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<taxonomicName id="3956F02BC025DFCA93F28A1480DDF9A3" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="harajah" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B7A19FD278050AE6F1CE2F9B72972007" italics="true">Micropholcus harajah</emphasis>
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Huber
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="6172CCBB968BA46A9F38BA865B80BFD7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation id="157700A05F4A42745C00BAC784B63BFD" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen; live specimens from Saudi Arabia A M. dhahran Huber, sp. nov., male from ‘ Asir, W of Dhahran Al Janub B M. harajah Huber, sp. nov., female with egg-sac from ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah C, D M. alfara Huber, sp. nov., male and female with egg-sac from ‘ Asir, S of Al Fara E M. abha Huber, sp. nov., male from ‘ Asir, N of Abha F M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov., male from ‘ Asir, NW of Tanomah G M. bashayer Huber, sp. nov., female with egg-sac from ‘ Asir, NW of Al Bashayer H M. maysaan Huber, sp. nov., male from Mecca, NW of Maysaan. Photographs BAH." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141413">Figs 3 B</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="A608A79B72BF857F9FB8BF4C5FEE567A" captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; male from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (ZFMK Ar 24658). Left palp in prolateral (A), dorsal (B), and retrolateral (C) views. Scale bar: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141437">27</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="D3E8D788CEF295A8A30E440B33F67695" captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; male from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (ZFMK Ar 24658) A – C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrowed in C points at distinctive subdistal projection on hinged process D, E left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views; bold arrowed in D points at distinctive cone on prolateral bulbal process. Abbreviations: e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141438">28</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="4DF4992F0CBE72FEB1CDC9F7EB63492D" captionStart="Figure 29" captionStartId="F29" captionText="Figure 29. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah A, B male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (ZFMK Ar 24658) C cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (ZFMK Ar 24659). Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141439">29</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="08DFAA025B5E34B0BAFBBD8AC6E93504" captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; female from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (ZFMK Ar 24659) A, B abdomen, ventral and lateral views; arrows in A point at unique epigynal pockets C, D cleared genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141440">30</figureCitation>
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<heading id="BA94554561C3DBDF01DB6C185528B395" reason="title">Type material.</heading>
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<typeStatus id="8B27342E3CDFF368D7FFEDAEE69FBE8F" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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.
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<collectingCountry id="9D5C8B663B9B1575254379844043EE2D" name="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
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– ‘
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•
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; SE of
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,
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;
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<collectingDate id="576A913A34AF5115FF12917337AD4E1C" value="2024-03-22">22 Mar. 2024</collectingDate>
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;
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<collectorName id="85ED9DAAA24DB83B5245A135BA6FD28D">B. A. Huber</collectorName>
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leg.;
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<collectionCode id="C4C44852DEAF669A279DFC2B3B224B7D">KSMA</collectionCode>
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.
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<typeStatus id="C6AC61B0FE2B6C8552F6E68B8B122FFD" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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.
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<collectingCountry id="AF02A64299758FAF5E8D8209CBE6D1A0" name="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
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– ‘
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<emphasis id="B1DADC5E2312B19C110363B2BAD09A45" bold="true">
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<collectingRegion id="E46C511BCAAB0845EA708B19DC2D3A33" country="Saudi Arabia" name="'Asir">Asir</collectingRegion>
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•
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,
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; same collection data as for holotype;
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<collectionCode id="1C9F68439F1497C6C65E9E911119F990" country="Germany" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34613" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34613" name="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig" type="Museum">ZFMK</collectionCode>
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and 24659
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.
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<heading id="2F500D636EFA3941638540F37769718A" reason="title">Other material.</heading>
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<paragraph id="BD58EC95FD6C4403E008F377AEEDDFB0">
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<collectingCountry id="324049F336DF248E5A23602ED41DF77A" name="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
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– ‘
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<collectingRegion id="2A755625204DBC86D990AFBB766FD71E" country="Saudi Arabia" name="'Asir">Asir</collectingRegion>
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•
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, in pure ethanol; same collection data as for holotype;
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<collectionCode id="6EE3B25C1077E7D9FCA4D902E2AA4D6B" country="Germany" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34613" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34613" name="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig" type="Museum">ZFMK</collectionCode>
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.
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<paragraph id="28D79990A9D9428CD3F8F07D65C417E1">
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<heading id="0B978938456019E1ED83FB56DD6C3135" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
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<paragraph id="01B2D7244BF695D626AE342E3769D25D">
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Distinguished from known congeners by unique shapes of bulbal processes, in particular distinctive prolateral sclerite (arrowed in Fig.
