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<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865B9A7846B2CF28FE27FE84" box="[409,498,342,365]" captionStart-0="Fig" captionStart-1="Fig" captionStart-2="Fig" captionStart-3="Fig" captionStartId-0="1.[152,187,2055,2076]" captionStartId-1="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionStartId-2="3.[151,186,1909,1930]" captionStartId-3="5.[151,186,1333,1354]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1434,1034,2018]" captionTargetBox-1="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetBox-2="[172,1410,258,1840]" captionTargetBox-3="[151,1436,257,1290]" captionTargetId-0="figure-315@1.[151,1434,1034,2018]" captionTargetId-1="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetId-2="figure-8@3.[151,1436,238,1866]" captionTargetId-3="figure-219@5.[151,1437,257,1294]" captionTargetPageId-0="1" captionTargetPageId-1="2" captionTargetPageId-2="3" captionTargetPageId-3="5" captionText-0="Fig. 1. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., habitus of live male holotype (photo by A. Zamani)." captionText-1="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." captionText-2="Fig. 3A-O. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Eye region, dorsal view. (B) Left palp, ventral view. (C) Left palpal tarsus and palpal organ, retrolateral view. (D) Left patella I, retrolateral and slightly retroventral view. (E) Left tibia I and distal part of patella I, ventral view. (F) Left metatarsus I, ventral view. (G) Left tibia II, ventral view. (H) Right tibial spur, ventral and slightly retrolateral view. (I) Left tibial spur, retrolateral view. (J) Right tibial spur, retrolateral view. (K) Left metatarsus II, ventral view. (L) Same, distal view. (M) Same, retrolateral view. (N) Same, prolateral view. (O) Right metatarsus II, prolateral view.All scale lines 1.0 mm; A-C, D, E-L and M-O to same scale." captionText-3="Fig. 4. Localities of Phyxioschema spp. in Iran. Circle: P. raddei; star: P. gedrosia sp. nov.; square: Phyxioschema sp. White symbols refer to literature records, red symbols refer to our new data. 1 = Golestan Prov., Shahpasand; 2 = North Khorasan Prov., near Dasht (Schwendinger &amp; Zonstein, 2011); 3 = North Khorasan Prov., Assadi, 30 km S of Bojnoord, 37°14N, 57°15E (Zamani et al., 2017); 4 = Khuzestan Prov., Izeh, Takht-e Kashan; 5 = Kerman Prov., 20 km north of Ravar; 6 = Sistan &amp; Baluchistan Prov., Bashagard Mts, Haboudan Village." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592683" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592693" figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592697" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/5592683/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/5592693/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/5592697/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="284">Figs 1-4</figureCitation>
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The specific epithet, a name in apposition, is the ancient Greek name of modern
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Medium-sized species with fairly stout legs (
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). Different from all other
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by one apical megaspine on ventral spur of tibia II situated behind the other (
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G-H, I-J), not beside it. Distinguished from the Central Asian
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and
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by angle between tibia II and its ventral spur being much narrower and acute rather than rounded (
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,
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I-J cf.
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: figs 2D-E and 6E-F); proventral keel on metatarsus II prominent and subquadrangular (
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,
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L-O) instead of low and rounded (as in
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;
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: figs 2D, 3L-P) or prominent and subtriangular (as in
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865B9A78436FCF3DFB6CFEB3" box="[1092,1209,323,346]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="284">P. roxana</emphasis>
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;
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: figs 6E, 7K-N).
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865B9A7844FCCFEAFBC2FE42" box="[983,1047,404,427]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="284">Male:</emphasis>
Colour in alcohol: Carapace (
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,
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865B9A784477CFCBFCAAFE25" box="[860,895,437,460]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="284">2A</figureCitation>
) uniformly light brown; eye mound black. Palpal coxae light brown, prolateral zone only indistinctly lighter than rest of ventral side (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865B9A7843E5CF88FAF8FDE4" box="[1230,1325,502,525]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="284">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
). Labium with cream-coloured anterior half and light reddish brown posterior half (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865B9A784310CC49FB40FDA7" box="[1083,1173,567,590]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="284">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
). Sternum mostly light brown; margin, fused anterior pair of sigilla (forming postlabial depression) and separated three pairs of sigilla light reddish brown (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865B9A784357CCE4FB03FD58" box="[1148,1238,666,689]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="284">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
). Legs (including ventral side of coxae) mostly light brown, their ventral side slightly lighter than dorsal side; entire dorsal side of tibia I, patches at bases of spines on ventral side of tibia I (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865B9A7844B8CD62FC32FCDA" box="[915,999,796,819]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="284">Fig. 2F</figureCitation>
), entire metatarsus I and most of tarsus I (except for pseudosegmentation) distinctly darker; small retrodorsal-distal patch, large prodorsal-prolateraldistal patch (extending back to band of hooked spinules) and entire ventral spur of tibia II, and proximal third of metatarsus II dark reddish brown (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F86589A7B451ACF7CFD5FFEF0" box="[561,650,258,281]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Fig. 2G</figureCitation>
); no light longitudinal dorsal stripes on patellae discernible, indistinct ones present on tibiae and metatarsi I. All membranes uniformly cream-coloured. Opisthosoma mostly light greyish brown, without pattern (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F86589A7B4589CFFDFD38FE73" box="[674,749,387,410]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="1.[152,187,2055,2076]" captionTargetBox="[151,1434,1034,2018]" captionTargetId="figure-315@1.[151,1434,1034,2018]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 1. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., habitus of live male holotype (photo by A. Zamani)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592683" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592683/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Figs 1</figureCitation>
,
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); ventral side of posterior lateral spinnerets greyish brown, mottled with light spots.
