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 Zaitunia feti sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:01F422A2-5DE8-42F9-AB10-246EA623877B 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 ).