taza, Maroc, 30.IX.1979; P. Strinati et V. Aellen. Lepthyphantes maurusius; Br. Brignoli det, 1983. Lepthyphantes maurusius [sic, in the label]; ♀ holotype; P. Brignoli det. 1977. Lepthyphantes maurusius Brignoli; det. Brignoli, 1977; grotte de Sidi Mejbeur, Taza, Maroc, 2-5-1974; Thibaud &amp; Strinati. Lepthyphantes maurusius Brignoli det, 1983; Mar 78 -19; Maroc, Moyen Atlas, Grotte de Sidi Mejbeur/ 4. VI.1978 / leg. P. Strinati.; Mar. 78 -19.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FB240248FAAB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FD9D05B6FD6C.text	03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FD9D05B6FD6C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes ritae Bosmans 1985	<div><p>Lepthyphantes ritae Bosmans, 1985</p> <p>; IG 27782; Algerie, Zemmouri; 5 m, 13.IV.82; litter of Pinus halepensis. Lepthyphantes ritae Bosmans, 1985; R. Bosmans det. 1984, IG 27782; Maroc; 10 km, E. Chechaouen; 500 m, Quercus suber forest, 15. V.1984, R. Bosmans leg.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567077FFC6FC96FD9D05B6FD6C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567074FFC5FEB0FBBB0572F902.text	03C5C9567074FFC5FEB0FBBB0572F902.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes aelleni Denis 1957	<div><p>Lepthyphantes aelleni Denis, 1957</p> <p>MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco. 1♂, 1♀; Ifri Friouato, Bab Bou Idir, Taza; 28.VIII.1970; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2903 • 2♀, 1 juv.; Kef el Maa, Taza; 9.V.2002; F. Fadrique &amp; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 2003-0198 • 1♀, 3 juv.; Kef Pigeons, Takerboust, Berkane, Oriental region; 23.VIII.2013; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-0034 • 1♀; Ifri Bouslama, Bab Bou Idir, Taza; 14.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4062.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — As in Bosmans (2006: figs 6-10) the males are easily recognized by the shape of their lamella characteristica; it is long and “C” curved, laminar, and with subtriangular and slightly toothed distal part. In its posterior median part the paracymbium presents a thick and sharp denticle and its anterior branch is irregular and digitiform. The females have an elongated epigyne, which narrows characteristically in its basal third and expands again in the distal part; the distal portion of the scape protrudes in the central area of the latter. According to our observations and the data provided here, L. aelleni could be related to other species of the Moroccan Atlas, such as L. maurusius, L. taza and L. almoravidus Barrientos n. sp.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — Lepthyphantes aelleni is known from the chasm of Kaf el Bouk, from which comes the holotype (Denis &amp; Dresco 1957) and from the cave of Friouato (Bosmans 2006). With the new data, the number of caves in which it is found is expanded; so that in addition to the Taza region, the species is also in the Eastern region.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567074FFC5FEB0FBBB0572F902	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567074FFC4FF6DF8BE0683FDEC.text	03C5C9567074FFC4FF6DF8BE0683FDEC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes almoravidus Barrientos 2020	<div><p>Lepthyphantes almoravidus Barrientos n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs 2; 13A, B)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 7A14D234-8E03-4D83-A1BE-49C3FAB6F339</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Morocco. 1♀; Ifri Netazarth, Fariata, Tagzirth, Béni-Mellal; 20.V.2004; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2017-0665.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — The epigyne is in an oblique disposition (in relation to the ventral surface of opisthosoma); of similar width from its base to the end. The opening of bursa copulatrix is distal. The lateral walls are rounded and leave a front notch showing a reduced scape. The proscape is small, not very sclerotized, with a wide distal notch; the distal strecher of the scape is present in front and under. L. almoravidus resembles the scape of L. aelleni, although in this case the structure (as a whole) is shorter and keeps a similar width.</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — During the 11th and 12th centuries the Almoravids were the great rulers of the Maghreb, extending their influence throughout the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula. Now we dedicate this species to the memory of those monk-soldiers, who arose from the nomads of the Sahara.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — L. almoravidus Barrientos n. sp. is known exclusively from the type locality.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Female (holotype)</p> <p>Body. Total body length: 1.80. Carapace: 0.78 long by 0.69 wide; color very uniform, yellowish and with pale brown tints. Eyes reduced and without pigments; ocular lenses reduced and slightly protruding. Chelicerae: 0.44 long; coloration slightly more intense than the carapace; three small teeth on promargin and none on retromargin. Long and thin legs; yellow, like the carapace, but distal parts lighter. Measurements (some articles missing): leg I (1.86 + 0.29 + without + without + without), leg II (1.81 + 0.29 + 1.86 + 1.68 + 0.98), leg III (1.57 + 0.25 + 1.32 + 1.22 + 0.73), and leg IV (1.71 + 0.27 + without + without + without). Opisthosoma 1.32 long by 1.03 wide, grayish-white, without dorsal pattern, but covered with a fine pilosity.</p> <p>Female genitalia. Epigyne developed and protruding (Figs 2; 13A, B), showing an oblique disposition with respect to the ventral surface of opisthosoma by elongation of anterior wall. Its basal part straight and keeping a similar width towards the end. Posterior wall also elongate with opening of bursa copulatrix distal. Median plate poorly sclerotized; in its basal zone, receptacula visible by transparency. Lateral walls, and especially anterior wall, with scattered hairs. Distal parts of lateral walls clearly rounded, leaving a mid-cut that shows a reduced scape. Proscape small, little sclerotized, with a wide distal notch; in front and under it, strecher of distal scape visible. Middle part of the scape practically hidden.</p> <p>Male</p> <p>Unknown.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567074FFC4FF6DF8BE0683FDEC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567075FFC4FF06FDDA05D8FBCE.text	03C5C9567075FFC4FF06FDDA05D8FBCE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes biospeleologorum Barrientos 2020	<div><p>Lepthyphantes biospeleologorum Barrientos n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs 3; 13C, D)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 87BA13BB-23F2-41C3-B5AA-1C7B1A5C6992</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Morocco. 1♀; Ifri Bouyzem, Aglefth, Taglefth, Azilal; 15.V.2004; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2017-0660.</p> <p>Paratypes. Morocco. 2♀; same locality and date as the holotype; MZB 2017-0661.</p> <p>OTHER MATERIAL. — Morocco. 4 juv.; same locality and date as the holotype; MZB 2017-0662.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — The epigyne is broad and small, protruding on the ventral side of the epigastrum. The bursa copulatrix has a very short front edge; the lateral edges expand and separate to accommodate the scape; the posterior wall differentiates a median plate, narrow in the center and rounded on the sides. The proscape is wide and flattened, with rounded contour and a notch in the anterior part; a short and rounded strecher in the distal part of the scape, but flanked by two rounded expansions. By the morphology of its epigyne (and without information on the male copulatory bulb) this species has some affinities with L. brevihamatus, L. longihamatus and, in general, with the entire “ afer group”, in which probably it should be placed.</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — This species is dedicated, in a general way, to all the biospeleologists. Anonymously they use part of their time to develop an exciting and hard (sometimes risky) activity, in pursuit of the forms that inhabit the caverns. Without their generous dedication, this small job would not have been possible.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — This species is exclusively known from the type locality.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Female (holotype)</p> <p>Body. Total body length 2.30. Carapace: 0.93 long by 0.83 wide; yellowish brown color, and with a tenuous pigmentary pattern formed by five radial gray bands and one marginal in thoracic area. Cephalic part with some scattered hairs. Eyes developed and well pigmented; arranged in two transversal lines, with individual black areolas in each eye. Chelicerae: 0,39 long; coloration slightly more intense than the carapace; with three equidistant teeth on the promargin, the basal one somewhat smaller; retromargin unarmed. Legs long and thin; brown color, like the caparace; coloration gradually lost from the tibia towards apex. Measurements: leg I (1.47 + 0.27 + 1.57 + 1.35 + 0.86), leg II (1.30 + 0.29 + 1.22 + 1.27 + 0.83), leg III (1.00 + 0.27 + 0.98 + 0.91 + 0.64), and leg IV (1.37 + 0.29 + 1.20 + 1.27 + 0.93). Opisthosoma 1.42 long by 1.00 wide; gray-white color, without dorsal pattern, but entirely covered with a fine hairiness.