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Fig. 1.
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865B9A7847C8C679FE13F7F5" box="[227,454,2055,2076]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="284">Phyxioschema gedrosia</emphasis>
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, habitus of live male holotype (photo by A. Zamani).
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Body 11.7 long. Carapace (
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) 4.5 long, 3.9 wide, oval, almost flat, quite densely covered with fine, relatively long, adpressed grey hairs (most straight, few slightly curved or wavy); few stronger bristles on and in front of eye mound, two bristles in front of pitlike fovea and several bristles on posterolateral corners of carapace. Eyes (
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) on low mound; eye group 0.41 long, anterior eye row distinctly procurved, 0.71 wide, posterior eye row straight, 0.78 wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.14, ALE 0.24, PME 0.16, PLE 0.21; AME-AME 0.09, AME-ALE 0.06, PME-PME 0.28, PME-PLE 0.04. MOQ 0.28 long, 0.33 wide anteriorly, 0.55 posteriorly.
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Chelicerae weak, grooves with 9/11 prolateral teeth and about 30 tiny medioproximal denticles. Palpal coxae (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F86589A7B44BFCFFDFC3BFE73" box="[916,1006,387,410]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
) 1.1 long, 0.7 wide; prolateral-distal lobe indistinct, with indistinct serrula on ridge. Labium (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F86589A7B446CCFBAFC4AFE32" box="[839,927,452,475]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
) 0.3 long, 0.7 wide, anterior edge distinctly setose, followed by pallid zone without setae; posterior part pigmented, with few setae. Sternum (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F86589A7B4238CC7AFABCFDF2" box="[1299,1385,516,539]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
) 2.3 long, 1.9 wide, cordate, with distinctly sunken postlabial sigilla (medially fused with each other and with labiosternal suture) and three pairs of indistinct marginal sigilla.
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Palps (
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B-C). Measurements: total length 4.4 (1.8 + 0.7 + 1.2 + 0.7). Spination: tibia r1 (very long); tarsus p1, r1 (much shorter). 8+8 trichobothria in two rows on tibiae, 10 trichobothria in an irregular row on tarsi. Palpal organ with a narrow kidney-shaped subtegulum, a much wider, asymmetrically pyriform tegulum and a quite long (about as long as tegulum), almost straight embolus tapering to a very slightly curved tip.
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Fig. 2A-G.
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, male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view.
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Fig. 3A-O.
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, male holotype. (A) Eye region, dorsal view. (B) Left palp, ventral view. (C) Left palpal tarsus and palpal organ, retrolateral view. (D) Left patella I, retrolateral and slightly retroventral view. (E) Left tibia I and distal part of patella I, ventral view. (F) Left metatarsus I, ventral view. (G) Left tibia II, ventral view. (H) Right tibial spur, ventral and slightly retrolateral view. (I) Left tibial spur, retrolateral view. (J) Right tibial spur, retrolateral view. (K) Left metatarsus II, ventral view. (L) Same, distal view. (M) Same, retrolateral view. (N) Same, prolateral view. (O) Right metatarsus II, prolateral view. All scale lines 1.0 mm; A-C, D, E-L and M-O to same scale.
