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
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Zaitunia feti
sp. nov.
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Fig. 36
Diagnosis
By the structure of the endogyne,
Z. feti
sp. nov.
resembles
Z. maracandica
but differs by the extended median receptacles, which are considerably longer than the lateral pair (vs similarly long in the latter species, cf.
Figs 36
D–E, 38E–I).
Etymology
The specific epithet is given after our good friend and colleague Victor Fet (Marshall University,
USA
), the author of many works devoted to the spiders of
Turkmenistan
.
Material examined
Holotype
TURKMENISTAN
:
1 ♀
, western foothills of
Kughitang Mts
(also known as Koytendagh Mts), near
Svintsovyi Rudnik
,
37°52' N
,
66°27' E
,
14 May 1985
,
A.V. Tanasevitch
(
ZMMU
).
Description
Female
(holotype)
HABITUS. See
Fig. 36
A–B.
BODY LENGTH. 4.37.
COLOUR. Body and legs pale brownish-yellow, carapace with contrasting median brown spot and narrow margins; eye tubercle blackish-brown; legs with distinct brown marks and fasciae; abdomen with brown dorsal pattern consisting of contrasting narrow median band combined in posterior third with a few pairs of weak and diffuse lateral chevrons.
CARAPACE. 1.38 long, 1.12 wide.
EYES. AME 0.07, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.12, PME 0.10, AME–AME 0.07.
Fig. 36.
Somatic characters and endogyne of
Zaitunia feti
sp. nov.
, holotype, ♀.
A–B
. Habitus, dorsolateral and lateral.
C
. Abdomen, ventral.
D–E
. Endogyne, dorsal.
ENDOGYNE (
Fig. 36
D–E). Median receptacles club-like, wide at the base, with heads wider than stems, pore glands cover whole receptacle, receptacles separated by almost 3 diameters of heads. Lateral receptacles globular, with short stems; heads of median and lateral receptacles separated by one diameter.
LEG MEASUREMENTS.
Femur |
Patella |
Tibia |
Metatarsus |
Tarsus |
Total |
Palp |
0.67 |
0.34 |
0.42 |
― |
0.52 |
1.95 |
I |
1.39 |
0.52 |
1.31 |
1.21 |
1.13 |
5.56 |
II |
1.13 |
0.47 |
0.92 |
0.84 |
0.63 |
3.99 |
III |
0.92 |
0.46 |
0.67 |
0.78 |
0.56 |
3.39 |
IV |
1.38 |
0.49 |
1.05 |
0.98 |
0.66 |
4.56 |
Male
Unknown.
Ecology
The
holotype
was collected in the desert foothill area; other details are unknown.
Distribution
Known only from the
type
locality (
Fig. 49
).