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 1 97 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2016.214 ee2ae0e8-2a06-4305-987e-e7e1fc97154a 2118-9773 269335 CA243C98-9461-441A-BBD9-ECBDEC103DD9 Zaitunia persica Brignoli, 1982 Fig. 18 Zaitunia persica Brignoli, 1982: 70 , figs 13–14 ( ♀ ). Zaitunia persica – Marusik & Zamani 2015: 133 , fig. 5a ( ♀ ). Diagnosis Females of Z. persica resemble those of Z. akhanii by having sinuous, tube-like receptacles, but Z. persica has four loops (or bends), whereas Z. akhanii has only two loops. Material examined Holotype IRAN : ♀ , Fars Province , mountains 10 km E of Dehbid , 29º55' N , 52º55' E , 2100 m , 24 May 1976 , P.M. Brignoli ( MSNV ). Paratype IRAN : 1 ♀ , same data as holotype. Description Female ( holotype ) HABITUS. See Fig. 18 A. BODY LENGTH. 5.90. COLOUR. Carapace and chelicerae brownish-yellow; carapace with brown to dark brown central area, clypeus and margins; eye tubercle brownish-black; maxillae, labium, sternum and leg coxae pale brownish-yellow; palps and legs medium brownish-yellow with incomplete brownish fasciae; abdomen uniformly pale yellowish-grey without darker pattern. CARAPACE ( Fig. 18 B). 1.41 long, 1.23 wide. EYES. AME 0.07, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.13, PME 0.11, AME–AME 0.04. Fig. 18. Somatic characters and endogyne of Zaitunia persica Brignoli, 1982 , holotype, ♀. A . Habitus, dorsal. B . Prosoma, dorsal. C . Metatarsus and tarsus IV, dorsal. D–E . Endogyne, dorsal. Scale bars: A = 0.5 mm; C, E = 0.2 mm. ENDOGYNE ( Fig. 18 D–E). Receptacle long, cylindrical, tube-like, bent 4–5 times. Glandular pores indistinct. LEG MEASUREMENTS (holotype).

Femur	Patella	Tibia	Metatarsus	Tarsus	Total
Palp	0.84	0.42	0.49	―	0.63	2.38
I	1.52	0.64	1.54	1.31	0.90	5.91
II	1.21	0.57	0.99	0.97	0.68	4.42
III	1.07	0.46	0.71	0.76	0.53	3.53
IV	1.48	0.61	1.23	1.08	0.61	5.01

Male Unknown. Distribution Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 47 ).