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Legs 2134. Leg I 11.5 long (3.4 + 2.0 + 2.4 + 2.3 + 1.4); leg II 11.3 long (3.3 + 1.8 + 2.4 + 2.2 + 1.6); leg III 12.1 long (3.4 + 1.7 + 2.2 + 3.1 + 1.7); leg IV 15.2 long (3.8 + 2.1 + 3.1 + 4.2 + 2.0). Tibia I 1.06 wide, tibia II 1.30, tibiae III and IV 0.71 each. All tarsi pseudosegmented and densely armed with spines. Metatarsal preening combs absent. Leg I: metatarsus with one proximoventral spine stronger than nearby ones (similar to distoventral spines; on left side more pronounced than on right side;
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D47BCCCF4FF3EFD48" box="[151,235,650,673]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[151,186,1909,1930]" captionTargetBox="[172,1410,258,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-8@3.[151,1436,238,1866]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 3A-O. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Eye region, dorsal view. (B) Left palp, ventral view. (C) Left palpal tarsus and palpal organ, retrolateral view. (D) Left patella I, retrolateral and slightly retroventral view. (E) Left tibia I and distal part of patella I, ventral view. (F) Left metatarsus I, ventral view. (G) Left tibia II, ventral view. (H) Right tibial spur, ventral and slightly retrolateral view. (I) Left tibial spur, retrolateral view. (J) Right tibial spur, retrolateral view. (K) Left metatarsus II, ventral view. (L) Same, distal view. (M) Same, retrolateral view. (N) Same, prolateral view. (O) Right metatarsus II, prolateral view.All scale lines 1.0 mm; A-C, D, E-L and M-O to same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592693" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592693/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Fig. 3F</figureCitation>
); tibia distinctly incrassate (150% of tibiae III or IV width), ventrally flattened in some areas (mostly in distal half), carrying ventral megaspines with bases surrounded by darker pigment (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D46CDCC92FDECFCEA" box="[486,569,748,771]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Figs 2F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D4568CC92FDB1FCEA" box="[579,612,748,771]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[151,186,1909,1930]" captionTargetBox="[172,1410,258,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-8@3.[151,1436,238,1866]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 3A-O. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Eye region, dorsal view. (B) Left palp, ventral view. (C) Left palpal tarsus and palpal organ, retrolateral view. (D) Left patella I, retrolateral and slightly retroventral view. (E) Left tibia I and distal part of patella I, ventral view. (F) Left metatarsus I, ventral view. (G) Left tibia II, ventral view. (H) Right tibial spur, ventral and slightly retrolateral view. (I) Left tibial spur, retrolateral view. (J) Right tibial spur, retrolateral view. (K) Left metatarsus II, ventral view. (L) Same, distal view. (M) Same, retrolateral view. (N) Same, prolateral view. (O) Right metatarsus II, prolateral view.All scale lines 1.0 mm; A-C, D, E-L and M-O to same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592693" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592693/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">3E</figureCitation>
); patella with a curved row of 4/5 spines retroventrally (the distal ones longer and curved, the proximal ones shorter and slightly sigmoid), without triangular projection on retrolateral margin (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D47DDCD10FE87FC6C" box="[246,338,878,901]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[151,186,1909,1930]" captionTargetBox="[172,1410,258,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-8@3.[151,1436,238,1866]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 3A-O. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Eye region, dorsal view. (B) Left palp, ventral view. (C) Left palpal tarsus and palpal organ, retrolateral view. (D) Left patella I, retrolateral and slightly retroventral view. (E) Left tibia I and distal part of patella I, ventral view. (F) Left metatarsus I, ventral view. (G) Left tibia II, ventral view. (H) Right tibial spur, ventral and slightly retrolateral view. (I) Left tibial spur, retrolateral view. (J) Right tibial spur, retrolateral view. (K) Left metatarsus II, ventral view. (L) Same, distal view. (M) Same, retrolateral view. (N) Same, prolateral view. (O) Right metatarsus II, prolateral view.All scale lines 1.0 mm; A-C, D, E-L and M-O to same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592693" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592693/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Fig. 3D</figureCitation>
); distal part of femur with relatively short and wide band of hooked spinules retrodorsally (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D47B4CDCEFF22FC2E" box="[159,247,944,967]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
