Daddy-long-leg giants: revision of the spider genus Artema Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae, Pholcidae) Author Aharon, Shlomi FB5EEA73-DD16-440C-B611-07F1C0C1300B Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel. Alexander Koenig Research Museum of Zoology, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany. The Arachnid National Natural History Collection, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel. shlomi.aharon@gmail.com Author Huber, Bernhard A. 33607F65-19BF-4DC9-94FD-4BB88CED455F Alexander Koenig Research Museum of Zoology, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany. & Email: b. huber @ zfmk. de & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 33607 F 65 - 19 BF- 4 DC 9 - 94 FD- 4 BB 88 CED 455 F b.huber@zfmk.de Author Gavish-Regev, Efrat FC073F19-2202-4C89-8B43-CEA4CC5E2D50 The Arachnid National Natural History Collection, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: FC 073 F 19 - 2202 - 4 C 89 - 8 B 43 - CEA 4 CC 5 E 2 D 50 & Corresponding author: efrat. gavish-regev @ mail. huji. ac. il efrat.gavish-regev@mail.huji.ac.il text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-12-08 376 376 1 57 journal article 21948 10.5852/ejt.2017.376 4298f5cf-d85e-48fb-afe8-f12c99ad65b3 2118-9773 3838544 F67AE00B-28CF-48AF-89D6-31251B22BB7C Artema sp. a from Oman Fig. 170 Material examined OMAN : 1 ♀ , Jebal Akhdar , E of Al Hamra , Wadi Fallah , Al Ghubrat [ 23.1° N , 57.4° E ], “ Quellhöhle ”, Nov. 2001 , Sattmann leg. ( NHMW ). Notes Female distinguished from all other Artema females by simple rectangular epigynum ( Fig. 170 ). Stridulatory files laterally on chelicerae present. Epigynum almost twice as wide as long, posterior margin almost straight, epigynal plate consisting of two gently sclerotized lateral areas that appear swollen posteriorly, pale median area wider anteriorly, dark median sclerite absent. Pair of projections anterior to epigynum (AEP) present but not prominent. Female genitalia in the genus Artema often show high intra-specific variation, e.g., as in A. nephilit sp. nov. ( Figs 45–54 ) and in A. doriae ( Figs 103–114 ), both of which occur close to Oman ( Yemen and the United Arab Emirates ). Therefore, we prefer not to describe this putative species formally until more individuals (females and males) are avilable.