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<figureCitation id="3FDDA2EF56B6A38EFD48BCEFD4795B52" captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; male from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (ZFMK Ar 24658) A – C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrowed in C points at distinctive subdistal projection on hinged process D, E left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views; bold arrowed in D points at distinctive cone on prolateral bulbal process. Abbreviations: e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141438">28 D</figureCitation>
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; similar only in
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<emphasis id="4D85C57E8613D3F14814E08654D7BA88" italics="true">M. alfara</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="587FC6E0F867997DB2E56CC9592D03B8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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) and by unique subdistal conical projection on hinged process of procursus (arrowed in Fig.
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<figureCitation id="BF768753BD437E3818F8668D009FB4A8" captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; male from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (ZFMK Ar 24658) A – C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrowed in C points at distinctive subdistal projection on hinged process D, E left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views; bold arrowed in D points at distinctive cone on prolateral bulbal process. Abbreviations: e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141438">28 C</figureCitation>
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); from most congeners (except
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<taxonomicName id="E4575D7025C58CE0757B35F788D6B6ED" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfara" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="9B9D26A6D6450716C0E5D65A5C7E2252" italics="true">M. alfara</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CEE1A820259D5E1C1FFA0B3FAB416FC4" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FF9CAD8E3D120ADE6E3FF52DCA581302" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dhahran" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="6A3A9CD74CD412BCA7B2FDE2094D081D" italics="true">M. dhahran</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E26BFB2822C66A0554F6B3B1F51A92C4" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
) also by rectangular hinged process of procursus with obtuse tip and small ventral terminal pointed process and small proximal spine (in other Saudi Arabian species procursus wider and more curved dorsally, without proximal spine; in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D6298F9609A9B5259E91ABE9037DBF12" baseAuthorityName="Simon" baseAuthorityYear="1887" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fauroti">
|
||
<emphasis id="B5924E967B2821ACF9FEBC534FC7FA7B" italics="true">M. fauroti</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
relatively longer and without spine); from most congeners (except for three species above and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3FAC18D10C7737360C9470C28129663A" authorityName="Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten" authorityYear="2001" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jacominae">
|
||
<emphasis id="2926CD94C1B3D58BE76423035E3B739D" italics="true">M. jacominae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCBA322C21BA961CE8E891E68EEE2263" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="darbat" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="BEF2EB1F2ADCD4B52CD74016DE24D921" italics="true">M. darbat</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D6BF8D70CD8CF1186D067A9BE282C1EF" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
) also by long trochanter apophysis (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="587001935BA575665F4D4B5C364EA845" captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; male from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (ZFMK Ar 24658). Left palp in prolateral (A), dorsal (B), and retrolateral (C) views. Scale bar: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141437">27 C</figureCitation>
|
||
; longer than palpal femur). Female with unique pair of external epigynal pockets (arrowed in Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="CA92D165D89361BCA20A16FE968C95DE" captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; female from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (ZFMK Ar 24659) A, B abdomen, ventral and lateral views; arrows in A point at unique epigynal pockets C, D cleared genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141440">30 A</figureCitation>
|
||
); with distinct internal crescent shaped structures (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="4E5CA3778F699C497C0685B802F20E9A" captionStart="Figure 29" captionStartId="F29" captionText="Figure 29. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah A, B male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (ZFMK Ar 24658) C cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (ZFMK Ar 24659). Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141439">29 C</figureCitation>
|
||
; similar only in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F60E416DE4F6228AADB7F2D9BB3635A8" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dhahran" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="69EDB4B2B37F14CF9DB958E3293E16A2" italics="true">M. dhahran</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3780D114C2465B847B55FFD10911F202" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="887122287402B91FD22E4221E635C0DA" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfara" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="8883984F28F1EFF8BEBF347CF2ED1B7E" italics="true">M. alfara</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DC1D745525748EFA13834EAFF0267444" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
