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<emphasis id="B95E64301137F35F969AFCC7FED0FC89" bold="true" box="[151,325,798,825]" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Type material.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95E64301137F35F96CAFCBFFEDBFC30" bold="true" box="[199,334,871,897]" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Etymology.</emphasis>
Named after the Rhodope Mountains (
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<emphasis id="B95E64301137F35F96CAFC52FED7FC15" bold="true" box="[199,322,906,932]" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
The male is morphologically similar to those of
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<emphasis id="B95E64301137F35F9552FC53FBF2FC14" box="[863,1127,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Brachythele langourovi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFBBC5D31137F35F9260FC53FA98FC14" author="Lazarov, S. P." box="[1133,1293,906,933]" pageId="1" pageNumber="584" pagination="189 - 193" refId="ref3680" refString="Lazarov, S. P. (2005) A new spider species from Bulgaria, Brachythele langourovi sp. n. (Araneae, Nemesiidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 112 (1), 189 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 80294" type="journal article" year="2005">Lazarov, 2005</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<emphasis id="B95E64301137F35F934FFC53FEACFC78" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Brachythele bentzieni</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFBBC5D31137F35F9732FC77FE77FC78" author="Zonstein, S. L." box="[319,482,943,969]" pageId="1" pageNumber="584" pagination="15 - 17" refId="ref4063" refString="Zonstein, S. L. (2007) A new species of the mygalomorph spider genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Aranei: Nemesiidae) from Greece. Arthropoda Selecta, 16, 15 - 17." type="journal article" year="2007">Zonstein 2007</bibRefCitation>
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, in the presence of an embolic keel (
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). It can be distinguished by (1) the shape of the keel being more massive than in the other 2 species, and (2) the shape of the embolic portion—stout, curved (
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,
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), whereas, in
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,
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it is curved but thinner (
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) and, in
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,
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it is straight (
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).
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(
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male). Measurements: Total length 12.76; carapace length 6.30, width 4.70; sternum length 3.07, width 2.25; labium length 0.64; maxilla length 2.02; abdomen length 6.46, width 3.25; PMS length 0.62; PLS length 2.10. Palp. Femur length 2.31, patella length 1.16, tibia length 1.85, cymbium length 0.86, bulbus length 1.21. Leg measurements: I—15.45 (3.90, 2.84, 2.79, 3.35, 2.57), II—14.18 (4.09,7 2.52, 2.70, 2.89, 1.98), III—14.99 (3.94, 2.30, 2.54, 3.56, 2.65), IV—18.73 (4.16, 2.91, 4.22, 4.74, 2.70). Eyes diameters: ALE 0.22, AME 0.18, PLE 0.18, PME 0.175. Eyes interdistances: AMEAME 0.15, AMEALE 0.11, ALEPLE 0.10, PMEPME 0.39, PMEPLE 0.10.
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<paragraph id="8B95B8221137F35F96CAFAE3FD99FA70" blockId="1.[151,1437,798,1905]" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">
Color (
<figureCitation id="1311A4A71137F35F971BFAE3FECDFAE4" box="[278,344,1339,1365]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[180,1404,181,1918]" captionTargetId="figure-28@2.[180,1406,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 16. Brachythele rhodopensis sp. n., holotype male. 1 habitus, dorsal; 2 carapace; 3 sternum; 4 spinnerets, ventral; 5 tibia I, ventral; 6 tibia I, lateral. Scale 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6786153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6786153/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
). Carapace brown, with darker margins (
<figureCitation id="1311A4A71137F35F9529FAE3FC1CFAE4" box="[804,905,1339,1365]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[180,1404,181,1918]" captionTargetId="figure-28@2.[180,1406,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 16. Brachythele rhodopensis sp. n., holotype male. 1 habitus, dorsal; 2 carapace; 3 sternum; 4 spinnerets, ventral; 5 tibia I, ventral; 6 tibia I, lateral. Scale 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6786153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6786153/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Figs 12</figureCitation>
). Legs more or less the same color as carapace. Sternum and coxae yellow-brown, coxae lighter ventrally. Sternal sigilla small and rounded, the posterior pair well visible, the other 2 much lighter (
