A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 5. On Synaphosus from Central Asia
Author
Marusik, Yuri M.
Author
Fomichev, Alexander A.
text
Zootaxa
2016
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3
428
442
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.7
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Synaphosus palearcticus
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994
Figs 4
,
28‒30
,
36‒42
,
51
Synaphosus palearcticus
Ovtsharenko
et al.
1994
: 6
, f. 3–5, 21–29 (♂♀);
Chatzaki
et al.
2002
: 621
, f. 50–52, 57–58 (♂♀),
Namaghi
et al.
2016
: 19
, f. 1d,
2g
–h (♂).
Types
examined
.
KAZAKHSTAN
:
paratype
1♂
(
ZISP
),
Mangyshlak
(=
Mangistau
)
Province,
18 km
from Kuibyshevo, near Chaira (= Shaiyr),
21.05.1985
(
S. Deryugin
).
Dzhambul
(=
Zhambyl
)
Province
:
holotype
♂
(
ZISP
),
40 km
NE Ulanbel
,
Betpak-Dala
desert,
Shengeldy
spring, 4.06.1990 (
A.A. Zyuzin
,
A.A. Fedorov
)
;
paratype
1♂
(
ZISP
),
Moiynkum Distr
, 124th km of
Akkol'-Ulabel Rd
,
Muyunkum Desert
, 16‒
17.05.1991
(S.I.
Ibraev, A.A.
Zyuzin);
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<specimenCount id="D5A852DDFFF82B601CC138E4FDD9FF52" box="[509,544,152,176]" pageId="10" pageNumber="438" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(
<collectionCode id="A5BF0191FFF82B601F0D38E4FD89FF52" box="[561,624,152,176]" country="Russia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/vmfx-g997" name="Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences" pageId="10" pageNumber="438">ZISP</collectionCode>
)
,
Saysuk Distr.
,
76 km
NE of Ulanbel'
,
Betpak-Dala Desert
, clay plain, 6.06.
1990
(
A.A. Fedorov
,
A.A. Zyuzin
)
.
Other
material examined
:
TAJIKISTAN
:
Dushanbe
Province
:
1♂
(
ZMMU
),
Hissar Mt. Range
, 48th km of
Varzob Hwy
,
38°55.531'N
,
68°48.292'E
,
1530 m
, S exposed slope with
Juglans
litter & under stones, 7.05.2015 leg. (
Y.M. Marusik
&
M. Saidov
)
.
Khatlon
Province
:
1♂
1♀
(
ZMMU
) env. of
Pyandzh Town
, road along reed stand,
37°14.045'N
,
69°05.450'E
,
351 m
, 5.05.2015 (YM)
;
1♂
(
ZMMU
),
Dangara Distr
,
Sanglogh
(=
Sanglok
) Mt. Range, above
Shar-Shar Pass
,
38°17.937'N
,
69°13.598'E
,
1700–2060 m
,
29.04.2015
(
Y.M. Marusik
)
;
1♂
(
ZMMU
),
Sanglok Mt. range
,
Sebiston
, 3.05.1991 (
S.V. Ovtchinnikov
)
;
1♂
(
ZMMU
)
Pyandzh Karatau
,
Astana Mt
,
1700 m
,
13.04.1991
(
S.V. Ovtchinnikov
)
;
1♂
(
ISEA
),
Garauty
,
Vakhsh
, ca.
37°34'N
,
68°27'E
, 9.04.1973 (
A.Kononenko
)
;
1♂
(
ISEA
),
Garauty
,
Aktau
, ca.
37°34'N
,
68°27'E
,
12.04.1973
(
A. Kononenko
);
Gorno-
Badakhshan
Area
:
2♀
(
ZMMU
),
Yazgulem River
,
18.07.1988
(
S.V. Ovtchinnikov
).
Remark.
The species was described by
Ovtsharenko
et al.
(1994)
. It is well different from other species known in the Central Asia by the well developed abdominal pattern (
Figs 4
), although some specimens may have uniformly coloured abdomen. Among the material studied, a sample from Astana has two males, one with pattern and another without. Although the
holotype
has uniformly coloured abdomen, one of the examined
paratypes
from Western
Kazakhstan
have distinct abdominal pattern. It is worth mentioning that the course of the insemination ducts in this species is highly variable, while the shape and position of copulatory openings and pockets are almost the same in all examined females.
Distribution
. The species was known from
Crete
to eastern
Kazakhstan
, namely from
Crete
,
Turkey
,
Armenia
,
Azerbaijan
,
Iran
,
Kazakhstan
,
Turkmenistan
,
Uzbekistan
and
Kyrgyzstan
. Although it is widespread in Central Asia, it was never been reported from
Tajikistan
before.