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 269335 CA243C98-9461-441A-BBD9-ECBDEC103DD9 Pholcoides monticola ( Spassky, 1941 ) comb. nov. Fig. 45 Filistata monticola Spassky, 1941: 12 ( ♀ ). Filistata monticola – Spassky 1952: 194 . Zaitunia monticola – Zonstein 1990: 50 (transfer from Filistata ). Material examined Lectotype (designated here) TAJIKISTAN : ♀ , Western Pamir, “ Kalaj-Chumb ”, Kalaikhum : 38°28’ N , 70°47’ E , 1340 m , 30 Jul. 1935 , S. Nenjukov ( ZISP ). Paralectotypes TAJIKISTAN : 1 juv. , “ Kalaj-Vamar ”, Rushan : 37°57' N , 71°34' E , 2000 m , 2 Sept. 1937 , E. Luppova ( ZISP ) ; 1 juv., “Pamir occidentalis”, 11 Aug. 1937 , E. Luppova (ZISP). All specimens are in a poor condition, dried and damaged. Additional material examined TAJIKISTAN : 2 ♀♀ , Western Pamir, Yazgulem Canyon near Andarbag , 38°13' N , 71°33' E , 2100 m , 18 Jul. 1988 , S. Zonstein ( TAU ). Remarks Unlike Zaitunia , females of Pholcoides monticola lack the metatarsal crest on leg IV ( Fig. 45 C), typical for the Filistatinae. However, this species shares relatively long legs, a rounded carapace and sternum (cf. Fig. 45 A and Zonstein et al . 2013 : figs 1–2, respectively), spinnerets located closer to the posterior tip of the abdomen ( Fig. 45 B and Zonstein et al . 2013 : fig. 3) and a characteristic calamistrum with two posteriorly convergent rows of setae with P. afghana ( Fig. 45 C and Zonstein et al . 2013 : fig. 6). The structure of the endogyne in these two species is also similar, although not identical (cf. Figs 45 D–E and Zonstein et al . 2013 : figs 11–12), and differs drastically from that in Zaitunia . Based on these reasons, the aforementioned species is transferred from Zaitunia to Pholcoides . Its relationship to P. afghana and other congeners (some of which are still undescribed) will be considered in detail in a taxonomic revision of Pholcoides (Zonstein & Marusik, in prep.).