), crescent-shaped structures farther apart than in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="049BA6DAE5AEF7ACD967468AF5816C0D" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfara" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="A087DC088678FB2A20A037159A43E757" italics="true">M. alfara</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="AA15A7BA328B73399544FBAAF6D33826" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, and anterior arc narrower and with different curvature than in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="06858E5493533A7307CC6B554DAFA97E" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dhahran" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="534332A767986FA88231AB5CECA12238" italics="true">M. dhahran</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7F5200F7293A47443953DAB2C112198E" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="9525116CF651FB582EE95EDEB8BD1786" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure27" ID-arpha="84D56F49-2583-5E2F-B747-DC458FE7A00C" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141437" startId="F27">
|
||
<paragraph id="FE08E3C5ABC15C234B1C0F59BE783D9F">
|
||
<label id="BCFAD813C6027B856F8CCE3C16D277D6">Figure 27.</label>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2899C085C21E953D017F86D0789D2714">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="558055B16AD217E29FB83B8EEB3B2675" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="harajah" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="46CF9492C36BE8DA7C2F1DDCF6F5BF07" italics="true">Micropholcus harajah</emphasis>
|
||
Huber
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7704FA597CEFB41FB21B66D64CBB467E" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
; male from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (
|
||
<named-content id="113E7E515715BCF2D73C3B40B062FF79" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
|
||
<specimenCode id="1517085BD8789D8A5D9E836F4AB8E133">Ar 24658</specimenCode>
|
||
). Left palp in prolateral (
|
||
<emphasis id="464DD15726CC436412496E28EF661C64" bold="true">A</emphasis>
|
||
), dorsal (
|
||
<emphasis id="E4813374DA92D078A723028B37DF1E91" bold="true">B</emphasis>
|
||
), and retrolateral (
|
||
<emphasis id="8DFEDFD0B05B015EE5E4861865612AAE" bold="true">C</emphasis>
|
||
) views. Scale bar: 0.3 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="E57C0671CC94C97EC76F34746328B125" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure28" ID-arpha="E8372D5B-D484-53F0-B85E-BB721E5427CC" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141438" startId="F28">
|
||
<paragraph id="5BB2950455957F4D0A0742431994E02B">
|
||
<label id="46C5C866F97F1BBDB1E26D31D8631A41">Figure 28.</label>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="A58C0D7D769DC5B9EC7E7EE46C42C606">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B9C0B7F4E987334D5B9C77232D3CD7DC" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="harajah" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="0BD90E193775C6D4D7BF2D5EFC35D450" italics="true">Micropholcus harajah</emphasis>
|
||
Huber
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B325375AD563802BDE5A288ACC4F7F07" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
; male from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (
|
||
<named-content id="935701BAF8B3CDD892655C5B87C5E001" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
|
||
<specimenCode id="0038CADE0E836E24DE958EE770FB46F0">Ar 24658</specimenCode>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="049AF99775089522CAC4EE7867228888" bold="true">A – C</emphasis>
|
||
left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrowed in C points at distinctive subdistal projection on hinged process
|
||
<emphasis id="262D259A7B24AB250B3C9D82DD7F59BC" bold="true">D, E</emphasis>
|
||
left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views; bold arrowed in D points at distinctive cone on prolateral bulbal process. Abbreviations: e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite. Scale bars: 0.3 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="C7206C740B925DF6BFF8B088BB6D36CB" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure29" ID-arpha="81C87797-9A08-55E8-8E84-D7078186DE00" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141439" startId="F29">
|
||
<paragraph id="790B172C20C6FFA77F4BA021E5F58330">
|
||
<label id="F0741B7A73BE2422EFD73E95CF479E5F">Figure 29.</label>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="CD9069D4F5EA69A633ADB364F4AC765B">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C46722E834638B594C418E96E98882E0" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="harajah" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9A5C918B2A95A7E6808F5A0499DE81B" italics="true">Micropholcus harajah</emphasis>
|
||
Huber
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B8645A1429EA6E0A8ADAC8A4B5A70D58" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
; from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah
|
||
<emphasis id="ADC45A79499B0F8B94B24EC143DD7BDE" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
|
||
male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (
|
||
<named-content id="71C63EB4020FE42FA4C3CD2ADC6DD134" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
|
||
<specimenCode id="BD9668AE8F0303632A0585733F21F47A">Ar 24658</specimenCode>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="241BF0ABC848981F94AE51C3340595D3" bold="true">C</emphasis>
|
||
cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (
|
||
<named-content id="A1384C62929F0A218303C34CCAE236B3" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
|
||
<specimenCode id="5EA689EA64C9AF3C9A35C614F047E654">Ar 24659</specimenCode>