</p> <p>Female genitalia. Epigyne (Figs 3; 13C, D) with a transverse development, protruding little in ventral side of epigastrum. Its basal part showing a wide bursa copulatrix, with a very short anterior wall; lateral walls expanding and separate to accommodate the scape; posterior wall wide and reinforced by a sclerotized median plate, narrowed in the center and rounded on the sides. Anterior and lateral walls with a thick, sparse and well-arched hairiness. Scape starting from the anterior part of the bursa, and with a wide and flat proscape, rounded on the sides and with a notch on its distal part (connecting with the middle part); fertilization ducts visible in submarginal position. Median part of scape inflected and hidden under the proscape; the distal part, tourning towards it again, dilating and showing below the proscape; strecher short and rounded, but flanked by two rounded expansions. Distal part usually curved outwards, so that its distal part approaches the proscape.</p> <p>Male</p> <p>Unknown.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567075FFC4FF06FDDA05D8FBCE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567075FFC4FCC6FBF8059CF832.text	03C5C9567075FFC4FCC6FBF8059CF832.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes brevihamatus Bosmans 1985	<div><p>Lepthyphantes brevihamatus Bosmans, 1985</p> <p>MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco. 2♂, 8♀, 7 juv.; Ifri Caid, Aït M’Hammed, Azilal; 28.VIII.1970, O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2904 • 1♀; same locality; 29.VIII.2013; J. Comas leg.; MZB 2014-7290 • 2♂, 4♀; same locality; 29.VIII.2013; L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2016- 0036 • 1♂, 1♀, 5 juv.; same locality; 3.IX.2013; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-0038 • 1♀, 1 juv.; same locality; 3.IX.2013; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-0039 • 16♀, 19 juv.; Ifri Bernat, Aït M’Hammed, Azilal; 25.IV.1984; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2910 • 7♂, 7♀, 5 juv.; same locality; 28.IX.1985; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2912 • 7♂, 8♀, 5 juv.; same locality; 1.X.1985; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2913 • 1♂, 1♀; Ifri Nboutadarth, Tagleft, Azilal; 14.V.2004; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2004-0657 • 1♀; Ifri Bouyzem, Aglefth, Taglefth, Azilal; 20.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4065 • 2♂, 1♀, 2 juv.; Ifri Bernat, Aït M’Hammed, Azilal; 24.VIII.1972; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 83-4001.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — The characters indicated by Bosmans (1985) are especially useful. The male, although very close to that of L. longihamatus, can be easily distinguished by the shape of its suprategular process (simple and non-bifid); the paracymbium is strongly curled in its median part. The females can be distinguished more easily; the proscape is clearly rounded, without a median notch distally, and the strecher (distal part of the scape) is short and protrudes very little below. This species is clearly included in the “ afer group”.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — The holotype comes from the cave Ifri Bernat, Ait Mohammed, Azilal (Bosmans 1985) and has also been collected in the Ifri el Kaid cave (Tanasevitch 2014). Our data confirm the presence of this species in both localities and add two more cavities; all of them in the Azilal region, in the Moroccan high Atlas.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567075FFC4FCC6FBF8059CF832	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C956707AFFC9FF50FAD90479F833.text	03C5C956707AFFC9FF50FAD90479F833.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes ensiferus Barrientos 2020	<div><p>Lepthyphantes ensiferus Barrientos n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs 4; 13 H-J)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 0E 070259 -2965-4D89-88E6-6C2FCD667F0F</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Morocco. 1♂; Grotte des Pigeons [= Khef el Hmam (Arabic name), = Ifri Itbirn (Berber name)], Souk el Tleta el Akhsass, Guelmim; 28.VII.2003; F. Fadrique, J. Esquius &amp; A. Ighious leg.; MZB 2013-2956.</p> <p>Paratypes. Morocco. 3♀; same locality and date as the holotype; MZB 2017-0658 • 5♂, 4♀; same locality as the holotype; 15.X.2015; L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2015-8632.</p> <p>OTHER MATERIAL. — Morocco. 2 juv.; same locality and date as the holotype; MZB 2017-0659 • 1♂, 7♀, 3 juv.; same locality as the holotype; 15.X.2015; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2017-0210 • 1 juv.; same locality as the holotype; 15.X.2015; L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2017-1478 • 2♂, 7♀, 4 juv.; same locality as the holotype; 15.X.2015; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2017-0209 • 1♀, 9 juv.; same locality as the holotype; 15.X.2015; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2015- 8635 • 1♂, 9♀, 3 juv.; same locality as the holotype; 15.X.2015; L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2015-8636.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — The paracymbium is very broad and subquadrangular, due to the development of its middle part; it presents a pair of sharp denticles in its proximal area; the apical part is very short. In the bulb, the development and shape of the lamella characteristica stand out. It is a well-sclerotized process that is oriented forward and outward; it is clearly curved distally and shows a laminar structure in a semicircle like a sickle. The epigyne is very developed and outstanding on the ventral side, almost perpendicular to the surface of the body, due to lengthening of the basal area. The scape is large, but there is no special development of the proscape; the whole set describes a very characteristic “S” path that fills the back of the epigyne. If we stick to the structural features of the epigyne, L. ensiferus Barrientos n. sp. would be a species close to L. fagei Machado, 1939; but if we look at male genital structures (clearly illustrated for this second species in Hormiga &amp; Ribera 1990), the differences are evident. Consequently, L. ensiferus Barrientos n. sp. remains in an uncertain systematic position.</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — The name refers to the falciform aspect of the embolic division of the lamella characteristica, in the copulatory bulb; its “sickle” shape is especially visible in a lateral observation.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — The samples come from a single cavity, located in the province of Bou Izakarn, south of Agadir.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Male (holotype)</p> <p>Total body length 2.20. Carapace: 0.93 long, 0.78 wide, coloration yellow-amber, pale and uniform, a little more intense in the anterior cephalic area, with a few scattered hairs. Eyes relatively small, but developed and with black areolas. Chelicerae: 0.46 (stem length), with three teeth on the promargin (basal tooth clearly separated from the two distal) and a denticle on the retromargin; same color as the carapace, but more intense. Legs pale yellow-amber; covered with a fine, short and very regular hairiness; long and thin; measurements: leg I (1.47 + 0.29 + 1.47 + 1.47 + 0.95), leg II (1.47 + 0.29 + 1.37 + 1.27 + 0.83), leg III (1.18 + 0.24 + 0.98 + 1.03 + 0.76), and leg IV (1.32 + 0.29 + 1.47 + 1.37 + 0.86). Opisthosoma: length 1.13, width, 0.83 matte grayishwhite, without dorsal pigmentary pattern and covered with long scattered hairs.</p> <p>Palp and copulatory bulb (Figs 4 A-C; 13J). Paracymbium very wide, subquadrangular, due to the great development of its proximal part, very broad at base, subtriangular distally and without basal pilosity; middle part with a pair of acute denticles, quite close, in the posterior area, and little excavated in its anterior part; the apical part very short and narrowing in a straight fingering. Bulb ventrally and laterally emphasizing the development of the lamella characteristica; a consistent process, starting from the back of the radix, orienting forward and outward; slightly curved, and showing distally, a clearly laminar structure describing a semicircle, like a broad-leaved sickle (arrangement particularly clear in a retrolateral observation). On ventral side, the suprategular apophysis curved, sharp and well sclerotized visible at the anterior end. Radix (Fig. 4C) developping, in front of the lamella characteristica, another long and acute process, well sclerotized, and slightly curved, the terminal apophysis. Embolus located in front of the radix, forming three translucent and sublaminar points; one of them, embolus proper, allowing to glimpse the route of the canal, starting from Fickert’s gland (fgl).