S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 58. (Budapest, 1997)

both lateroventrally and medioventrally with 3 to 4 thin light long setae. Mid tibia with short ventroapical seta, mind and hind basitarsi each with 2 ventral (medio- and lateroventral) rows of very small black spines. Abdomen dark shining and flat, only with grey microtomentum and whitish short hairs. Abdomen elongate, segments 1+2 longer than the rest of the abdomen. Male 5th tergite only c. 1/3 the length of the 4th tergite. Preabdominal sternites large, nearly as broad as abdomen in both sexes. Figs 4-5. Sphyracephala europaea sp. n., paratype male. 4: male postabdomen with genitalia laterally, 5: genital complex in lateral view (aap: aedeagal apodeme, cere: cercus, ep: epiphallus, gp: gonopod, pm: paramere, sur: surstylus)