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<mods:title>A new genus and ten new species of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iran</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Zamani, Alireza</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Marusik, Yuri M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia &amp; Department of Zoology &amp; Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/D03A116C-9C98-48B0-BD23-B8B36B6EC07E" authority="Zamani &amp; Marusik, 2021" authorityName="Zamani &amp; Marusik" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Dictynidae" genus="Brigittea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brigittea avicenna" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="95" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="avicenna" status="sp. nov.">Brigittea avicenna</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male (A, C-E) and female (B) of Brigittea avicenna sp. nov. A, B habitus, dorsal D, E same, frontal and lateral, respectively C cribellum and spinnerets, ventral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1054.70408.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/573549" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Figures 1A-E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male palp (A, B) and epigyne (C, D) of Brigittea avicenna sp. nov. A, C ventral B retrolateral D dorsal. Abbreviations: Er - epigynal ridge, Re - receptacle. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1054.70408.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/573550" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">, 2A-D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. SEM images of the male palp of Brigittea avicenna sp. nov. A, B ventral C, D retrolateral. Abbreviations: Ca - anterior part of conductor, Ct - posterior part of conductor, Ts - tibial socket. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1054.70408.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/573551" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">, 3A-D</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Holotype</emphasis>
♂ (MHNG), Iran: Kurdistan Province: S of Divandareh,
<geoCoordinate degrees="35" direction="north" minutes="45" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="35.75">35°45'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="47" direction="east" minutes="05" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="47.083332">47°05'E</geoCoordinate>
, 23.6.1975 (A. Senglet).
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Paratypes</emphasis>
: 3♀ (MHNG), same collection data as the holotype; 2♀ (MHNG), Alborz Province: Asara,
<geoCoordinate degrees="36" direction="north" minutes="02" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="36.033333">36°02'N</geoCoordinate>
,
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, 1900 m, 4.7.1975 (A. Senglet).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">The new species is named after Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna (ca 980-June 1037), a Persian polymath who is regarded as the father of early modern medicine; noun in apposition.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">
The male of the new species differs from all congeners by its thick embolus (vs filamentous) and the posterior tip of conductor (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Ct</emphasis>
) directed mesally (vs retrolaterally). The female can be distinguished by the almost round copulatory openings and ridges (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Er</emphasis>
) spaced by more than 8 diameters of copulatory openings (vs copulatory openings not round and ridges spaced by less than 3 diameters).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="95" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Male.</emphasis>
Habitus as in Figure
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male (A, C-E) and female (B) of Brigittea avicenna sp. nov. A, B habitus, dorsal D, E same, frontal and lateral, respectively C cribellum and spinnerets, ventral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1054.70408.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/573549" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">1A, D, E</figureCitation>
. Total length 2.60. Carapace 1.25 long, 0.55 wide at pars cephalica, 0.85 at pars thoracica, pars cephalica very high, higher than
<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
(ca 0.65) of carapace length. Eye sizes: AME: 0.05, ALE: 0.06, PME: 0.06, PLE: 0.06. Carapace, labium, chelicera, maxilla and sternum dark reddish brown, without any pattern. Pars cephalica and sternum with sparse coating of long white setae. Legs light brown, without annulations. Abdomen dark grey, with coating of dense short white setae. Spinnerets brownish, unicolourous. Cribellum undivided (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male (A, C-E) and female (B) of Brigittea avicenna sp. nov. A, B habitus, dorsal D, E same, frontal and lateral, respectively C cribellum and spinnerets, ventral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1054.70408.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/573549" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">1C</figureCitation>
). Measurements of legs: I: 3.50 (1.04, 0.34, 0.85, 0.81, 0.46), II: 3.07 (0.94, 0.33, 0.70, 0.68, 0.42), III: 2.23 (0.71, 0.27, 0.42, 0.50, 0.33), IV: 2.55 (0.80, 0.29, 0.54, 0.59, 0.33).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Male (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">A, C-E</emphasis>
) and female (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">B</emphasis>
) of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Brigittea avicenna</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">A, B</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal
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same, frontal and lateral, respectively
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">C</emphasis>
cribellum and spinnerets, ventral.