</p> <p>Female (paratype [MZB 2017-0658])</p> <p>Body. Total body length 2.50. Carapace: 0.98 long by 0.78 wide, yellow-amber, with a brown and bright tint; no pigmentary pattern; coloration more intense in the cephalic area, which has some scattered hairs. Eyes developed, in standard disposition and with black areolas. Chelicerae 0.46 long, with a somewhat more intense coloration than the carapace; with three small teeth on the promargin (the two distal clearly separated from the basal) and only one on the retromargin. Legs yellowish, somewhat paler than the carapace, long and thin; measurements: leg I (1.52 + 0.34 + 1.47 + 1.44 + +0.88), leg II (1.37 + 0.34 + 1.35 + 1.35 + 0.83), leg III (1.13 + 0.27 + 1.08 + 1.08 + 0.64), and leg IV (1.27 + 0.29 + 1.37 + 1.32 + 0.78). Opisthosoma 1.42 long by 1.03 wide, yellowish white, without dorsal pigmentary pattern and with strewn long hairs.</p> <p>Female genitalia. Epigyne (Figs 4D, E; 13H, I) very developed and protruding in the ventral side of epigastrum, almost perpendicular to the surface of opisthosoma. Basal zone elongate, formed by the anterior and lateral walls of the bursa copulatrix, opening backward; these walls with a long and scattered hairiness. Posterior wall developing the median plate, semicircular and sclerotized, on which the distal part of the scape rests. Lateral walls not forming “wings”, although they distally expand in two triangular points closing the flanks of the bursa copulatrix. Scape relatively large; starting from the anterior wall of the bursa, so that lateral walls with a notch, rounded on each side, delimit the beginning. No specific development of the proscape, because it is limited to change direction, leaning towards the opisthosoma wall (only in a posterior observation appearing a little more dilated and rounded). Middle part of the scape oriented towards the inside of the bursa copulatrix, but maintaining a curvature in “C” so that the distal part is oriented outwards; scape route easily observable laterally. Entire escape greatly sclerotised and looking as a rigid structure, but allowing to observe by transparency the route of the fertilization ducts.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C956707AFFC9FF50FAD90479F833	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567078FFCFFC34FF750718F833.text	03C5C9567078FFCFFC34FF750718F833.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes fadriquei Barrientos 2020	<div><p>Lepthyphantes fadriquei Barrientos n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs 5; 13 E-G)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 64F9CBAA-7AE3-415D-89BE-5F842D0B23BD</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Morocco. 1♂; Kef Aziza, Boudenib, Meknès; 28.VIII.1970; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2905.</p> <p>Paratypes. Morocco. 3♀; same locality and date as the holotype; MZB 72-5577 • 1♀; same locality; 2.VI.2001; F. Fadrique &amp; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 2001-0414.</p> <p>OTHER MATERIAL. — Morocco. 3 juv.; same locality and date as the holotype; MZB 72-5578.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — In its posterior middle part, the paracymbium presents a very developed elongation, acute and curved towards the external side; its apical branch is narrow, straight and lanceolate. In the radix a sharp, spiny tip develops at its posterior end. The lamella characteristica consists of a long and narrow projection, which gradually sharpens towards the tip, maintaining a progressive curvature. The terminal apophysis, equally long and narrow, describes a curved path, parallel to the lamella characteristica, and somewhat longer. The epigyne is wide at its base and perpendicular to the surface; it narrows progressively distally where a proscape with an elliptical contour, flanked by the lateral walls, stands out. The set of the scape describes a structure in “S” (easily seen in side view). The morphology of the epigyne resembles that of L. ensiferus Barrientos n. sp.; however, the structure of the male genitalia separates the two species, which places L. fadriquei Barrientos n. sp. in an uncertain position in the group of Micronetinae.</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — We dedicate this species to Floren Fadrique, the main promoter of the latest biospeleological surveys in Morocco; without his generosity, initiative and dedication on the ground (before, during and after each expedition) we would not have many of the interesting samples of this small study.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — L. fadriquei Barrientos n. sp. is known only from the type locality, a cavity of the province of Meknès, in the high Moroccan Atlas.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Male (holotype)</p> <p>Body. Carapace: 0.81 long, by 0.68 wide; coloration pale yellow uniform and without additional pigmentary pattern. Some hairs scattered in the cephalic area. Without eyes. Chelicerae: 0.39 (length of stem), with three teeth, short and separated on the promargin; unarmed retromargin. Legs of the same color as the carapace; relatively long and thin; measurements: leg I (1.32 + 0.25 + 1.42 + 1.32 + 0.78), leg II (1.22 + 0.22 + 1.25 + 1.13 + 0.64), leg III (1.13 + 0.20 + 0.81 + 0.91 + 0.59), and leg IV (1.27 + 0.25 + 1.08 + 1.18 + 0.64). Opisthosoma missing.</p> <p>Palp and copulatory bulb (Figs 5 A-C; 13G). In the paracymbium, posterior middle part particularly well developed; prolonged by a long sharp projection and curved outwards (Fig. 5A, B); proximal part wide and trapezoidal, with some hairs in its basal area; middle part marked by two protrusions or dilatations: one just mentioned in the posterior part and one in the anterior part, thick and blunt, delimiting the anterior pocket; from the anterior pocket, the apical branch narrow, straight, somewhat spatulate, and relatively short. Ventrally bulb showing on its prolateral side the basal structure of the</p> <p>embolic division (Fig. 5C), the radix. Radix with a sharp and spiny process in its posterior part, and immediately afterwards, on its internal side, the lamella characteristica. Lamella consisting of a long and narrow projection, progressively sharpened toward the tip, maintaining a progressive curvature. Terminal apophysis parallel to the lamella characteristica, equally long and narrow, and describing a curved path of somewhat greater length; these two similar structures running parallel. Embolus complex, arising from the anterior part of the radix; with a laminar expansion, thin and transparent, as protective element of the embolus proper. Suprategular apophysis as a sharp process in front and below the terminal apophysis and lamelle characteristica; sharp, sclerotized, thicker and curved (Fig. 5A).</p> <p>Female (paratype [MZB 2001-0414])</p> <p>Body. Total body length: 2.15. Carapace: 0.88 long by 0.64 wide, yellow, very light, without pigmentary pattern; some scattered hairs in the cephalic part. Completely blind; without eyes or areolated remains. Chelicerae: 0.37 of length and a coloration more intense than carapace; with three tiny, equidistant teeth on the promargin; no teeth on the retromargin. Legs yellowish, very pale, long and thin; measurements: leg I (1.42 + 0.29 + 1.37 + 1.27 + 0.86), leg II (1.27 + 0.27 + 1.32 + 1.27 + 0.83), leg III (1.22 + 0.25 + 0.93 + 1.03 + 0.64), and leg IV (1.320 + 0.27 + 1.24 + 1.22 + 0.78). Opisthosoma 1.22 long by 0.78 wide, yellowish white, uniform and without pigmentary pattern, covered with fine, long, scattered and colorless hairs.</p> <p>Female genitalia. Epigyne (Figs 5D, E; 13E, F). Epigyne very developed and outstanding, in relation to the size of the opisthosoma; almost perpendicular to epigastrum surface. Its basal part narrowing progressively and formed by the anterior wall and the lateral walls, covered with long and scattered hairs. Distally, scape voluminous; proscape drawing a smooth surface with an elliptical contour; proscape framed between the extensions of the lateral walls. In the margins of the proscape, the fertilization ducts well visible. Scape: middle part located practically below the proscape; distal part oriented outward again, forming a narrow point (stretcher) protruding below. Entire set describing in a small space a double directional change in the shape of an “S”, which can be seen in a lateral view (Fig. 5E). By transparency through the anterior wall of the epigyne, the receptacula observed in the pedunculated area, near the scape base.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567078FFCFFC34FF750718F833	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C956707EFFCEFC3EFA790683FA31.text	03C5C956707EFFCEFC3EFA790683FA31.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes imazigheni Barrientos 2020	<div><p>Lepthyphantes imazigheni Barrientos n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs 6; 14A, B)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: CFF54D8D-4CDC-4249-AD9C-28EF5A6CC666</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Morocco. 1♀; Av. Bab Bou Idir, Bab Bou Idir, Taza; 17.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4078.