). Leg II: proximal part of metatarsus with two widely separated keels (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D4689CDAEFE36FC0E" box="[418,483,976,999]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[151,186,1909,1930]" captionTargetBox="[172,1410,258,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-8@3.[151,1436,238,1866]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 3A-O. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Eye region, dorsal view. (B) Left palp, ventral view. (C) Left palpal tarsus and palpal organ, retrolateral view. (D) Left patella I, retrolateral and slightly retroventral view. (E) Left tibia I and distal part of patella I, ventral view. (F) Left metatarsus I, ventral view. (G) Left tibia II, ventral view. (H) Right tibial spur, ventral and slightly retrolateral view. (I) Left tibial spur, retrolateral view. (J) Right tibial spur, retrolateral view. (K) Left metatarsus II, ventral view. (L) Same, distal view. (M) Same, retrolateral view. (N) Same, prolateral view. (O) Right metatarsus II, prolateral view.All scale lines 1.0 mm; A-C, D, E-L and M-O to same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592693" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592693/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
K-L): the proventral one large, almost quadrangular in prolateral view and with a sharp, very prominent ventral edge (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D4536CA6FFDA2FBC1" box="[541,631,1041,1064]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Figs 2G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D45A8CA6FFD5AFBC1" box="[643,655,1041,1064]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[151,186,1909,1930]" captionTargetBox="[172,1410,258,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-8@3.[151,1436,238,1866]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 3A-O. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Eye region, dorsal view. (B) Left palp, ventral view. (C) Left palpal tarsus and palpal organ, retrolateral view. (D) Left patella I, retrolateral and slightly retroventral view. (E) Left tibia I and distal part of patella I, ventral view. (F) Left metatarsus I, ventral view. (G) Left tibia II, ventral view. (H) Right tibial spur, ventral and slightly retrolateral view. (I) Left tibial spur, retrolateral view. (J) Right tibial spur, retrolateral view. (K) Left metatarsus II, ventral view. (L) Same, distal view. (M) Same, retrolateral view. (N) Same, prolateral view. (O) Right metatarsus II, prolateral view.All scale lines 1.0 mm; A-C, D, E-L and M-O to same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592693" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592693/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">3</figureCitation>
L-O), the retroventral keel indistinct, much less elevated and with an angular but not elevated ventral edge (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D4544CA2DFD64FB83" box="[623,689,1107,1130]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[151,186,1909,1930]" captionTargetBox="[172,1410,258,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-8@3.[151,1436,238,1866]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 3A-O. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Eye region, dorsal view. (B) Left palp, ventral view. (C) Left palpal tarsus and palpal organ, retrolateral view. (D) Left patella I, retrolateral and slightly retroventral view. (E) Left tibia I and distal part of patella I, ventral view. (F) Left metatarsus I, ventral view. (G) Left tibia II, ventral view. (H) Right tibial spur, ventral and slightly retrolateral view. (I) Left tibial spur, retrolateral view. (J) Right tibial spur, retrolateral view. (K) Left metatarsus II, ventral view. (L) Same, distal view. (M) Same, retrolateral view. (N) Same, prolateral view. (O) Right metatarsus II, prolateral view.All scale lines 1.0 mm; A-C, D, E-L and M-O to same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592693" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592693/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
L-M); tibia strongly incrassate (180% of tibiae III and IV width;
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D47BCCAEAFF26FB42" box="[151,243,1172,1195]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Figs 2G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D4628CAEAFEF3FB42" box="[259,294,1172,1195]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[151,186,1909,1930]" captionTargetBox="[172,1410,258,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-8@3.[151,1436,238,1866]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 3A-O. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Eye region, dorsal view. (B) Left palp, ventral view. (C) Left palpal tarsus and palpal organ, retrolateral view. (D) Left patella I, retrolateral and slightly retroventral view. (E) Left tibia I and distal part of patella I, ventral view. (F) Left metatarsus I, ventral view. (G) Left tibia II, ventral view. (H) Right tibial spur, ventral and slightly retrolateral view. (I) Left tibial spur, retrolateral view. (J) Right tibial spur, retrolateral view. (K) Left metatarsus II, ventral view. (L) Same, distal view. (M) Same, retrolateral view. (N) Same, prolateral view. (O) Right metatarsus II, prolateral view.All scale lines 1.0 mm; A-C, D, E-L and M-O to same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592693" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592693/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">3G</figureCitation>
), band of elongate spinules on prolateral side straight, slightly inclined from longitudinal axis of tibia, reaching beyond height of distal side of ventral spur (
