Ctenzia sp, Sardinien, 04.2013.

[Walter Pfliegler]

Hallo, dieses haben wir neben dem Berwerk in Sardinien gefunden. KL fast 20 mm! In LePeru sind die Vulven der auf Sardinien vorkommende Arten nicht abgebildet, aber ich habe ein Foto gemacht:

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[Siegfried Huber]

Hallo Walter,
ja neben dem Bergwerk waren die sehr häufig! Zu bestimmen sind sie aber derzeit kaum, weil es keine zusammenhängende Arbeit darüber gibt. Vera Opatova (Barcelona) arbeitet gerade daran, sie hat auch schon auf Sardinien gesammelt.
Siegfried

[Salvatore Canu]

Hello Walter and Siegfried,
I photographed it too, specimens of Ctenizia sp., the ground is equal to that of your photo, I managed to photograph it near the den, in fact after the first shot has retired to the den. Photographed in Ittiri on 07/05/2012.

Salvatore

[Walter Pfliegler]

Hello Walter and Siegfried,
I photographed it too, specimens of Ctenizia sp., the ground is equal to that of your photo, I managed to photograph it near the den, in fact after the first shot has retired to the den. Photographed in Ittiri on 07/05/2012.

Salvatore

Seems like Yours are juveniles, aren't they? Have You ever found a male?

@Siegfried: Ok, than we must wait patiently! I was surprised how small the spermathecae are!

Walter

[Siegfried Huber]

Hi Salvatore!
indeed the specimens on your photos are juveniles. And - be carefull: in case they have scopulae at the first legs it is NOT Cteniza but Cyrtauchenius! I found them both close to Usini..
Siegfried

[Davide Ruiu]

Hi guys,
Siegfried can you confirm for sure that Cyrtauchenius occurs in Sardinia?
It's very very interesting 'cause I guessed that Sardinian Mygalomorphae were just Nemesia and Cteniza.

[Siegfried Huber]

Hi,
as I wrote before (within some threads on our Sardinian excursion) there IS Cyrtauchenius on Sardinia! But this is definetely NOT the first record: Vera Opatova found them one or two years ago and is just preparing a paper on Cteniza and probably Cyrtauchenius as well..
cheers: Siegfried

[Siegfried Huber]

Hallo,
kann man diesen thread nicht besser zur Sardinien-Exkursion verschieben?
Siegfried

[Davide Ruiu]

Thank you for your reply.
I think that Italian arachnofauna checklist needs to be updated, in particular about Sardinia but also the rest of Mediterranean island.
I have just found Cteniza and Nemesia in Sardinia, they are very common.

C. moggridgei, C. sauvagesi, C. brevidens should be in Sardinia, but no idea how to determine the specimens.
 
Waiting for new works.....!