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — The epigyne is well developed on the ventral side of the epigastrum. Its basal part lengthens and narrows distally, while curving backwards (forming a right angle). The side walls form a pair of short “wings” that protect the scape. The proscape is narrow and rounded, somewhat domed; the distal part of the scape forms a projection (stretcher) protruding below the proscape. The structure of the epigyne resembles that of L. taza, a species with which it could have some relationship. However, the curvature of the entire structure makes L. imazigheni Barrientos n. sp. a different species.</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — Imazighen is the name that designates the first settlers of North Africa. Throughout their history these peoples have suffered numerous invasions and dominations. In spite of everything, the imazighen currently maintain their identity. We dedicate to them this small species that lives in the depths of the Maghreb.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — L. imazigheni Barrientos n. sp. is exclusively known from the type locality.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Female (holotype)</p> <p>Body. Total body length 2.84. Carapace: 1.22 long by 0.83 wide; yellowish brown, ambarine tint, somewhat more intense in the cephalic part bearing a few hairs. Eyes reduced and depigmented (Fig. 6A); ocular lenses present, but reduced and slightly paler. Chelicerae: 0.56 long, with coloration somewhat more intense than the carapace; three teeth on the promargin, the basal smallest and more separated. Legs brown, like the carapace, long and thin; coxa and trochanter somewhat paler; measurements: leg I (2.11 + 0.42 + 2.06 + 1.93 + 1.15), leg II (2.00 + 0.40 + 1.86 + 1.84 + 1.10), leg III (1.52 + 0.34 + 1.32 + 1.47 + 0.83), and leg IV (1.81 + 0.38 + 1.86 + 1.86 + 1.05). Opisthosoma 1.47 long by 1.10 wide, gray-white color, without dorsal pattern, but entirely covered with a fine hairiness.</p> <p>Female genitalia. Epigyne (Figs 6B, C; 14A, B) very developed and protruding in the ventral side of epigastrum. Its basal part elongate and slightly narrowed distally, while curving backwards (forming a right angle); opening of the bursa copulatrix thus displaced distally. Pilosity of epigyne walls short but clearly distinct; hairs long and well areolated at their base. Posterior wall with a median plate, little visible by the arrangement of the structure itself. Lateral walls elongate forming a pair of short “wings” protecting the scape. Scape originating from the anterior part of the bursa copulatrix, from which it is separated by a furrow. Proscape narrow with a rounded contour, somewhat domed on its external face; flexing forward, hidden by the wings of the lateral walls (middle part of the scape) and backwards (distal part), narrowing and lengthening by a fingering (stretcher) that protrudes below the proscape.</p> <p>Male</p> <p>Unknown.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C956707EFFCEFC3EFA790683FA31	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C956707FFFCDFF59F99902ABF9F1.text	03C5C956707FFFCDFF59F99902ABF9F1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes lamellatus Barrientos 2020	<div><p>Lepthyphantes lamellatus Barrientos n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs 7; 14 D-F)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C393FC92-24AF-4F0A-8DD2-91D7777C58A9</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Morocco. 1♂; Ifri Nhmamne, Aglefth, Taglefth, Azilal; 20.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4160. Paratypes. Morocco. 1♀; same locality and date as the holotype.</p> <p>OTHER MATERIAL. — Morocco. 2 juv.; same locality and date as the holotype; MZB 2017-0664.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — The paracymbium is especially wide in its proximal part; at the junction with the median part it extends through a small spiny projection; the apical part is digitiform and curved in inverted “C”. The bulb has a lamella characteristica flattened, curved 90° distally, where it is finely serrated and fluted. The terminal apophysis and the basal lobe of the embolus are in the form of submembranous and transparent sheet, with a denticulate border. The epigyne is small and simplified. The proscape is flattened and rounded, wider than long, and with a posterior notch in the folding area. The middle and distal parts of the scape cannot be observed, as they are practically hidden under the proscape; only the distal part of the stretcher is visible. In general, the genital structures are simplified, but sufficiently different to support the definition of a new species of the afer group, particularly diversified in the Maghreb. By the shape of its proscape, the new species seems close to L. longihamatus and perhaps also to L. longipedis.</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — The chosen name highlights the structure of the lamella characteristica; it has a flattened and laminar appearance, with its distal edge finely serrated. It is easily observable in the bulb at rest.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — This species is exclusively known from the type locality, a cave in the province of Azilal, in the high Atlas of Morocco.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Male (holotype)</p> <p>Body. Total body length: 2.60. Carapace: 1.17 long, by 0.90 wide, brown yellowish, and uniform. Eyes developed and with independent black areolas. Chelicerae with a stem 0,54 long, with two unequal teeth on the promargin. Legs yellow amber, almost uniform; thin and longer than in the female; measurements: leg I (1.96 + 0.34 + 2.40 + 1.91 + 1.22), leg II (1.86 + 0.32 + 1.86 + 2.40 + 0.86), leg III (1.62 + 0.27 + 1.57 + 1.32 + 0.83), and leg IV (1.86 + 0.32 + 1.91 + 1.96 + 0.89). Opisthosoma: 1,57 long by 0,93 width, grayish, without dorsal pigmentary pattern although with some hint of gray macules; covered with scattered brown hairs.</p> <p>Palps and copulatory bulb (Figs 7 A-C; 14F). Tibia and tarsus (cymbium) without notable elements, although the latter presents laterally the paracymbium and lodges a voluminous bulb in its ventral face. Paracymbium wide and trapezoidal in its proximal zone; in the junction with the middle part an acute spinous protrusion delimiting the posterior pocket. Apical part considerably narrowed, having distally the shape of a curved and blunt fingering; the whole set curved in a regular “C”. At rest, bulb with on its retrolateral side, a lamella characteristica wide and laminar, D-shaped, toothed and finely fluted distally distally; this structure characteristic and easily observed. From the radix a submembranous terminal apophysis and the embolus; embolus apical lobe with a transparent membrane with with a denticulate border. Main lobe of embolus protected by this membranous lobe; more sclerotised and terminated by a sharp tooth. In the anterior part of the resting bulb, distal part of suprategular apophysis visible, having the shape of an acute and sclerotised projection.</p> <p>Female (paratype)</p> <p>Body. Total body length 2.55. Carapace: 1.18 long by 0.98 wide, yellow-amber uniform color, bright tone (like the male), without clear pigmentary pattern. Eyes well developed in regular arrangement (two transversal lines) and with independent black areolas. Chelicerae: 0.54 long and coloration similar to carapace; with two teeth on the promargin, separated and of different size as in male. Legs yellow-amber, like carapace, long and thin; measurements: leg I (1.96 + 0.34 + 1.86 + 1.86 + 1.13), leg II (1.91 + 0.32 + 1.59 + 1.62 + 1.13), leg III (1.62 + 0.27 + 1.32 + 1.40 + 0.78), and leg IV (1.86 + 0.32 + 1.81 + + 1.71 + 0.88). Legs covered with a fine hairiness accompanied by some spines. Opisthoma 1.52 long by 1.03 wide, opaque white, without pigmentary pattern; some dark spots distally, covered with dark scattered hairs.</p> <p>Female genitalia. Epigyne (Figs 7D, E; 14D, E) with a simplified structure, of reduced size, on the ventral side of epigastrum; extending backwards on postepigastrum.Unlike in other species of the afer group, epigyne little protruding from opisthosomal surface. Proscape flattened and with rounded contours, wider than long; well sclerotized and showing a posterior notch in the folding zone. Median and distal parts of scape hidden under the proscape. Distal part more devel- oped, but pressed against the previous two, so that it gives the flattened image mentioned above; distal part protruding in triangular point below the proscape.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C956707FFFCDFF59F99902ABF9F1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C956707CFFCCFC22F9DE05D8F833.text	03C5C956707CFFCCFC22F9DE05D8F833.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes leknizii Barrientos 2020	<div><p>Lepthyphantes leknizii Barrientos n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs 8; 14C)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 90FAC191-23D7-4E7E-8571-A5EC8EFA9AA2</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Morocco. 1♀; Kef Admam, Merhraoua, Taza; 19.VII.2012; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-0173.