Abstract
The primarily Afrotropical genus Euprosthenops Pocock, 1897 is recorded in the Western Palearctic for the first time. A diagnosis and an illustrated description of E.insperatussp. nov., based on a single male from southern Israel, are provided. Considering the structure of the male palp, the holotype of E.insperatussp. nov. resembles males of two widespread African species, E.australis Simon, 1898 and E.proximus Lessert, 1916; it differs from them by colouration pattern as well as by the different shapes of the retrolateral tibial apophysis and the palpal sclerites. A short survey of the regional insect and spider genera of the paleotropical origin is also presented.
Highlights
The spider genus Euprosthenops Pocock, 1897 currently includes nine species and one subspecies distributed within the mainland Sub-Saharan Africa except one species known from India and Pakistan (WSC 2021)
Since the 1960s, the territory belonging to the modern Israel is known as the “crossroads” for different plant and animal taxa penetrating the country from the north, south and east
The data listed below do not claim to be exhaustive; they are merely intended to show that a pattern of distribution, similar to the above-noted one, is neither frequent nor exclusive in relation to various groups of spiders and insects represented in Israel and adjacent Middle East countries
Summary
The spider genus Euprosthenops Pocock, 1897 currently includes nine species and one subspecies distributed within the mainland Sub-Saharan Africa except one species known from India and Pakistan (WSC 2021). The genus is relatively well studied due to the surveys by Blandin (1974, 1975, 1976, 1978) and Silva and Sierwald (2014). The present study is based on a quite unexpected occurrence of a single male congener in the Arava Valley, southernmost Israel. The male has been considered to represent a new species of Euprosthenops, which is diagnosed, described and illustrated
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