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<emphasis id="7A1090BB48E3D6806F3D30C0EF395E37" italics="true">Synema inexpectata</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="1F804D83E3A45D764F089CDCD94E123F" captionStart="Figures 4145" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figures 4145. Sardinidion blackwalli, male (41: left palp, retrolateral view). Synema inexpectata sp. nov., holotype, male (42: general habitus of holotype male from Osiaskheoba; 43: left palp, ventral view; 44: ditto, retrolateral view; 45: retrolateral tibial apophysis, dorsal view). Abbreviations: Et embolic tip, RTA retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (41, 4345); 1 mm (42)." figureDoi="10.3897/caucasiana.3.e132501.figures41-45" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1146201">Figs 4245</figureCitation>
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<heading id="A41B788B1725DCF1E0B5A7A09B70B4F1" reason="title">Type material.</heading>
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.
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(CaBOL-ID 1038144):
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:
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, Dedoplistskaro
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.,
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, Osiaskheoba;
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<geoCoordinate id="205DF3479E34BCC01E768E79B397781D" degrees="41.2314" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="41.2314">N 41.2314 °</geoCoordinate>
,
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; semidesert, vegetation;
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<collectingDate id="A47F8233C2C97FFED03F85D3BF52785E" value="2024-05-20">20 May 2024</collectingDate>
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; leg.
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; Type specimen is deposited in the scientific collections of Ilia State University,
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,
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.
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<heading id="C4A12B0A3C9B357B52B15E21AE73E4A8" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
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<emphasis id="614A88440B89E81AF39EC3A1F1A151A8" bold="true">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. The new species resembles
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<emphasis id="761327EA68350BF5E14EF41075034355" italics="true">S. utotchkini</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="BB1F6FC13A716A8725A196E0D0A1A5DC" author="Marusik YM &amp; Logunov DV" journalOrPublisher="Beiträge zur Araneologie" pagination="133-175" refId="B21" refString="Marusik YM, Logunov DV (1995) The crab spiders of Middle Asia (Aranei, Thomisidae), 2. Beitrage zur Araneologie 4: 133 - 175." title="The crab spiders of Middle Asia (Aranei, Thomisidae), 2." volume="4" year="1995">Marusik &amp; Logunov, 1995</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="2F75AC09F2DD3007DF257FBE09823F8E" author="Marusik YM &amp; Logunov DV" firstAuthor="Marusik" journalOrPublisher="Beiträge zur Araneologie" page="142" pagination="133-175" refId="B21" refString="Marusik YM, Logunov DV (1995) The crab spiders of Middle Asia (Aranei, Thomisidae), 2. Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 133175." title="The crab spiders of Middle Asia (Aranei, Thomisidae), 2." volume="4" year="1995">Marusik and Logunov 1995: 142</bibRefCitation>
, figs 1213;
<bibRefCitation id="E568205D90ECBD408B36DBBC35499FB8" DOI="10.14258/abs.v8.e14" author="Fomichev AA" firstAuthor="Fomichev" journalOrPublisher="Acta Biologica Sibirica" page="231" pagination="211-236" refId="B6" refString="Fomichev AA (2022) New data on spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of the plain part of Altai Territory, Russia. Acta Biologica Sibirica 8: 211236. https://doi.org/10.14258/abs.v8.e14" title="New data on spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of the plain part of Altai Territory, Russia." volume="8" year="2022">Fomichev 2022: 231</bibRefCitation>
, figs 4244) by a strongly modified embolus tip and bifurcated retrolateral apophysis (
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). The male of the new species can be distinguished from that of
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<emphasis id="55DDD5E91C1BE4E419969F270E7711F2" italics="true">S. utotchkini</emphasis>
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by having a longer embolus with a strongly modified, wide embolic tip (Et) originating at 3 oclock (vs. originating at 2 oclock), and differently shaped retrolateral tibial apohysis (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXKBI" xlink_title="retrolateral tibial apophysis">RTA</abbrev>
) (Fig.
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)
</paragraph>
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<heading id="61EB49F5159205852BF89793071CAAB3" reason="title">Description.</heading>
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Male (
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). Total length 3.82. Carapace 2.03 long, 2.08 wide. Abdomen 1.92 long, 1.79 wide. Cheliceral length 0.75. Eye measurements:
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0.11,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJLBI" xlink_title="anterior lateral eyes">ALE</abbrev>
0.16,
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0.08,
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0.09. Carapace dark-brown with lighter median part. Abdomen dorsally bright red (coloration dull in ethanol) with extensive black pattern (Fig.