|
||
). Scale bars: 0.3 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="45EAFA75047B6CEA0C7A48B154F537D4" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure30" ID-arpha="DF9751DE-F199-52F5-9F07-E139EDAD5B1F" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141440" startId="F30">
|
||
<paragraph id="6652FA2676EC4CFA8B3A0CEF7C54986B">
|
||
<label id="67AE603CBFD66D75523CA4F0767989A5">Figure 30.</label>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="E43CDAA5D8832E45CCB272604D921304">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="723B5ADFDC3109464CC2E5DC3429F919" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="harajah" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="6DD3659409FC0A18BD2F3A3FFC71FB6E" italics="true">Micropholcus harajah</emphasis>
|
||
Huber
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="EE58C864111CD1FFA741D1C533E1A1B7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
; female from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (
|
||
<named-content id="968209CFA9DFF8FA340CAC07D3A11AA5" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
|
||
<specimenCode id="AE93EBC5C6BB2E784D2A9036D67AF5F9">Ar 24659</specimenCode>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="13948336A12D01D2BEE6FB1DCDDEC1DA" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
|
||
abdomen, ventral and lateral views; arrows in A point at unique epigynal pockets
|
||
<emphasis id="E24BFAE8F3554FA6E30D5782A6AA99AF" bold="true">C, D</emphasis>
|
||
cleared genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Scale bars: 0.3 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="SECID0EXZCI" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="56CC85D40905626646BAD307DFC40895">
|
||
<heading id="4F165A13A8AE2B1389E8D81BC5C311F9" reason="title">Description.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="0BA6229CA354699D547033A3FE96F71A">
|
||
<emphasis id="23B3DB2B5E8FD0B024F6EDFA90B5FF9C" bold="true">Male</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<typeStatus id="9BB2FA0B50136D80C1A76F3024CA7F1F" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
).
|
||
<emphasis id="F7532D692E0EE865DA5678CC2BC16ED7" bold="true">
|
||
<emphasis id="5E8215A2CE78CA0093DF028C9E2C581F" bold="true" italics="true">Measurements</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Total body length 2.7, carapace width 0.9. Distance
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ED1CI" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EH1CI" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
200 µm; diameter
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EL1CI" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
80 µm; distance
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EP1CI" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ET1CI" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
|
||
20 µm; distance
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EX1CI" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E21CI" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
25 µm; diameter
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E61CI" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
55 µm. Leg 1: 26.2 (6.5 + 0.5 + 6.4 + 11.6 + 1.2), tibia 2: 4.0, tibia 3: 2.3, tibia 4: 3.3; tibia 1
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ED2CI" xlink_title="length/diameter">L / d</abbrev>
|
||
: 75; diameters of leg femora (at half length) 0.10–0.11; of leg tibiae 0.085.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="6CA390183D29A8C52D521DA013C157C1">
|
||
<emphasis id="441498AC8A8D70FBFD728544A56C6944" bold="true" italics="true">Colour</emphasis>
|
||
(in ethanol). Carapace pale ochre-yellow with large brown median mark connected posteriorly to series of small lateral marks, ocular area slightly darkened, clypeus without darker pattern; sternum mostly whitish, posteriorly slightly darkened; legs ochre-yellow, patellae brown, tibia-metatarsus joints with indistinct brown ring, femur 1 proximally slightly darkened; abdomen pale ochre-grey, dorsally and laterally with larger whitish internal marks.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="CE03D3A5A19FFF86D393086DE39616E1">
|
||
<emphasis id="1D146415B0034D290489E552F6D45F75" bold="true">
|
||
<emphasis id="EFB742627CC2C37FBB1A2249C9E91154" bold="true" italics="true">Body</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Habitus as in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6D52069CE911D85A8363D9EA1C20C49B" authorityName="Huber & Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dhahran" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="E4822767DDBDF50F0613ED6935C6635E" italics="true">M. dhahran</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4EFA7877AB820F92E7F429A4B29E908A" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(cf. Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="AE133158F96B82E39591D1EEDBDB56B2" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen; live specimens from Saudi Arabia A M. dhahran Huber, sp. nov., male from ‘ Asir, W of Dhahran Al Janub B M. harajah Huber, sp. nov., female with egg-sac from ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah C, D M. alfara Huber, sp. nov., male and female with egg-sac from ‘ Asir, S of Al Fara E M. abha Huber, sp. nov., male from ‘ Asir, N of Abha F M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov., male from ‘ Asir, NW of Tanomah G M. bashayer Huber, sp. nov., female with egg-sac from ‘ Asir, NW of Al Bashayer H M. maysaan Huber, sp. nov., male from Mecca, NW of Maysaan. Photographs BAH." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141413">3 A</figureCitation>
|
||
). Ocular area slightly raised (more distinct in frontal view). Carapace without thoracic groove. Clypeus unmodified. Sternum wider than long (0.66 / 0.50), unmodified. Abdomen oval, approximately twice as long as wide.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="5F41324930B0534616A26C2C65A10E5F">