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — The epigyne is small and perpendicular to the surface of the epigastrum; it has a wide bursa copulatrix in its basal part, closed behind by a subquadrangular median plate. The scape shows a rigid proscape with a rounded and flat contour (the semicircular path of the fertilization ducts can be reached at its edges); the middle</p> <p>lw</p> <p>and distal parts of the scape are reduced; the latter presents small, distal projection that protrudes slightly below the proscape. Following the characterization made by Bosmans (2006), this species is very close to L. afer (Simon, 1913); it differs from this species by presenting a practically round proscape (instead of oval) and being completely blind.</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — We dedicate this species to Mehkram Lekmizi, Moroccan biospeleologist, who has been a fundamental support in the development of the expeditions of the last two years (2015 and 2016).</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — It is exclusively known from the type locality.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Female (holotype)</p> <p>Body. Total body length: 3.13. Carapace: 1.27 long by 0.98 wide, pale brown, yellowish, bright with a few hairs in the cephalic area. Without eyes (Fig. 8D). Chelicerae: 0.78 in length and with the same coloration as the carapace. Legs brown, like the carapace, but distal articles lighter; long and thin; measurements: leg I (2.15 + 0.42 + 2.15 + 2.06 + 1.13), leg II (2.10 + 0.39 + 1.81 + 1.96 + 1.08), leg III (1.71 + 0.34 + 1.27 + 1.81 + 1.03), and leg IV (1.86 + 0.42 + 1.81 + 1.91 + 0.93). Opisthosoma 1.86 long by 1.17 wide, whitish gray, without dorsal pattern, but entirely covered with a fine hairiness.</p> <p>Female genitalia. Epigyne (Figs 8 A-C; 14C) very small, with basal part showing a bursa copulatrix, wider than long. Lateral walls and posterior wall well developed, with a medial plate. Scape originating from the anterior part of the bursa copulatrix, not separated from the bursa copulatrix by a furrow; proscape rigid with a rounded and flat contour (its tegument well sclerotized but showing the fertilization ducts, which follow a semicircular route next to the edges of the proscape); median part of the scape quite small, so that it is immediately linked to the distal part; distinctly more narrow than the proscape and quite sclerotised; stretcher with a small blunt finger-shaped projection, without lateral wings, at the base of which begin the fertilization ducts.</p> <p>Male</p> <p>Unknown.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C956707CFFCCFC22F9DE05D8F833	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567062FFD3FF6EFF750572FA40.text	03C5C9567062FFD3FF6EFF750572FA40.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes longihamatus Bosmans 1985	<div><p>Lepthyphantes longihamatus Bosmans, 1985</p> <p>MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco. 1♀; Akiam Ins Er Rebi, Agoudal, Ouarzazate; 23.IX.2016; C. Fontgivell leg.; MZB 2016-4071 • 1♂, 1♀, 13 juv.; same locality; 23.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4075 • 1♂, 3♀; same locality; 23.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4115 • 1♂, 3 juv.; Ifri Bouyzem, Aglefth, Taglefth, Azilal; 20.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4079.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — In his description, Bosmans (1985) indicates that it is a species very close to Lepthyphantes afer (Simon, 1913), Lepthyphantes venereus Simon, 1913 and Lepthyphantes emarginatus Fage, 1931, but it is distinguished from them by its copulatory organs, especially the spine of the patella, the paracymbium with a single posterior tooth, a small lamella characteristica, the clearly trimmed proscape, the very long stretcher and the deep cleft of the median plate.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — The holotype comes from the cave Akiam Ins Er Rebi, Imilchil (Bosmans 1985); to this locality is added the one indicated by Tanasevitch (2014), Ifri el Caid, Ait Mohammed. The first belongs to the province of Ouarzazate and the second to Azilal; both are located in the high Atlas of Morocco. Our data confirm its presence in the type locality and add a new one, the Ifri Bouyzem cave, in Azilal.</p> <p>Lepthyphantes maurusius Brignoli, 1978</p> <p>MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco. 1♀; Grotte Sidi Megbeur, Sidi Megbeur, Taza; 16.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4053.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — According to Brignoli (1978) the epigyne is characteristic, although typical of the species close to the “ pinicola group”. It will be necessary to confirm this relationship. There is obviously a group of taxa comprising “Spanish-Moroccan forms”, such as L. aelleni, L. taza, L. imazigheni Barrientos n. sp., L. phallifer Fage, 1931, L. fagei Machado, 1939 and even L. lorifer Simon, 1907, which could be related. Among them L. maurusius can be easily distinguished by its epigyne and the opening of the bursa copulatrix, which is oriented outwards, instead of backwards or towards the posterior walls.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — L. maurusius is only known from the type locality (Brignoli 1978), the cave of Sidi Mejbeur, in the Taza region (high Atlas of Morocco). The data of Tanasevitch (2014) and those given in the present work confirm its presence in the above-mentioned cave.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567062FFD3FF6EFF750572FA40	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567062FFD2FEBDFA7903CAF830.text	03C5C9567062FFD2FEBDFA7903CAF830.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes sasi Barrientos & Brañas & Mederos 2020	<div><p>Lepthyphantes sasi Barrientos n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs 9; 14 G-I)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: ABFE9738-CB68-4387-B688-CC8851B93B2A</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Morocco. 1♂; Av. Arkan, Merhraoua, Taza; 19.V.2002; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2003-0435.</p> <p>Paratypes. Morocco. 2♀; same locality and date as the holotype; MZB 2017-0657 • 2♀; Ifri Gidaire, Jbel Bou Iblane, Merhraoua, Taza; 19.IX.2016; C. Fontgivell leg.; MZB 2016-4076.</p> <p>OTHER MATERIAL. — 1 juv.; Ifri Gidaire, Jbel Bou Iblane, Merhraoua, Taza; 19.IX.2016; C. Fontgivell leg.; MZB 2017-1479.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — The paracymbium is domed in its middle part, with a pair of short denticles on its lower edge; the apical part is narrow, with a sinuous and finger-shaped apex. The lamella characteristica is bifurcated basally: inner branch narrow, laminar and ending in tip; outer branch also laminar, widening progressively and with a series of sclerotized tips in its distal edge. The anterior wall of the epigyne is strongly curved backwards; the lateral walls lengthen on the sides forming a pair of subtriangular “wings”, which protect the proscape. The proscape expands after a brief basal narrowing, making a well sclerotized subcircular structure. Because of its female genital traits, L. sasi Barrientos n. sp. recalls L. djazairi Bosmans, 1985, always within the characteristics of the “ afer group”. The structures shown by the male copulatory bulb are more complex to relate; the basal fusion of the lamella characteristica and terminal apophysis constitutes a characteristic feature; but as a whole it ressembles those presented by L. aelleni.</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — This species is dedicated to the speleologist Francisco Sas Planas, recently deceased, one of the main promoters of the Moroccan expeditions in its beginnings (years 1968-1970); this little tribute and our gratitude for him.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — The samples studied come from two nearby caves located in Merhraoua, in the high Atlas of Morocco (Taza region).</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Male (holotype)</p> <p>Body. Total body length: 2.80. Carapace: 1.37 long, by 1.03 wide, yellow-amber, uniform. Hairs scattered in the cephalic area, up to the eyes. Eyes relatively small, but visible and surrounded by a small black areola. Chaelicerae with 0.61 long stem, with three equal-sized teeth on the promargin and one tooth (smaller and followed by three denticles) on the retromargin. Legs yellow-amber; relatively long and thin; measurements: leg I (1.76 + 0.37 + 2.06 + 1.86 + 1.13), leg II (1.71 + 0.34 + 1.62 + 1.52 + 1.03), leg III (1.27 + 0.32 + 1.42 + 1.32 + 0.54), and leg IV (1.62 + 0.34 + without + without + without). Opisthosoma 1.42 long, 1.08 wide, matt white, grayish and without dorsal pigmentary pattern. Long and brown hairs scattered on its surface.