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Palp as in Figures
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. SEM images of the male palp of Brigittea avicenna sp. nov. A, B ventral C, D retrolateral. Abbreviations: Ca - anterior part of conductor, Ct - posterior part of conductor, Ts - tibial socket. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1054.70408.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/573551" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">3A-D</figureCitation>
; tibia with dorso-retrolateral socket (
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); cymbium almost 2 times longer than wide; anterior part of conductor (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Ca</emphasis>
) terminates at about 11:30
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position; posterior part (
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) covered with fine granulation, tip directed mesally; embolic base large, about
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of
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length; embolus thick, originates at 10
<normalizedToken originalValue="oclock">o'clock</normalizedToken>
position, tip modified with fine hook terminally.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Figure 2.</emphasis>
Male palp (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">A, B</emphasis>
) and epigyne (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">C, D</emphasis>
) of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Brigittea avicenna</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">A, C</emphasis>
ventral
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">B</emphasis>
retrolateral
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">D</emphasis>
dorsal. Abbreviations:
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Er</emphasis>
- epigynal ridge,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Re</emphasis>
- receptacle. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Figure 3.</emphasis>
SEM images of the male palp of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Brigittea avicenna</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">A, B</emphasis>
ventral
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">C, D</emphasis>
retrolateral. Abbreviations:
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Ca</emphasis>
- anterior part of conductor,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Ct</emphasis>
- posterior part of conductor,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Ts</emphasis>
- tibial socket. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">
Female (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">paratype</emphasis>
from Kurdistan).
</emphasis>
Habitus as in Figure
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. Total length 3.60. Carapace 1.15 long, 0.58 wide at pars cephalica, 0.94 at pars thoracica. Coloration, general somatic features and eye sizes as in male. Measurements of legs: I: 3.57 (1.06, 0.40, 0.77, 0.79, 0.55), II: 3.09 (0.96, 0.36, 0.63, 0.71, 0.43), III: 2.36 (0.75, 0.33, 0.46, 0.52, 0.30), IV: 3.02 (0.95, 0.39, 0.66, 0.68, 0.34).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">
Epigyne as in Figure
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male palp (A, B) and epigyne (C, D) of Brigittea avicenna sp. nov. A, C ventral B retrolateral D dorsal. Abbreviations: Er - epigynal ridge, Re - receptacle. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1054.70408.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/573550" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">2C, D</figureCitation>
; epigynal field about 3 times wider than long; copulatory opening almost round, spaced by 1.6 diameters, lateral ridges (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Er</emphasis>
) located 2 diameters of copulatory openings apart from copulatory openings, their length about diameter of copulatory openings; copulatory ducts gradually tapering, making a course of about 90°, about 2 times longer than copulatory
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diameter; receptacles (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Re</emphasis>
) smaller than copulatory openings, spaced slightly by more than one width.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="95" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">
At first look, the male palp is similar to those of the species of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Emblyna</emphasis>
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Chamberlin, 1948 due to the modified embolus (thick and with complex tip). Current generic placement is due to the strongly raised cephalic region, which is also documented in the generotype,
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(Fabricius, 1775), and modification of chelicera (cf. Fig.
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and
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Miller and
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1978
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: pl. IV, figs 1, 2). All species assigned to
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</taxonomicName>
similarly have the posterior tip of conductor covered with fine teeth (cf.
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: figs 31, 35). Another similarity with the generotype is spaced receptacles (vs touching each other in
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and
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). Although
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has a filamentous embolus, its tip is modified in a similar way as in
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sp. nov. (cf.
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: fig. 36). There is another character that is different in the new species and the generotype - the structure of the cribellum. In the new species the cribellum is integral, while in
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it is bipartite (cf.
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="95">Known only from the listed localities in Alborz and Kurdistan provinces, northern and western Iran.</paragraph>
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