|
||
<emphasis id="83FD4EE1FC962F166A3B78C68E7576FC" bold="true">
|
||
<emphasis id="9B76051212E28F95A436B0FCADE885CB" bold="true" italics="true">Chelicerae</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
As in Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="48290A3EC1EE5D89A11A680416A04D77" captionStart="Figure 29" captionStartId="F29" captionText="Figure 29. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah A, B male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (ZFMK Ar 24658) C cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (ZFMK Ar 24659). Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141439">29 A, B</figureCitation>
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; with pair of distal apophyses near laminae, each with two cone-shaped hairs; with pair of very low proximal frontal humps; with prominent pair of proximal lateral processes.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="ADBF3EA9FCB35A1A8C97EE8EED9002CB">
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<emphasis id="E000D54B1F7C56E039E9BF86892EDF75" bold="true">
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<emphasis id="609654530857CB0C0F02E1776B280822" bold="true" italics="true">Palps</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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As in Fig.
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<figureCitation id="1CCC9175EEC88CD3C3994A9E1B7B2DFD" captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; male from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (ZFMK Ar 24658). Left palp in prolateral (A), dorsal (B), and retrolateral (C) views. Scale bar: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141437">27</figureCitation>
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; coxa unmodified; trochanter with very long ventral apophysis with small proximal retrolateral hump and modified hair on distal tip; femur small relative to tibia, distally widened, with distinct ventral hump; femur-patella joints shifted toward prolateral side; tibia-tarsus joints shifted toward retrolateral side; tarsus with large tarsal organ. Procursus (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="6D77F76DA819ECF562AA6F6AB5BB6DE2" captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; male from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (ZFMK Ar 24658) A – C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrowed in C points at distinctive subdistal projection on hinged process D, E left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views; bold arrowed in D points at distinctive cone on prolateral bulbal process. Abbreviations: e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141438">28 A – C</figureCitation>
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) proximally with sclerotised prolateral hump; at half-length with prolateral-ventral sclerotised ridge, prolateral thick sclerotised ridge, and brush of dorsal hairs; distally with small retrolateral ridge and strong ventral apophysis, large membranous ventral-prolateral flap, and distinctive dorsal hinged process. Genital bulb (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="48F54BD3F011C48718D800CD8665771C" captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; male from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (ZFMK Ar 24658) A – C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrowed in C points at distinctive subdistal projection on hinged process D, E left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views; bold arrowed in D points at distinctive cone on prolateral bulbal process. Abbreviations: e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141438">28 D, E</figureCitation>
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) with strong proximal sclerite; two sclerotised processes of unclear homology: prolateral process with distinctive strong pointed cone directed towards bulbous part of genital bulb; retrolateral process originating from basis of embolus, heavily sclerotised with retrolateral row of four variably strong pointed processes; and mostly semi-transparent short embolus with distinct pointed process and subdistal row of transparent hair-like processes prolaterally.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="526AA54FD17D8E1E74223F64892C311F">
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<emphasis id="71E696003F6F6728D6BE420D67603FBB" bold="true">
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<emphasis id="7DE89AC3A3BD948D11D18046E19E825E" bold="true" italics="true">Legs</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Without spines, without curved hairs, without sexually dimorphic short vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia 1 not seen in
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<typeStatus id="A0DD4C6BE06DD087106C1D1EEACEB927" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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, in
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<typeStatus id="00E4C54BB8385034C55C665C2CA021F2" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
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at 7 %; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1; tarsus 1 with> 25 pseudosegments, distally distinct.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CC4CC0808B6E78B99F6B0E9915F75F9B">
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<emphasis id="7D944E6333AC05952B545090D1282150" bold="true" italics="true">Variation</emphasis>
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(male). Tibia
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<quantity id="A4955E72DBF8D242141436920A2F20A3" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
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other male: 5.9; missing in third male.