</p> <p>Palp and copulatory bulb (Figs 9 A-C; 14I). Paracymbium thick and clearly domed in its middle zone (Fig. 9A), whose lower edge is delimited by a pair of short denticles; proximal part wide; upper end rounded, with a group of short hairs at its base; middle part domed, making the two pockets, one posterior and one anterior (this specially developed); apical part of paracymbium narrowing progressively, so that its end is sinuous and fingershaped. Bulb as on Fig. 9A, B: with the lamella characteristica attached at its base to the terminal apothysis.Terminal apophysis straight, narrow, laminar, and distally pointed; outer branch (lamella characteristica, located next to the paracymbium) also laminar but widening and progressively curved accompanying the surface of the bulb. Distal part of the lamella characteristica of subtriangular contour, presenting a series of sclerotized tips related to a clear striation at least in its distal half; apex darker with denticulate margins. Radix (Fig. 9C) distally differentiating a spiny and acute prolongation. Embolus complex protruding from the midle zone of the latter prolongation. Main part of embolus simple, narrow at base and widened at its distal area that is laminar, except at the black point where the duct is opened; accompanied by a laminar structure, narrow at base, which also dilates at its apex making a translucent sheet, protecting the distal part of the main part of the embolus. Fickert’s gland clearly visible.Suprategular apophysis sclerotized and with several acute tips, protruding in the anterior part of the bulb, under the complex of the embolic division.</p> <p>Female (paratype [MZB 2017-0657])</p> <p>Body. Total body length: 3.38. Carapace: 1.18 long by 0.78 wide, yellow-amber, very clear and uniform, without pigmentary pattern; some hairs scattered in the cephalic part. Eyes reduced, but present and slightly areolated, in typical disposition. Chelicerae: 0.69 long, with the same coloration as the carapace, but somewhat more intense; with three equal-sized teeth on the promargin, regularly spaced, and one on the retromargin (accompanied by three punctate dentils in a row). Legs long and thin as in the male, yellow-amber, a bit more intense than the carapace; measurements: leg I (1.93 + 0.39 + 2.06 + 1.96 + 1.13), leg II (1.76 + 0.34 + 1.81 + 1.37 + 0.76), leg III (1.62 + 0.32 + 1.44 + 1.32 + 0.71), and leg IV (1.76 + 0.34 + 1.79 + 1.74 + 0.78). Opisthosoma: 1.71 long by 1.08 wide, matt grayish-white, uniform and without dorsal pigmentary pattern; covered with numerous thin and scattered hairs, brown and quite long.</p> <p>Female genitalia. Epigyne (Figs 9D, E; 14G, H) standing out on the ventral side of the epigastrum; almost perpendicular to the surface of the opisthosoma, with the opening of the bursa copulatrix looking back. Basal part bulging and elongate in front and on the sides. Anterior wall, with a long and scattered hairiness, curved back giving a rounded profile. Lateral walls also elongate forming on each side a pair of subtriangular “wings”, protecting the flanks of the proscape; in the basal zone, receptacula seen by transparency. Posterior wall short and with a narrow median plate. Proscape originating from the anterior wall of the bursa copulatrix, between the two expansions of the lateral walls. Near its base, proscape widening after a brief basal narrowing, giving a well-sclerotized subcircular contour structure. Middle part of the scape curved and placed under the proscape, hidden and facing forward; slightly sclerotized and curved again to give the distal part, very short, which also does not protrude from the proscape; strecher observed laterally below it. Fertilization ducts observed by transparency.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567062FFD2FEBDFA7903CAF830	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567060FFD1FF43FBBB03DCF833.text	03C5C9567060FFD1FF43FBBB03DCF833.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepthyphantes taza Tanasevitch 2014	<div><p>Lepthyphantes taza Tanasevitch, 2014</p> <p>(Fig. 10)</p> <p>MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco. 1♀, 2 juv.; Cv. Trou de la Piste, Tabhairte, Taza; 3.IX.2009; A. Faille leg.; MZB 2010-1837 • 1♀; same locality; 1.VIII.2012; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2014-7288 • 5♀, 2 juv.; same locality; 15.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016- 4080 • 1♂, 1♀; Ifri Azokhage (= Riviere Chara), Tabhairte, Taza; 15.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4087.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — The paracymbium is narrow; it presents an acute denticle in the proximal part of its middle zone, and a laminated prolongation with three points in its anterior part; the apical part is finger-shaped and bent distally. In the bulb, the lamella characteristica is fused at the base with the terminal apophysis, making a bifurcated structure: the terminal apophysis is short, narrow and sinuous; the lamella characteristica is narrow and extends forward on the outer side of the bulb, apically denticulated at on the margins. The female is characterized by the peculiar conformation of the epigyne: the walls of the bursa copulatrix protrude, moving its opening away from the epigastric wall. The lateral walls differentiate an elongated process (“wings”) on each side, flanking a reduced proscape, as well as the rest of the scape, which is not very apparent. Lepthyphantes taza could be related to a set of species from the Maghreb, L. aelleni, L. maurusius, L. imazigheni Barrientos n. sp. and L. sasi Barrientos n. sp. (although in the latter there are features in the female genitalia that bring it closer to the “ afer group”).</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — This species was only known from the type locality (Tanasevitch 2014). We add other caves here in the same region of Chara, south of Taza, in the Moroccan Atlas.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Male</p> <p>Body. Total body length: 2.63. Carapace: 1.02 long and 0.96 wide, pale brown yellowish, uniform. Scattered hairs in the cephalic area, up to the eyes. Eyes relatively small, but visible and surrounded by a black areola. Chaelicerae with 0.36 long stem, with three teeth (one bigger) and a minor denticle on the promargin; on the retromargin a small slightly denticulated edge. Legs pale brown yellowish; lighter in distal articles (metatarsus and tarsus); relatively long and thin; measurements: leg I (2.11 + 0.38 + 2.24 + 1.92 + 1.06), leg II (1.95 + 0.35 + 1.89 + 1.79 + 1.02), leg III (1.79 + 0.32 + 1.47 + 1.44 + 0.90), and leg IV (1.92 + 0.35 + 1.86 + 1.86 + 0.99). Opisthosoma, length 1.60, width, 0.90, pale yellow, whitish and without dorsal pigmentary pattern.</p> <p>Palp and copulatory bulb (Fig. 10 A-C). Paracymbium narrow; proximal part wide, with rounded edges and small hairs; middle part with an acute denticle at the posterior end (which closes the posterior pocket) and a laminated three-pronged denticle at the anterior end (which in turn delimit the posterior pocket); apical part finger-shaped, bent distally. With the bulb at rest: radix well visible ventrally on prolateral side. Lamella characteristica fusing at the base with the terminal apophysis, protruding from the back, so that it appears as a bifurcated structure. Anterior branch short, narrow and sinuous; posterior branch laminar, narrow, longer and extending forward on the outer side of the bulb; distal part darker, with denticulate margins. Embolus emerging from the middle part of the radix; quite complex: main part simple, laminar, widened in its middle part and finished in a black bifurcated tip; accompanied, from the base, by a sheet becoming translucent and protecting distally the main part. Fickert’s gland visible in the radix. Suprategular apophysis sclerotised, pointed and curved, protruding below the embolus and facing forward.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567060FFD1FF43FBBB03DCF833	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567061FFD7FF74FEB50250F833.text	03C5C9567061FFD7FF74FEB50250F833.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Palliduphantes banderolatus Barrientos 2020	<div><p>Palliduphantes banderolatus Barrientos n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs 11; 15 A-C)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 958764B5-F3BC-48FE-968C-03E3B45A7258</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Morocco. 1♂; Ifri N’Yzme, Ait Abdallàh, Tarudant; 16.X.2015; L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2015-8578. Paratypes. Morocco. 1♂, 2♀; same locality and date as the holotype; MZB 2017-0666 • 1♂; Puits Cochrisco C.A. 10, Azour ou Aghroud, Tarhazoute, Agadir Ida Ou Tanane; 18.X.2015; C. Fontgivell leg.; MZB 2015-8592.</p> <p>OTHER MATERIAL. — Morocco. 2 juv.; same locality and date as the holotype; MZB 2017-0667 • 1♀; Puits Cochrisco C.A. 9, Azour ou Aghroud, Tarhazoute, Agadir Ida Ou Tanane; 18.X.2015; L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2017-0217 • 1♀; same locality; 18.X.2015; L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2017-0221 • 1♀; same locality; 18.X.2015; L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2017-0222 • 1♀; Puits Cochrisco C.A. 10, Azour ou Aghroud, Tarhazoute, Agadir Ida Ou Tanane (Morocco); 18.X.2015; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2017-0211 • 1♀; Puits Cochrisco C.A. 11, Azour ou Aghroud, Tarhazoute, Agadir Ida Ou Tanane (Morocco); 18.X.2015; L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2017-0214.