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). Sternum uniformly brown. Spinnerets dark brown, branchial opercula light brown. Leg coloration:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZLBI" xlink_title="Femur">Fe</abbrev>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4LBI" xlink_title="Patella">Pa</abbrev>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBMBI" xlink_title="Tibia">Ti</abbrev>
, and
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFMBI" xlink_title="Metatarsus">Mt</abbrev>
I IV dark brown (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJMBI" xlink_title="Tibia">Ti</abbrev>
and
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENMBI" xlink_title="Metatarsus">Mt</abbrev>
III-IV with yellowish basal parts),
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERMBI" xlink_title="Tarsus">Ta</abbrev>
I-IV dark yellow, apically darkened. Leg measurements [total length (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVMBI" xlink_title="Femur">Fe</abbrev>
+
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZMBI" xlink_title="Patella">Pa</abbrev>
+
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4MBI" xlink_title="Tibia">Ti</abbrev>
+
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBNBI" xlink_title="Metatarsus">Mt</abbrev>
+
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFNBI" xlink_title="Tarsus">Ta</abbrev>
)]: I 6.63 (1.93 + 0.97 + 1.51 + 1.27 + 0.95), II 6.72 (2.11 + 0.78 + 1.72 + 1.3 + 0.81), III 4.71 (1.29 + 0.61 + 1.22 + 0.91 + 0.68), IV 4.31 (1.56 + 0.62 + 1.18 + 0.88 +. 062). Leg I spination:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJNBI" xlink_title="Femur">Fe</abbrev>
d 1-1 - 1 - 1, p 1-1 - 1 - 1 - 1;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENNBI" xlink_title="Tibia">Ti</abbrev>
d 1-1 - 1 p, p 1-1 - 1, v 22 2 2 ap;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERNBI" xlink_title="Metatarsus">Mt</abbrev>
d 1-1 - 1, p 1-1 - 1 ap; r 1-1 - 1 ap, v 2-2 - 2 ap. Palpal structure as in Figs
<figureCitation id="6CE464F0F7D553DAA87F0CE68DDDE6B4" captionStart="Figures 4145" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figures 4145. Sardinidion blackwalli, male (41: left palp, retrolateral view). Synema inexpectata sp. nov., holotype, male (42: general habitus of holotype male from Osiaskheoba; 43: left palp, ventral view; 44: ditto, retrolateral view; 45: retrolateral tibial apophysis, dorsal view). Abbreviations: Et embolic tip, RTA retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (41, 4345); 1 mm (42)." figureDoi="10.3897/caucasiana.3.e132501.figures41-45" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1146201">4344</figureCitation>
: cymbium 1.1 times longer than wide.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="409EE946861534F0DF4183A512D671E4">Female unknown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BB9409E292412B67B7B406733F2370CC">
<heading id="82FF898D21F1C20867BE882470513649" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ECBD6B1B554B945E6B4E9C5324779091">
The specific epithet is an adjective and refers to the unexpected discovery of a new species of this genus in
<collectingCountry id="306C6E7553AE714D82F9FD38EB133C0B" name="Georgia">Georgia</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="AA45FF401F9B1CEA49B9C0FA98DE2270">
<heading id="752E1D94A1AF2A685C12A577B0293D73" reason="title">Habitat.</heading>
</paragraph>
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A single male of the new species was individually collected from vegetation in semidesert (Fig.
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).
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<paragraph id="70BD3DD1FCFCD4CFF05005A31BA490D7">
<heading id="D83E189EF474E6C56DD11A7DFA3F17A5" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
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Known from the
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locality only.
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<paragraph id="73A017DE9C831A41A1E09BAC98E51B0E">
<heading id="49119E07A173B3A0EEC6FE35D467E1DC" reason="title">Comments.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EC10A6FACF8C3DCAC434A61F14A741E5">
During the fieldwork conducted by the CaBOL team in
<date id="57CF42FFDB0A1514D5DE80CE696B97FD" value="2023-07">July 2023</date>
on the territory of Chachuna MR, several new and interesting spiders were collected (
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), among which were many
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sp.
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juveniles with red and yellow abdomens and consistent abdominal pattern, identical to the herein described species.
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