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); ventral spur of tibia apically tapering in ventral view (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D47F6CB69FEE7FAC7" box="[221,306,1303,1326]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[151,186,1909,1930]" captionTargetBox="[172,1410,258,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-8@3.[151,1436,238,1866]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 3A-O. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Eye region, dorsal view. (B) Left palp, ventral view. (C) Left palpal tarsus and palpal organ, retrolateral view. (D) Left patella I, retrolateral and slightly retroventral view. (E) Left tibia I and distal part of patella I, ventral view. (F) Left metatarsus I, ventral view. (G) Left tibia II, ventral view. (H) Right tibial spur, ventral and slightly retrolateral view. (I) Left tibial spur, retrolateral view. (J) Right tibial spur, retrolateral view. (K) Left metatarsus II, ventral view. (L) Same, distal view. (M) Same, retrolateral view. (N) Same, prolateral view. (O) Right metatarsus II, prolateral view.All scale lines 1.0 mm; A-C, D, E-L and M-O to same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592693" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592693/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Fig. 3G</figureCitation>
) and only indistinctly widened in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D47F7CB49FEEDFAA7" box="[220,312,1335,1358]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Figs 2G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D466ECB49FE84FAA7" box="[325,337,1335,1358]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[151,186,1909,1930]" captionTargetBox="[172,1410,258,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-8@3.[151,1436,238,1866]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 3A-O. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Eye region, dorsal view. (B) Left palp, ventral view. (C) Left palpal tarsus and palpal organ, retrolateral view. (D) Left patella I, retrolateral and slightly retroventral view. (E) Left tibia I and distal part of patella I, ventral view. (F) Left metatarsus I, ventral view. (G) Left tibia II, ventral view. (H) Right tibial spur, ventral and slightly retrolateral view. (I) Left tibial spur, retrolateral view. (J) Right tibial spur, retrolateral view. (K) Left metatarsus II, ventral view. (L) Same, distal view. (M) Same, retrolateral view. (N) Same, prolateral view. (O) Right metatarsus II, prolateral view.All scale lines 1.0 mm; A-C, D, E-L and M-O to same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592693" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592693/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">3</figureCitation>
I-J), its apex not bilobed and carrying two megaspines, one situated behind the other (not side by side as in all other
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); dorsal megaspine shorter and more inclined from axis of tibial spur than ventral one (
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D46BACBC4FE38FA38" box="[401,493,1466,1489]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[152,187,1998,2019]" captionTargetBox="[154,1431,921,1945]" captionTargetId="figure-294@2.[148,1440,908,1968]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2A-G. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Prosoma, dorsal view. (B) Palpal coxae, labium and sternum, ventral view. (C) Opisthosoma, dorsal view. (D) Right femur I, retrodorsal view. (E) Right femur II, prolateral view. (F) Left tibia I, ventral view. (G) Right tibia, metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592687/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Figs 2G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D46D0CBC4FDD2FA38" box="[507,519,1466,1489]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[151,186,1909,1930]" captionTargetBox="[172,1410,258,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-8@3.[151,1436,238,1866]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 3A-O. Phyxioschema gedrosia sp. nov., male holotype. (A) Eye region, dorsal view. (B) Left palp, ventral view. (C) Left palpal tarsus and palpal organ, retrolateral view. (D) Left patella I, retrolateral and slightly retroventral view. (E) Left tibia I and distal part of patella I, ventral view. (F) Left metatarsus I, ventral view. (G) Left tibia II, ventral view. (H) Right tibial spur, ventral and slightly retrolateral view. (I) Left tibial spur, retrolateral view. (J) Right tibial spur, retrolateral view. (K) Left metatarsus II, ventral view. (L) Same, distal view. (M) Same, retrolateral view. (N) Same, prolateral view. (O) Right metatarsus II, prolateral view.All scale lines 1.0 mm; A-C, D, E-L and M-O to same scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592693" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592693/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">3</figureCitation>
G-J); band of hooked spinules prolaterally on femur II (
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) much longer and slightly narrower than corresponding band on femur I (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36FA865E9A7D47BCC843FEB9F91E" blockId="4.[151,756,258,2077]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Spination: I: patella p1, v4/5; tibia p1/2, v20; metatarsus v13/17; tarsus v13. II: patella p2; tibia p2, v2 megaspines; metatarsus p2, v7; tarsus v17. III: patella p2/3, r1; tibia d2, p2, r2, v5; metatarsus d5, p3, r1, v10/11; tarsus v12. IV: patella p2, r1; tibia d2, p2, r2, v6; metatarsus d3/4, p2, r1, v9/10; tarsus v9.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36FA865E9A7D47BCC97EFD40F890" blockId="4.[151,756,258,2077]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">
Trichobothria: 9-10+
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two rows on tibiae;
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a straight row on metatarsi; about
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a straight row on tarsi. Paired claws with 10-12 teeth in sigmoid row; unpaired claw with 6-7 quite long, sessile teeth.