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — The proximal part of the paracymbium is narrow; the middle part is wider and has an anterior denticle, long and sharp; the anterior part is wide and has rounded contours. In the bulb, the lamella characteristica is elongated and narrow, ending in a sharp point; in a subterminal position, it presents a flat and laminar denticle terminated in two points, like a banderole. The epigyne protrudes on the ventral side of the epigastrum; the posterior wall bears a middle plate, with two juxtaposed rounded areas; the lateral walls protect the scape. The scape is narrow, elongated and almost completely hidden; the proscape, barely individualized, is oriented towards the back, and can be clearly observed in side view; middle and distal parts of the scape describing an inflection in “S” near the median plate. Although the shape of the lamella characteristica individualizes P. banderolatus Barrientos n. sp., its structures relate it to other species of the genus, originated from caves of the Iberian Peninsula, such as P. cortesi Ribera &amp; De Mas, 2003, P. lorifer (Simon, 1907) or P. cadiziensis (Wunderlich, 1980), among others.</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — The name refers to the shape of the lamella characteristica, narrow and elongated at its base, and dilated in an expansion that recalls a “banderole”, in its distal part.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — The localities in which this new species has been captured are located in Ait Abdallàh, province of Taroudant, Antiatlas, in southern Morocco.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Male (holotype)</p> <p>Body. Total body length 1.91. Carapace, 0.83 long and 0.69 wide, brown yellowish, and uniform. Hairs scattered in the cephalic area, up to the eyes. Eyes developed and areolated of black. Chelicerae: 0.39 long of the basal portion, with three teeth on the promargin. Legs yellow amber, a bit more intense in the basal parts and in the first legs (femora I and II); relatively long and thin; measurements: leg I (1.22 + 0.27 + 1.25 + 1.17 + 0.73), leg II (1.13 + 0.27 + 1.08 + 1.08 + 0.69), leg III (0.95 +‰.24 +‰.83 +‰.83 +‰.44), and leg IV (1.13 + 0.27 + 1.08 + 1.15 + 0.69). Opisthosoma, length 1.00 and width 0.69, pale grayish color, without dorsal pigmentary pattern, but covered with brown hairs scattered throughout the integument.</p> <p>Palp and copulatory bulb (Figs 11 A-C; 15C). Proximal part of paracymbium narrow and with parallel sides, with some short hairs; middle part noticeably wider and flattened, with a long, sharp denticle in the anterior area, and only one more pronounced ridge on its posterior margin; so that the “pockets” are poorly marked; anterior part also wide, with rounded contours, and extended backwards by a laminar curved structure. Bulb as on Figure 11A, B: lamella characteristica clearly visible elongated and narrow, ending in a sharp, slightly curved tip; in a subterminal position, with a flat and laminar denticle, finished in two points, like a banderole. Radix revealing the Fickert’s gland and distally developing a small sharp tip (only visible with the expanding bulb). Terminal apophysis emerging from radix middle part, sublaminar and rounded. Embolus in more distal position, with two sclerotized tips and protected by a laminar protrusion. Below the radix, forward and clearly visible at the anterior end, the suprategular apophysis, curved and pointed, protruding.</p> <p>Female (paratype [MZB 2017-0666])</p> <p>Body. Total body length 1.86. Carapace, 0.78 long by 0.66 wide, with a uniform yellow-amber brown color, without pigmentary pattern, but with some hairs scattered on the cephalic part. Eyes well developed, in regular arrangement (two transversal lines) and areolated of black. Chelicerae: 0.42 of length, same coloration as the carapace; with three separate teeth on the promargin and of similar size (as in the male). Legs yellow-amber, like the carapace, long and thin; measurements: leg I (1.32 + 0.34 + 1.32 + 1.22 + 0.83), leg II (1.22 + 0.32 + 1.15 + 1.13 + 0.73), leg III (1.05 + 0.29 + 0.83 + 0.93 + 0.54), and leg IV (1.30 + 0.29 + 1.17 + 1.08 + 0.69). Legs covered with a fine hairiness accompanied by some spines. Opisthosoma, 0.98 long by 0.73 wide, dark gray, without a defined pigmentary pattern, but with some diffuse macules, paler and transverse, on its dorsal side. Covered with numerous scattered hairs, dark and quite long.</p> <p>Female genitalia. Epigyne (Figs 11 D-F; 15A, B) standing out on the ventral side of the epigastrum, leaning backwards on the surface of the postepigastrum. This arrangement resulting from the lengthening of the anterior wall of the bursa copulatrix (which thereby opens backwards). Anterior wall with a long and scattered hairiness, easy to see, as well as by transparency the two receptacula in the basal area. Posterior wall with the medial plate, consisting of two juxtaposed rounded areas. Lateral walls not forming “wings”, but protecting the scape and with an abundant pilosity, like the anterior wall. Scape narrow, elongated and almost completely hidden, since inflected inmediately and oriented backwards. In this way, proscape slightly differentiated and oriented backwards, narrowing and elongated, being easily observed laterally. Middle part of the scape and distal part small, forming an inflection in “S” that is close to the median plate of the posterior wall.</p> <p>Palliduphantes cadiziensis (Wunderlich, 1980)</p> <p>MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco. 5♂, 5♀, 8 juv.; Kef Maamram, Ras El Maa, Taza; 16.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4116 • 1♀; same locality; 16.IX.2016; C. Fontgivell leg.; MZB 2016- 4061 • 1♀; Av. Bab Bou Idir, Bab Bou Idir, Taza; 17.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4063 • 1♂; same locality; 17.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4091.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — From the description of Wunderlich (1980) we extract the following characters: Lamella characteristica of the male bulb elongated and bifurcated distally; embolus pointed. Thick and protruding epigyne; scape strongly curved, with its narrow distal part. The carapace and the legs are yellowish or ochre-yellowish in color. Eyes are areolated in black. Opisthosoma gray to dark gray, often with some paler spots.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — Although the type locality (Algeciras, Cádiz) is located in the south of Spain (Wunderlich 1980), this species has been mentioned later in several localities of Morocco (Bosmans 2006), including in the region of Taza, in the two cavities that we have previously indicated.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567061FFD7FF74FEB50250F833	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567067FFD5FF6CFC7B0683FE6C.text	03C5C9567067FFD5FF6CFC7B0683FE6C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Palliduphantes megascapus Barrientos 2020	<div><p>Palliduphantes megascapus Barrientos n. sp.</p> <p>(Figs 12; 15 D-F)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 885DDD66-4851-4A1D-BC5E-812B5D20ADBE</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Morocco. 1♀; Puits Cochrisco C.A. 8, Azour ou Aghroud, Tarhazoute, Agadir Ida Ou Tanane; 27.IX.2016; C. Fontgivell leg.; MZB 2016-4101.</p> <p>Paratypes. Morocco. 3♀; same locality and date as the holotype; MZB 2017-0668.</p> <p>OTHER MATERIAL. — Morocco. 1♀; Ifri Laghar (= Ifri Tagaderth, = Al Andalus), Tizgui N’Chorfa, Agadir Ida Ou Tanane; 23.VII.2003; J. Esquius leg.; MZB 2003-1261 • 2♀; same locality; 23.VII.2003; F. Fadrique &amp; J. Esquius leg.; MZB 2003-1288 • 1♀; same locality; 13.X.2015; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2015-8618 • 1♀; Puits Cochrisco C.A. 10, Azour ou Aghroud, Tarhazoute, Agadir Ida Ou Tanane; 26.VII.2003; F. Fadrique &amp; J. Esquius leg.; MZB 2013-2950 • 1♀, 1 juv.; Cv. Imi Ougoug, Assif N’Talma, Immouzzer, Agadir Ida Ou Tanane; 27.VII.2003; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2013-2949.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — The epigyne is very developed, occupying a large part of the middle ventral zone of opisthosoma. Its anterior and lateral walls are lengthened and oriented backwards. The scape acquires a great development. The proscape is narrow, elongating backwards, the middle part is very long, almost reaching the opisthosomal wall, where it curves in “C” and connects with the distal part. The whole structure is very sclerotized. Its development and appearance is visible particularly laterally.</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — The name of the new species refers to the enormous development of the female genitalia, in relation to the size of the opisthosoma, especially; to the length of the scape.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — The four cavities in which this species is found are in the province of Agadir Ida Ou Tanane (two in Tarhazoute [C.A.8 and C.A.10], one in Tizgui N’Chorfa [Ifri Laghar] and another in Immouzzer [Cv. Imi Ougoug]), in Antiatlas, southern Morocco.