A revision of the spider genus Zaitunia (Araneae, Filistatidae)
Author
Sergei Zonstein
Author
Yuri M. Marusik
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2016
2016-07-20
214
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2016.214
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Zaitunia annulipes
(
Kulczyński, 1908
)
Figs 8–9
,
43
B
Filistata annulipes
Kulczyński, 1908: 376
(
♀
).
Zaitunia annulipes
–
Brignoli 1982: 66
(transferred species to
Zaitunia
).
Diagnosis
Zaitunia annulipes
differs from the congroupers by males possessing a shorter embolus gently curved in the subapical part and by females having the receptacles with the median units considerably larger than the outer ones (in congroupers embolus is considerably longer and more sharply curved subapically, and the median and outer receptacles are subequal in size – cf.
Figs
10
I, 11F–G, 12G-I, 13C–D).
Type material
Lectotype
(designated here)
CYPRUS
:
1 ♀
, with labels [SYNTYPI, Cypr I.Z.P.A.N. Warsawa 40/
SLU
(or 514)], in poor condition, with broken abdomen and part of legs,
IZW
, examined.
Paralectotypes
CYPRUS
: 2 juvs, with same collecting data.
Additional material examined
CYPRUS
:
1 ♀
,
Limassol
area,
Germasogeia
,
34°43' N
,
33°05' E
,
50–250 m
,
16 Apr. 1997
,
P.T. Lehtinen
(
ZMUT
)
;
1 ♂
,
1 juv.
,
Paramali
,
34°42' N
,
32°48' E
,
100–200 m
,
16 Apr. 1997
,
P.T. Lehtinen
(
ZMUT
)
;
1 ♂
,
Larnaka
area,
Vyzakia
, west shore of
Larnaka
salt lake,
34º53' N
,
33º36' E
, c.
10 m
,
11–16 Apr. 1997
,
P.T. Lehtinen
(
ZMUT
)
;
1 ♂
, same data (
TAU
)
;
2 ♀♀
,
1 juv.
, same data, except
16 Apr. 1997
(
ZMUT
)
;
1 ♀
, same data (
TAU
)
.
Description
Male
(from Paramali)
HABITUS. See
Fig. 8
A–B, D.
BODY LENGTH. 3.19.
COLOUR. Carapace and legs mostly light brownish-yellow; cephalic part including eye tubercle and leg fasciae diffuse medium brown; clypeus and lateral margins of carapace more intensive brown to dark brown; labium, maxillae, sternum and leg coxae pale brownish-yellow; abdomen uniformly medium brown.
Fig. 8.
Somatic characters of
Zaitunia annulipes
(
Kulczyński, 1908
)
, ♂ from Paramali (
A–D
) and ♀ from Germasogenea (
E–G
). —
A
,
E
. Habitus, dorsal.
B
. Same, frontal.
C
. Prosoma, dorsal.
D
,
G
. Habitus, lateral.
F
. Same, ventral. Scale bars: A, D–G = 0.5 mm; B–C = 0.2 mm.
CARAPACE (
Fig. 8
C). 1.28 long, 1.03 wide.
EYES. AME 0.09, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.13, PME 0.09, AME–AME 0.03.
PALP (
Figs 9
A–C, 43B). All segments except cymbium with dark pigmentation; femur longer than tibia. Tibia almost 2 times wider than femur. Cymbium longer than bulb; bulb conical, twice as long as diameter of tegulum. Tip of embolus twisted.
LEG MEASUREMENTS.
♂
(♀)
| Femur |
Patella |
Tibia |
Metatarsus |
Tarsus |
Total |
| Palp |
0.80 (0.61) |
0.22 (0.35) |
0.69 (0.46) |
― |
0.31 (0.57) |
2.02 (1.73) |
| I |
1.75 (1.50) |
0.47 (0.47) |
1.73 (1.31) |
1.62 (1.07) |
0.97 (0.87) |
6.54 (5.22) |
| II |
1.40 (1.07) |
0.44 (0.43) |
1.29 (0.81) |
1.22 (0.67) |
0.83 (0.58) |
5.18 (3.56) |
| III |
1.18 (0.89) |
0.38 (0.41) |
1.11 (0.67) |
1.19 (0.60) |
0.74 (0.55) |
4.60 (3.12) |
| IV |
1.74 (1.29) |
0.42 (0.44) |
1.56 (0.93) |
1.56 (0.91) |
0.97 (0.67) |
6.25 (4.24) |
Female
(from Germasogenea)
HABITUS. See
Fig. 8
E–G.
BODY LENGTH. 3.45.
Fig. 9.
Copulatory organs of
Zaitunia annulipes
(
Kulczyński, 1908
)
, ♂ from Paramali (
A–C
) and ♀ from Germasogenea (
D–F
). —
A–C
. Palp, prolateral, ventro-retrolateral and retrolateral.
D
. Endogyne, anterior.
E–F
. Same, dorsal. Scale bars: A–C = 0.2 mm; D–F = 0.1 mm.
COLOUR. As in male.
CARAPACE. 1.26 long, 1.10 wide.
EYES. AME 0.08, ALE 0.15, PLE 0.11, PME 0.09, AME–AME 0.04.
ENDOGYNE (
Fig. 9
D–F). With 2 pairs of receptacles. Both pairs with corrugated stems; pores located on heads. Median receptacles two times as long as lateral, separated by about 1.5 diameters.
Variation
Body size in males 3.19–3.67, in females 3.05–3.95. Coloration without noticeable variation.
Note
Male of this species is described for the first time. Although this species was already transferred to
Zaitunia
by
Brignoli (1982)
, this nomenclatorial act was overlooked by
Brignoli (1983)
himself and by subsequent catalogs (
Platnick 1989
,
1993
, 2015;
World Spider Catalog 2015
).
Ecology
According to the label data, the species was found in the maquis (Mediterranean shrub) litter.
Distribution
Cyprus (
Fig. 46
).