Zonstein S.L.1, Marusik Yu.M.2, Grabolle A.3 2018. A remarkably small new species of Filistata (Aranei: Filistatidae) from Portugal // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.27. No.1: 49–52 [in English].
1 Department of Zoology, Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel-Aviv University, 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel. E-mail: znn@post.tau.ac.il
2 Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000 Russia. E-mail: yurmar@mail.ru
3 Am Horn 13b, 99425 Weimar, Germany. E-mail: arnograbolle@gmx.de
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.27.1.06
KEY WORDS: Araneae, spiders, Mediterranean, Iberian Peninsula.
ABSTRACT. A new species, Filistata pygmaea sp.n., is described based on both sexes from Portugal. It is the smallest species among all Filistata known from the Mediterranean and Iran. Comparative figures of the vulva of all Filistata species ocurring west of Afghanistan are provided.