</paragraph>
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Opisthosoma 6.3 long, 4.4 wide; covered with fine adpressed hairs (mostly in posterior part) interspersed with fewer fine dark hairs and long dark bristles with orangebrown sockets (
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). Posterior median spinnerets 0.6 long; posterior lateral spinnerets 5.9 long (proximal article 1.7, median article 1.7, pseudosegmented distal article 2.5).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4414CF3CFC4DFEB0" box="[831,920,322,345]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Female:</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36FA865E9A7D4414CF0FFAFBFAA2" blockId="4.[831,1437,369,1901]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4414CF0FFAD6FE60" bold="true" box="[831,1283,369,393]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Relationships and taxonomic status:</emphasis>
Due to the stouter and more spiny legs with incrassate tibiae I and II and a ventrally partly flattened tibia I,
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4234CFCCFA49FE20" box="[1311,1436,434,457]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. gedrosia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2225793865E9A7D4414CFACFC4CFE00" box="[831,921,466,489]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
clearly belongs to the Central Asian species group which also includes
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4356CF8CFB30FDE0" box="[1149,1253,498,521]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. raddei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4203CF8CFA40FDE0" box="[1320,1429,498,521]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. roxana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Judging from the distally narrow ventral spur on tibia II and from the strongly projecting and sharp proventral keel on metatarsus II,
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4319CC2CFB7FFD80" box="[1074,1194,594,617]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. gedrosia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2225793865E9A7D4398CC2CFAD2FD80" box="[1203,1287,594,617]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
appears most closely related to
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4332CC0CFB52FD60" box="[1049,1159,626,649]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. roxana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The characteristic and strongly autapomorphic ventral coupling spur of tibia II with its apical megaspines situated one behind the other (
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,
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G-J) is not completely unparalleled. In
<taxonomicName id="4C654D79865E9A7D4474CC8DFC16FCE3" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1889" box="[863,963,755,778]" class="Arachnida" family="Dipluridae" genus="Phyxioschema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raddei">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4474CC8DFC16FCE3" box="[863,963,755,778]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. raddei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the retrolateral-apical lobe of the coupling spur is slightly bent dorsad, and consequently the retrolateral megaspine is situated slightly more dorsally than the prolateral one (see
<bibRefCitation id="EFF44B0B865E9A7D43C9CD2DFC31FC63" author="Schwendinger P. J. &amp; Zonstein S. L." pageId="4" pageNumber="287" pagination="28 - 48" refId="ref3894" refString="Schwendinger P. J., Zonstein S. L. 2011. A taxonomic revision of the genus Phyxioschema (Araneae, Dipluridae), II: species from Central Asia. Zootaxa 2815: 28 - 48." type="journal article" year="2011">Schwendinger &amp; Zonstein, 2011</bibRefCitation>
: figs 2C-E, 3G), though not behind it as in
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4475CDEDFC02FC43" box="[862,983,915,938]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. gedrosia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2225793865E9A7D44CBCDEDFBE3FC43" box="[992,1078,915,938]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
This may be an indication for a close relationship between
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D435CCDCDFB08FC23" box="[1143,1245,947,970]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. raddei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C654D79865E9A7D4235CDCDFA49FC23" authority="Schwendinger &amp; Zamani, 2018" authorityName="Schwendinger &amp; Zamani" authorityYear="2018" box="[1310,1436,947,970]" class="Arachnida" family="Dipluridae" genus="Phyxioschema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gedrosia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4235CDCDFA49FC23" box="[1310,1436,947,970]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. gedrosia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2225793865E9A7D4414CDADFC42FC03" box="[831,919,979,1002]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, as is the presence of an enlarged ventral spine in the proximal part of metatarsus I. However, other taxonomic characters (narrow apex of ventral spur of tibia II; presence of only two keels on metatarsus II, the proventral one large and very prominent) rather supports a closer relationship between
<taxonomicName id="4C654D79865E9A7D43AECA0AFB39FB62" authorityName="Schwendinger &amp; Zonstein" authorityYear="2011" box="[1157,1260,1140,1163]" class="Arachnida" family="Dipluridae" genus="Phyxioschema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="roxana">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D43AECA0AFB39FB62" box="[1157,1260,1140,1163]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. roxana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C654D79865E9A7D420FCA0AFA49FB62" authority="Schwendinger &amp; Zamani, 2018" authorityName="Schwendinger &amp; Zamani" authorityYear="2018" box="[1316,1436,1140,1163]" class="Arachnida" family="Dipluridae" genus="Phyxioschema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gedrosia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D420FCA0AFA49FB62" box="[1316,1436,1140,1163]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. gedrosia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2225793865E9A7D4414CAEAFC41FB42" box="[831,916,1172,1195]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