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Female (holotype)</p> <p>Body. Total body length: 2.40. Carapace: 1.03 long by 0.83 wide, light brown, without additional pigmentation pattern, but with some hairs scattered on the cephalic part. Eyes developed and pigmented, with black areolas that meet the eyes MA, LA and LP; arranged in the two typical transverse lines. Chelicerae: 0.42 in length and with a similar coloration to that of carapace; three teeth on the promargin (the basal much smaller and separated from the others) and unarmed retromargin. Brown legs, with darker femurs, long and thin; measurements: leg I (1.37 + 0.27 + without + without + without), leg II (1.30 + 0.27 + 1.22 + 1.17 + 1.59), leg III (1.15 + 0.22 + 0.93 + 0.95 + 0.22), and leg IV (1.40 + 0.25 + 1.30 + 1.22 + 0.73). Opisthosoma, 1.37 long by 1.08 wide, more or less uniform grayish, and without dorsal pigmentation pattern, but covered with thin and scattered hairs.</p> <p>Female genitalia. Epigyne (Figs 11A, B; 15 D-F) highly developed and protruding on the ventral side of the epigastrum, tilted backwards and covering the central half of the postepigastrum. Its basal part elongate in front and on the sides, orienting itself towards the back; bursa copulatrix opening in its distal part. Anterior and lateral walls with a scattered and clearly distinct pilosity, with some long hairs areolated at their base. Posterior wall with a middle plate, not very visible because arranged against the opisthosomal surface. The side walls not forming “wings”, although they cover the base of the scape. Proscape quite narrow and not very individualized; merging with the end of the anterior wall and elongate backward, giving a rather voluminous structure. Middle part of the scape bending and facing forward. Entire scape narrowed, elongated and well sclerotized. Near the back wall, distal part of the scape widening and curved again, describing a “C. The whole structure forming a rigid and narrow structure revealing the fertilization ducts by transparency. The two receptacles also observed, at the base of the structure.</p> <p>Male</p> <p>Unknown.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567067FFD5FF6CFC7B0683FE6C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567064FFD5FF4EFD9A04CFFACA.text	03C5C9567064FFD5FF4EFD9A04CFFACA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tenuiphantes tenuis (Blackwall 1852)	<div><p>Tenuiphantes tenuis (Blackwall, 1852)</p> <p>MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco. 2♂, 2♀, 4 juv.; Puits Cochrisco C.A. 9, Azour ou Aghroud, Tarhazoute, Agadir Ida Ou Tanane; 18.X.2015; L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2015-8587 • 1♀, 1 juv.; same locality, 18.X.2015, L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2017-0218 • 6♂, 6♀, 3 juv.; Ifri Bouyzem, Aglefth, Taglefth, Azilal; 20.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4117 • 1 juv.; same locality; 20.IX.2016, F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4068 • 1♂, 2 juv.; Puits Cochrisco C.A. 9, Azour ou Aghroud, Tarhazoute, Agadir Ida Ou Tanane; 26.VII.2003; F. Fadrique &amp; J. Esquius leg.; MZB 2016-0046 • 1♀, Ifri Bouyzem, Aglefth, Taglefth, Azilal; 15.V.2004; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-0049 • 2♂, 3♀, 14 juv.; Av. Aurat, Aït M’Hammed, Azilal; 26.VIII.1972; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 83-3973.</p> <p>DIAGNOSIS. — The medial part of the paracymbium has a pair of separated teeth of similar length. The lamella characteristica of the male bulb has a short and wide distal denticle. In the epigyne, the visible part of the scape has the shape of an anchor in its posterior end, in the middle separating two lateral semicircular projections. Frequently, the opisthosoma presents black spots in the form of circumflex accents, especially marked in its posterior half.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — T. tenuis has been cited from a large number of localities in the Maghreb area, especially from Algeria and Morocco (Bosmans 2006). It is a common species in the Iberian fauna and with a wide distribution in Europe (Nentwig et al. 2018).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567064FFD5FF4EFD9A04CFFACA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C9567064FFDAFC96F9B80206F893.text	03C5C9567064FFDAFC96F9B80206F893.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Piniphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch 1996	<div><p>PINIPHANTES ?</p> <p>Many species remain catalogued (World Spider Catalog 2018) in the genus Lepthyphantes (sensu Menge, 1866). Among them are several spiders captured in caves and hollows in the mountainous areas of Morocco and Algeria (Denis &amp; Dresco 1957; Brignoli 1978; Tanasevitch 2014). Some authors (Bosmans 1985) have attempted to bring them within some morphological proximity to Piniphantes pinicola (Simon, 1884) so they would be candidates for inclusion in the genus Piniphantes Saaristo &amp; Tanasevitch, 1996. However, these confounding groups of Moroccan and Algerian spiders also have common characteristics, suggesting a close relationship (Bosmans 2006; Tanasevitch 2014). These comments apply mainly to L. aelleni and other Atlas species such as L. maurusius and L. taza. The males of these two former species were not known (the one of the first remains unpublished). However, the morphology of the epigyne displays a few traits that can be valued as key elements of a possible relationship, such as the length of the basal structure, the elongation of its walls (anterior, lateral and posterior) which carry the bursa copulatrix, the location of the scape to a distal position, and finally the considerable reduction of the scape (comparable with the scape of other groups of Lepthyphantes).</p> <p>Among the material that we have analysed and consider novel is a male of L. taza and females of L. almoravidus Barrientos n. sp. and L. imazigheni Barrientos n. sp. (albeit unfortunately unaccompanied by corresponding males). The comparative morphology of L. aelleni and L. taza males give support to a close relationship in both the structure of the paracymbium, and the form of the lamella characteristica and the rest of the structures of the embolic division. Both clearly differ for the same structures with Piniphantes pinicola, as well as the diagnostic features of this genus.</p> <p>In our opinion L. aelleni, L. maurusius, L. taza, L. almoravidus Barrientos n. sp. and L. imazigheni Barrientos n. sp. are possibly related due to the structure of their male and female genitalia. Therefore, these species could be integrated into a natural group, incorporated geographically in the high Mo- roccan Atlas. Lepthyphantes ajoti Bosmans, 1991 and L. exvaginatus Deeleman, 1984, perhaps could be added to this group (Bosmans 2006) although we were unable to examine specimens of these two species.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C9567064FFDAFC96F9B80206F893	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
03C5C956706BFFD9FC96F8DE048BFB6E.text	03C5C956706BFFD9FC96F8DE048BFB6E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Palliduphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch 2001	<div><p>PALLIDUPHANTES IN NORTH AFRICA</p> <p>Saaristo &amp; Tanasevitch (2001) included 47 species in the new genus Palliduphantes (in addition to other 16 that are synonymized). Of these, nine are found in the Iberian fauna,</p> <p>four in the Canarian fauna, two in the Algerian and Tunisian fauna, and only one in the Moroccan fauna, P. cadiziensis (Wunderlich, 1980). Subsequently several other species have been described: three for the Iberian fauna (Ribera et al. 2003), two for the Algerian fauna (Bosmans 2006) and one for Tunisian fauna (Bosmans 2003). Most of the 58 species currently considered in the genus Palliduphantes (World Spider Catalog 2018) are found in the western Palearctic zone and primarily in Mediterranean countries. Therefore, considering the size, characteristics and position of Morocco, the description of only two species of Palliduphantes is probably an underrepresentation.</p> <p>The morphology of the paracymbium and the lamella characteristica of the male of P. banderolatus Barrientos n. sp. conform well to the diagnostic characters of Palliduphantes (Saaristo &amp; Tanasevitch, 2001). On the contrary, the female has an elongated epigyne that is loosely consistent with the one described by Wunderlich (1987) for P.longiscapus (Wun - derlich, 1987) of Gran Canaria, or the one presented by P.longiseta (Simon, 1884) of Corsica (Muller &amp; Heimer 1991; Bosmans &amp; Colombo 2015). In any case, the consistency and layout of the scape (together with the characters of the male) make P. banderolatus Barrientos n. sp. a clearly independent species. Such a greater length of the female genital structures is also seen in a second species from the south of Morocco, Palliduphantes megascapus Barrientos n. sp., of which the male remains unknown. Therefore the assignment of P. megascapus Barrientos n. sp. to Palliduphantes is still provisional. However, taking into account the morphology of its epigyne, the relationship between P. banderolatus Barrientos n. sp. and P. megascapus Barrientos n. sp. seems to be beyond doubt.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5C956706BFFD9FC96F8DE048BFB6E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Barrientos, José Antonio;Brañas, Neus;Mederos, Jorge	Barrientos, José Antonio, Brañas, Neus, Mederos, Jorge (2020): The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42 (1): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1