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CC4330399598FC7152ABEF6E0A1CA149">
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<emphasis id="2C0DD522A99D3C8150DFCA746062AB11" bold="true">Female.</emphasis>
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In general very similar to male. Tibia
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<quantity id="70C655338C65ADAD790570F33E1FB08E" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
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ten females: 4.3–5.9 (mean 4.9). Epigynum (Fig.
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||
<figureCitation id="70B729F3FF6952F3D44C6F5F94CDC55C" captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; female from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (ZFMK Ar 24659) A, B abdomen, ventral and lateral views; arrows in A point at unique epigynal pockets C, D cleared genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141440">30 A, B</figureCitation>
|
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) variably protruding, anterior plate oval, with indistinct knob-shaped process posteriorly; with pair of lateral sclerites, each provided at posterior end with small pocket, and median internal dark structure visible through cuticle; posterior epigynal plate very short and indistinct. Internal genitalia (Figs
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||
<figureCitation id="2E5184DA373FF4BC39225A0732CE2C50" captionStart="Figure 29" captionStartId="F29" captionText="Figure 29. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah A, B male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (ZFMK Ar 24658) C cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (ZFMK Ar 24659). Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141439">29 C</figureCitation>
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,
|
||
<figureCitation id="793E61A2F52090C8428E469DB832BE8B" captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Micropholcus harajah Huber, sp. nov.; female from Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (ZFMK Ar 24659) A, B abdomen, ventral and lateral views; arrows in A point at unique epigynal pockets C, D cleared genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141440">30 C, D</figureCitation>
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) with pair of elongated pore plates in transversal position; with pair of lateral sclerites, median crescent-shaped structures, and large membranous anterior arc.
|
||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="SECID0EA5CI" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="D3AA3CCDDD7E3B5278468E3ABD1010B5">
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<heading id="5855F1E91CBE6B8AA83B0EF94CB37903" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="41B8280EE1CD3461A1A650027E154B79">The species name is derived from the type locality; noun in apposition.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="SECID0EF5CI" type="distribution">
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||
<paragraph id="2914617AC61F8FB37F0ED860FF3C3548">
|
||
<heading id="ED46DE85DFD12136B2BC29454DAFF840" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="81F2C9F1D57C7AEAF56A20502595C0EE">
|
||
Known from type locality only, in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83428419F8418FCCD5A7AAD78BA0432B" name="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
|
||
, ‘
|
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<collectingRegion id="7A53805D9F77EEFFCF1C6FEB4C290F02" country="Saudi Arabia" name="'Asir">Asir Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="B102AE6853C2D60DA50982F9FF8DD333" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Known distribution of Micropholcus fauroti (Simon) (A) and of Old World Micropholcus in Mindanao (B), on the Arabian Peninsula (C) and in Morocco (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141423">13 C</figureCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection id="SECID0EP5CI" type="natural history">
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||
<paragraph id="EB7C5B0405AE60B8DA4FB1C44523A4DF">
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||
<heading id="41F7DC8E585C11968090CC19415E28F1" reason="title">Natural history.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="71BAAA16F6CC481D9E8172D7EEFDDA45">
|
||
The spiders were found sitting on the undersides of large boulders (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="CA4901956257F0BA854DEFC05FA3A00A" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Typical habitats of Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen in the Old World A Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, SE of Harajah (type locality of M. harajah Huber, sp. nov.) B Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, S of Al Fara (type locality of M. alfara Huber, sp. nov.) C Saudi Arabia, ‘ Asir, N of Abha (type locality of M. abha Huber, sp. nov.) D Saudi Arabia, Mecca, NW of Maysaan (type locality of M. maysaan Huber, sp. nov.) E Oman, Dhofar, near Shaat sinkhole (type locality of M. shaat Huber, sp. nov.) F Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef El Ghar (type locality of M. ghar Huber, sp. nov.) G Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi n’Ifri (M. khenifra Huber, Lecigne & Lips, sp. nov.) H Philippines, Mindanao, Kabyaw Cave (M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov.). Photos BAH." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141424">14 A</figureCitation>
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), in small cave-like spaces between boulders and between the ground and boulder.
|
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<specimenCount id="497BF4B9944C2D234B4A11CAC1D9868D" count="2" type="egg">Two egg</specimenCount>
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sacs contained ~ 30–
|
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<specimenCount id="798E666FA8C21E25B1794C5534B526F4" count="35" type="egg">35 eggs</specimenCount>
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each, with an egg diameter of
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.
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||
</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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