One new genus and nineteen new species of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iran, with other taxonomic considerations
Author
Zamani, Alireza
A21C0B82-E2D9-4402-9408-D6160843DAF4
Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, FI- 20014, Finland. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece. Perm State University, Bukireva Street 15, Perm, 614600, Russia. Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan, 685000, Russia. Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.
zamani.alireza5@gmail.com
Author
Chatzaki, Maria
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maria.chatzaki@gmail.com
Author
Esyunin, Sergei L.
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Sergei.
Sergei.Esyunin@psu.ru
Author
Marusik, Yuri M.
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yurmar@mail.ru
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-06-04
751
1
68
114
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.751.1381
journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2021.751.1381
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Prodidomus inexpectatus
sp. nov.
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Fig. 18
Diagnosis
The new species is very similar to
P. redikorzevi
Spassky, 1940
from which it differs by the shape of the tibial apophysis (with longer claw-like tip, and smaller dorsal lobe).
Etymology
The specific epithet is an adjective and refers to the unexpected discovery of a new species of this genus in
Iran
.
Type material
Holotype
IRAN
•
♂
;
Hormozgan Province
,
75 km
N of Bandar Abbas
,
Siahu
;
27°33′ N
,
55°38′ E
;
16 Feb. 2018
;
A. Zamani
leg.;
MHNG
.
Description
Male
Habitus as in
Fig. 18A–B
. Total length 2.32. Carapace 0.98 long, 0.84 wide. Sternum 0.72 long, 0.55 wide. Eye sizes: AME = 0.09, ALE = 0.08, PME = 0.11, PLE = 0.10. Body flattened, carapace ovoid. Ocular area triangular. Carapace, sternum, labium, chelicerae and maxillae dark yellow, without any pattern and with slightly darker margins. Chelicera (
Fig. 18G
) without teeth. Legs the same color as carapace, without annulations. Abdomen and spinnerets light gray and without any pattern. Leg III measurements: 2.39 (0.65, 0.37, 0.44, 0.49, 0.44), rest of the legs missing.
Palp as in
Fig. 18C–F, H–I
. Femur length/width ratio 3.33; tibia with broad retrolateral apophysis and small, spine-like dorsal apophysis; lateral apophysis with claw-like tip and dorsal small lobe; cymbium elongated, oval, 1.7 times as long as wide, tip rounded; tegulum protruding ventrally, in lateral view, longer than cymbium’s width; embolus long, making roughly 2.25 loops.
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
Known only from the
type
locality in
Hormozgan Province
, southern
Iran
.