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
-
group
Remarks
This group unites moderately dark-coloured species. The clypeus, the eye tubercle and the carapace margins are noticeably darker than the general background colour. The abdomen is uniformly darkcoloured or with a weak, darker dorsal pattern. Legs I–IV are lighter than the body and provided with relatively narrow darker fasciae. The male palpal tibia is moderately short. The conical tegulum is much shorter than the cymbium. The embolus is a relatively long to very long apically twisted lamina. Keel of embolus absent. The vulva has two pairs of receptacles. Three species are included:
Zaitunia annulipes
(
Kulczyński, 1908
)
from
Cyprus
,
Zaitunia kunti
sp. nov.
from
Cyprus
and
Turkey
, and
Zaitunia minoica
sp. nov.
from
Crete
.
Key to species of the
Zaitunia annulipes
-group
1. Males ………………………………………………………………………………………………2
– Females ……………………………………………………………………………………………4
2. Embolus longer than tegulum, twisted or hooked apically (
Figs
10
I, 13C–D) …………………3
– Embolus shorter than tegulum, curved and bent apically (
Figs 9
A–C, 43B) ……………………… ………………………………………………………………………
Z.annulipes
(
Kulczyński,1908
)
3. Embolus moderately long, twisted apically (
Figs
10
I, 43C) ………………………
Z. kunti
sp. nov.
– Embolus very long, hooked apically (
Figs 13
C–D, 43D) …………………………
Z. minoica
sp. nov.
4. Median receptacles only slightly larger than lateral pair (
Figs 11
F–G, 12G–I) ……………………5
– Median receptacles considerably larger than lateral pair (
Fig. 9
D–F) …………………………… ……………………………………………………………………
Z. annulipes
(
Kulczyński, 1908
)
5. Median and lateral receptacles set very close to each other (
Fig. 12
G, I) ………
Z. minoica
sp. nov.
– Median and lateral receptacles set more distantly from each other (
Fig. 11
F–G) …
Z. kunti
sp. nov.