Rhode testudinea Pesarini, 1984 (Figs 10-12) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Italia. Italy, Piemonte • 1♀, 1juv.; San Damiano Macra (CN), 2009, Coll. MI, Rosso leg.; Coll. MI • 1♂; Pragelato (TO): Villardamont; 2010 m; VII.2011; D. Chamberlain leg.; Coll. MI. Orsiera Rocciavrè Natural Park • 1♀; Coazze: below Colle della Roussa (Sangone Valley – SaC), meadow; 1800 m; 21.IX.2018; Coll. MI • 1♀; 25.VI.2018; Coll. MI • 1♂; lower Sellery ridge (Sangone Valley – SaB), meadow; 1600 m; 18.VII.2019; Coll. MI • 1♂; 25.VII.2018; Coll. MI. DISTRIBUTION. — Italy. CHOROTYPE. — ALSW. ELEVATIONAL ZONATION. — Montane; subalpine. NOTES. — Italian endemic species (Pantini & Isaia 2019, accessed on Dec. 2024). Two unpublished occurrences from outside the protected areas considered in this work are also added to the material. The new records significantly widen the known distribution range of the species (Fig. 10), which was previously uniquely known for the type locality.

Published as part of Tolve, Marco, Rizzioli, Barbara, Pane, Andrea & Isaia, Marco, 2026, Spiders of the Orsiera Rocciavrè Natural Park and Foresto Ravine Natural Reserve (NW Italy): a faunistic synthesis with data from the " Biodiversity Monitoring Project ", pp. 139-195 in Zoosystema 48 (6) on page 151, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2026v48a6, http://zenodo.org/record/19114341