<figureCitation id="1311A4A71137F35F9406FA5BFDDCFA2C" box="[523,585,1411,1437]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[180,1404,181,1918]" captionTargetId="figure-28@2.[180,1406,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 16. Brachythele rhodopensis sp. n., holotype male. 1 habitus, dorsal; 2 carapace; 3 sternum; 4 spinnerets, ventral; 5 tibia I, ventral; 6 tibia I, lateral. Scale 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6786153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6786153/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Fig 3</figureCitation>
). Chelicerae dark brown. Abdomen beige with darker brownish pattern (
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). Spinnerets light beige (
<figureCitation id="1311A4A71137F35F97B2FA7FFE6BFA70" box="[447,510,1447,1473]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[180,1404,181,1918]" captionTargetId="figure-28@2.[180,1406,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 16. Brachythele rhodopensis sp. n., holotype male. 1 habitus, dorsal; 2 carapace; 3 sternum; 4 spinnerets, ventral; 5 tibia I, ventral; 6 tibia I, lateral. Scale 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6786153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6786153/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Fig 4</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="8B95B8221137F35F96CAFA13FC66F9B8" blockId="1.[151,1437,798,1905]" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">
Eyes. Eye region darker than surrounding dorsal surface of carapace, elevated. Eyes compact. Anterior eye row procurved, posterior one almost straight (as seen from dorsal side,
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).
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<paragraph id="8B95B8221137F35F96CAF9CBFC46F90C" blockId="1.[151,1437,798,1905]" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">
Other somatic characters. Carapace dorsally covered with fine setae. Fovea visible, deep, recurved. Chelicerae with 8 promarginal teeth, dorsally covered with long, weak, dense setae. Maxillae with many small prolateral cuspules on basal part (
<figureCitation id="1311A4A71137F35F9775F983FE23F9C4" box="[376,438,1627,1653]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[180,1404,181,1918]" captionTargetId="figure-28@2.[180,1406,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 16. Brachythele rhodopensis sp. n., holotype male. 1 habitus, dorsal; 2 carapace; 3 sternum; 4 spinnerets, ventral; 5 tibia I, ventral; 6 tibia I, lateral. Scale 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6786153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6786153/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Fig 3</figureCitation>
). Tibia I with distal spur bearing 2 strong spines (
<figureCitation id="1311A4A71137F35F95E9F983FBDEF9C4" box="[996,1099,1626,1653]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[180,1404,181,1918]" captionTargetId="figure-28@2.[180,1406,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 16. Brachythele rhodopensis sp. n., holotype male. 1 habitus, dorsal; 2 carapace; 3 sternum; 4 spinnerets, ventral; 5 tibia I, ventral; 6 tibia I, lateral. Scale 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6786153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6786153/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Figs 56</figureCitation>
). Scopula: distal on metatarsi, and entire on tarsi III; apical on tarsi IIIIV. Trichobothria in 2 rows of 710 on tibiae and 911 on metatarsi. Paired claws with 7 teeth. PMS medium-sized; apical segment of PLS triangular.
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Palp (
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,
<figureCitation id="1311A4A71137F35F9776F91EFE50F950" box="[379,453,1734,1761]" captionStart="FIGURES 1315" captionStartId="4.[151,264,959,983]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,273,935]" captionTargetId="figure-52@4.[151,1436,272,935]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1315. Brachythele rhodopensis sp. n., holotype male, palp. 13 prolateral; 14 ventral; 15 retrolateral. T—tegulum; E—embolus; K—embolic keel. Scale 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6786159" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6786159/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">1315</figureCitation>
). Femur, patella, and cymbium spineless. Tibia with 2 long dorsal spines. Bulbus pearshaped; apical part protruding, massive in 2/3 of its length; embolic portion narrow, twisted, with a small tubercle distally.
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<paragraph id="8B95B8221137F35F96CAF8EBFE0BF8FC" blockId="1.[151,1437,798,1905]" box="[199,414,1843,1869]" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Female. Unknown.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95E64301137F35F96CAF88EFEF4F8C1" bold="true" box="[199,353,1878,1904]" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Distribution.</emphasis>
The species is known only from the
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locality in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains,
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.
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