The female of the new species is unknown and characters of the vulva thus cannot be evaluated for phylogenetic relationship, but in view of the very close resemblance of the vulvae in
<taxonomicName id="4C654D79865E9A7D4350CA8AFB09FAE2" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1889" box="[1147,1244,1268,1291]" class="Arachnida" family="Dipluridae" genus="Phyxioschema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raddei">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4350CA8AFB09FAE2" box="[1147,1244,1268,1291]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. raddei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C654D79865E9A7D423ACA8AFAA3FAE2" authorityName="Schwendinger &amp; Zonstein" authorityYear="2011" box="[1297,1398,1268,1291]" class="Arachnida" family="Dipluridae" genus="Phyxioschema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="roxana">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D423ACA8AFAA3FAE2" box="[1297,1398,1268,1291]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. roxana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
we do not expect to find much useful information to this respect once the missing female is discovered.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36FA865E9A7D4414CB2AFBE1F884" blockId="4.[831,1437,369,1901]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">
Due to the still unresolved taxonomic status of
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4414CB0BFBECFA65" box="[831,1081,1397,1420]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Afghanothele lindbergi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF44B0B865E9A7D436FCB0BFB09FA65" author="Roewer C. F." box="[1092,1244,1397,1420]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" pagination="1 - 53" refId="ref3813" refString="Roewer C. F. 1960. Solifugen und Opilioniden, Araneae Orthognathae, Haplogynae und Entelegynae (Contribution a l'etude de la faune d'Afghanistan 23). Goteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhalles Handlingar (ser. B) 8 (7): 1 - 53." type="journal article" year="1960">Roewer, 1960</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D423CCB0BFA49FA65" box="[1303,1436,1397,1420]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">A. striatipes</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF44B0B865E9A7D4414CBEBFC03FA45" author="Roewer C. F." box="[831,982,1429,1452]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" pagination="1 - 53" refId="ref3813" refString="Roewer C. F. 1960. Solifugen und Opilioniden, Araneae Orthognathae, Haplogynae und Entelegynae (Contribution a l'etude de la faune d'Afghanistan 23). Goteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhalles Handlingar (ser. B) 8 (7): 1 - 53." type="journal article" year="1960">Roewer, 1960</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and due to the continuous inaccessibility of their
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localities in
<collectingCountry id="F372766A865E9A7D435BCBCBFB20FA25" box="[1136,1269,1461,1484]" name="Afghanistan" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Afghanistan</collectingCountry>
, it is possible that
<taxonomicName id="4C654D79865E9A7D4458CBABFC3BFA05" authority="Schwendinger &amp; Zamani, 2018" authorityName="Schwendinger &amp; Zamani" authorityYear="2018" box="[883,1006,1493,1516]" class="Arachnida" family="Dipluridae" genus="Phyxioschema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gedrosia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4458CBABFC3BFA05" box="[883,1006,1493,1516]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. gedrosia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2225793865E9A7D44D1CBABFB84FA05" box="[1018,1105,1493,1516]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
as well as
<taxonomicName id="4C654D79865E9A7D43F2CBABFA96FA05" authorityName="Schwendinger &amp; Zonstein" authorityYear="2011" box="[1241,1347,1493,1516]" class="Arachnida" family="Dipluridae" genus="Phyxioschema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="roxana">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D43F2CBABFA96FA05" box="[1241,1347,1493,1516]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. roxana</emphasis>
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will be synonymised with one of these two nominal species in the future. A further new
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4365C86BFB3DF9C5" box="[1102,1256,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Phyxioschema</emphasis>
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locality recently discovered by the second author in southwestern
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(so far only females available) may belong to any of the currently known species, but we would not be surprised if it represents yet another undescribed species. The
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4414C8C8FC0CF924" box="[831,985,1718,1741]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Phyxioschema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
diversity in Central Asia is possibly much underestimated, as it was in
<collectingCountry id="F372766A865E9A7D43ECC8A8FAF3F904" box="[1223,1318,1750,1773]" name="Thailand" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Thailand</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF44B0B865E9A7D421CC8A8FBC8F8E4" author="Raven R. J. &amp; Schwendinger P. J." pageId="4" pageNumber="287" pagination="55 - 60" refId="ref3768" refString="Raven R. J., Schwendinger P. J. 1989. On a new Phyxioschema (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Dipluridae) from Thailand and its biology. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 8 (2): 55 - 60." type="journal article" year="1989">Raven &amp; Schwendinger, 1989</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFF44B0B865E9A7D4302C888FADDF8E4" author="Schwendinger P. J." box="[1065,1288,1782,1805]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" pagination="1 - 40" refId="ref3861" refString="Schwendinger P. J. 2009. A taxonomic revision of the genus Phyxioschema (Araneae, Dipluridae), I: species from Thailand. Zootaxa 2126: 1 - 40." type="journal article" year="2009">Schwendinger, 2009</bibRefCitation>
). More spider sampling in Central Asia is desirable but unfortunately this has long been (and still is) difficult due to political and sectarian conflicts.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BDA36FA865E9A7C4414C9FAFE41F9AE" blockId="4.[831,1436,1924,2077]" lastBlockId="5.[151,756,1549,1747]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="288" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4414C9FAFB2CF874" bold="true" box="[831,1273,1924,1949]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Distribution, habitat and phenology:</emphasis>
The
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of
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865E9A7D4475C9DBFC00F855" box="[862,981,1957,1980]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">P. gedrosia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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was collected from its web using meal worms as bait. The type locality in southeastern
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(
<figureCitation id="135E2A7F865E9A7D44AAC99BFC1FF815" box="[897,970,2021,2044]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[151,186,1333,1354]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,257,1290]" captionTargetId="figure-219@5.[151,1437,257,1294]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 4. Localities of Phyxioschema spp. in Iran. Circle: P. raddei; star: P. gedrosia sp. nov.; square: Phyxioschema sp. White symbols refer to literature records, red symbols refer to our new data. 1 = Golestan Prov., Shahpasand; 2 = North Khorasan Prov., near Dasht (Schwendinger &amp; Zonstein, 2011); 3 = North Khorasan Prov., Assadi, 30 km S of Bojnoord, 37°14N, 57°15E (Zamani et al., 2017); 4 = Khuzestan Prov., Izeh, Takht-e Kashan; 5 = Kerman Prov., 20 km north of Ravar; 6 = Sistan &amp; Baluchistan Prov., Bashagard Mts, Haboudan Village." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5592697" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5592697/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
, locality 6) lies in the driest region of Central Asia. The habitat is a deserted mountainous area, with the main vegetation consisting of the palm
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865F9A7C47BCC84EFE5BF9AE" box="[151,398,1584,1607]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Nannorrhops ritchiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDA36FA865F9A7C47BCCB4BFDA7FA54" blockId="5.[151,1436,1333,1469]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">
Fig. 4. Localities of
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865F9A7C464ACB4BFE39FAA3" box="[353,492,1333,1354]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Phyxioschema</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
in Iran. Circle:
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865F9A7C4599CB4BFCDCFAA3" box="[690,777,1333,1354]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">P. raddei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; star:
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865F9A7C446FCB4BFC86FAA3" box="[836,851,1333,1354]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B911EAE8865F9A7C4474CB4BFC67FAA3" box="[863,946,1333,1354]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">gedrosia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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; square:
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865F9A7C4371CB4BFB30FAA3" box="[1114,1253,1333,1354]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Phyxioschema</emphasis>
sp.
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White symbols refer to literature records, red symbols refer to our new data. 1 = Golestan Prov., Shahpasand; 2 = North Khorasan Prov., near Dasht (
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); 3 = North Khorasan Prov., Assadi, 30 km S of Bojnoord, 37°14N, 57°15E (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF44B0B865F9A7C427ACB11FE81FA48" author="Zamani A. &amp; Mirshamsi O. &amp; Dolejs P. &amp; Marusik Y. M. &amp; Esyunin S. L. &amp; Hula V. &amp; Ponel P." pageId="5" pageNumber="288" pagination="55 - 71" refId="ref4006" refString="Zamani A., Mirshamsi O., Dolejs P., Marusik Y. M., Esyunin S. L., Hula V., Ponel P. 2017. New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part IV. Acta Arachnologica 66 (2): 55 - 71." type="journal article" year="2017">
Zamani
<emphasis id="B911EAE8865F9A7C47C8CBF2FEDBFA48" box="[227,270,1420,1441]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">et al</emphasis>
., 2017
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); 4 = Khuzestan Prov., Izeh, Takht-e Kashan; 5 = Kerman Prov., 20 km north of Ravar; 6 = Sistan &amp; Baluchistan Prov., Bashagard Mts, Haboudan Village.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDA36FA865F9A7C47BCC82DFEE5F93A" blockId="5.[151,756,1549,1747]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">
The male
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was collected immature in
<date id="FFDB103A865F9A7C45A8C82DFF19F964" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" value="2017-11">November 2017</date>
and moulted to maturity in
<date id="FFDB103A865F9A7C46D4C808FD75F964" box="[511,672,1654,1677]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" value="2018-02">February 2018</date>
. This is earlier than in
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865F9A7C461CC8E7FE4BF959" box="[311,414,1689,1712]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">P. roxana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(May to June) and in
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8865F9A7C45B9C8E7FD21F959" box="[658,756,1689,1712]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">P. raddei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(May to July).
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