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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Dictynidae</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/23A710E1-61A5-4415-B5C6-DC256FAB07B2" class="Arachnida" family="Dictynidae" genus="Lathys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lathys ankaraensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ankaraensis">Lathys ankaraensis</taxonomicName>
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Figs 2-5, 8-11, 17-19, 22-28, 31-35, 37-40
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Material examined.</paragraph>
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Holotype ♂ (AUZM) Ankara Province,
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Disctrict,
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, Dodurga Village (
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), 1090 m, 27 May 2012, M. Elverici leg. Paratypes 6♂, 13♀ (AUZM); ♂, 2♀ (ZMMU) same data as holotype; 5♀ (ZMMU)
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Province, Centrum,
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Area (
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39°43'25
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N
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;
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30°29'17
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E
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), 980 m, young pine stand with oak shrubs, 26 September 2010, Y.M. Marusik leg.; 2♀ (ZMMU)
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Province,
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Forests (
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39°55'54
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N
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;
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31°08'22
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E
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), 1190 m, pine stand with few oaks, 27 September 2010, Y.M. Marusik leg.; 2♂ (ZMMU) Ankara Province,
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District (
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;
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), 960 m, litter under
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trees, 28 May 2009, Y.M. Marusik leg.; 2♀ 2 juv. (ZMMU) Ankara Province,
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District, Dodurga Village (
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;
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), 1080 m, shrubby oak stands in steppe, sifting litter, 1 January 2013, Y.M. Marusik leg.; 2♀ (AUZM) Sivas Province,
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District,
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Village (
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;
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Village (
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), 1290 m, shrubby oak stands in steppe, 20 November 2015, K.B. Kunt leg.; 2♂, 5♀ (AUZM) Kayseri Province,
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Village (
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;
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), 1600 m, 29 April 2016, K.B. Kunt leg.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Derivatio nominis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">The specific name is a toponym that refers to the type locality, Ankara, capital city of the Republic of Turkey.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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sp. n. belongs to the
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species group represented by two species in the West Palaearctic,
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(Blackwall, 1855) and
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(Schenkel, 1932). It can be distinguished from the congeners by a combination of the following characters: having white guanine spots on dorsum of abdomen (absent in
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), longer copulatory ducts (Cd) with a series of loops (Figs 18, 24, 39) (single loop in the congeners), partially fused atria (At, separated in
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), wider septum (Se) occupying anterior half of fovea (thin and long in
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), and straight posterior tip of conductor (Tc) (slightly bent in
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, cf. Figs 10 and 14).
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Figures 2-7. Habitus of
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sp. n. (2-5),
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(from Turkey 6) and
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(from Crimea 7). 2, 7 male, dorsal 3 male, ventral 4, 6 female, dorsal 5 female, ventral.
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Figures 8-16. Male palps of
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sp. n. (8-11),
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(from Turkey 12-15) and
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(from Crimea 16). 8, 13 prolateral 9, 12 ventral 10, 14, 16 retrolateral 11, 15 tibia, tip of conductor and base of cymbium, dorso-retrolateral. Abbreviations: Da dorsal apophysis; Ra retrolateral apophysis; Sl loop of seminal duct; Tc posterior tip of conductor; Va ventral apophysis.
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Figures 17-21. Epigynes of
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sp. n. (17-19) and
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(from Crimea 20-21). 17, 20 ventral 18, 21 dorsal 19 schematic drawing of insemination duct. Abbreviations: Cd copulatory ducts; Cp other coils; Fo fovea; Re Reseptacle.
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Figures 22-30. Copulatory organs of
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sp. n. (22-28),
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(from Turkey 29) and
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(from Finland 30).
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Figures 31-36. Male palps of
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sp. n. (31-35) and
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(from Crimea 36). 31 posterior-retrolateral 32 prolateral 33, 36 dorso-retrolateral 34 ventral 35 dorsal. Abbreviations: Da dorsal apophysis; Pc posterior arm of conductor; Ra retrolateral apophysis; Va ventral apophysis.
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Figures 37-42. Epigynes of
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sp. n. (37-40),
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(from Crimea 41) and
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(from Finland 42). 37-38, 41-42 ventral 39 dorsal 40 receptacle with gland; dorsal. Abbreviations: At atrium; Cd copulatory ducts; Cp posterior coils; Fo fovea; Re Reseptacle; Se septum.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Measurements. Male. Holotype ♂: total length 2.00; carapace 1.00 long, 0.72 wide, 0.38 high; chelicerae 0.53 long. Paratypes ♂ (n=9): total length 1.78-2.36; carapace 0.72-1.20 long, 0.66-0.83 wide; 0.35-0.40 high; chelicerae 0.37-0.54 long.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Carapace dark greenishbrown. Cephalic region higher than thoracic region. Fovea distinct, blackish. Darkly colored crack-like pattern with indistinct borders apparent around fovea, at the corners of thoracic region and at the rear side of PME. Anterior eyes arranged in almost straight line. Chelicera color as carapace. Anterior surface of chelicera with irregularly distributed blackish setae of varying sizes, raised on small pits. Anterior margin of the cheliceral groove with four teeth, and posterior margin with three. Teeth on posterior margin smaller than anterior teeth, and almost identical in size to each other. Gnathocoxae yellowish brown, longer than wide, with sparsely distributed tiny, blackish, short setae on the surface. Labium trapezoid, slightly wider than long; darker in color compared to gnathocoxae. Sternum yellowish light brown, dark brown at the edges, with blackish setae on the surface varying in size especially towards the edges. Legs greyish light brown, with blackish setae in all segments, especially intense on ventral surfaces.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Posterior part of segments with dark rings.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Abdomen oval, with a characteristic pattern. Abdominal pattern forming a blackishbrown longitudinal band starting from the middle of the anterior side, barely reaching to the middle of abdomen, followed by five chevrons on the posterior. A variable dark colored pattern apparent onsides; tends to join with the first chevron at the anterior half. Apart from the specified patterns, dorsal side of abdomen grayish light brown, with variably distributed bright white spots. Ventral side of abdomen generally light in color, usually grayish, brown in some specimens.</paragraph>
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Palp as in Figs 8-11, 26-28, 31-35; patella with flat dorsal apophysis located on conical dorsal extension; tibia with three apophyses: ventral (Va), retrolateral (Ra) and dorsal (Da); cymbium conical, its height subequal to half of the length; posterior arm of conductor (Pc) with almost straight tip locked by three tibial apophyses and cymbium; sperm duct makes a loop (Sl) at approximately the 10
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position (Fig. 9).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Female. Paratypes ♀ (n=10). Total length 1.90-2.60; carapace 0.54-0.80 long, 0.52-0.56 wide, 0.29-0.40 high; chelicerae 0.25-0.36 long.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Females slightly lighter than males. Crack-like blackish pattern on carapace much more distinct in females. Dorsal pattern on abdomen distinct but usually duller in color compared to males. Calamistrum with eight setae, slightly longer than half of metatarsus. Spines lower in number compared to males. For leg measurements see Table 1.</paragraph>
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Table 1. Leg measurements of
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sp. n.
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETVAE" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Ta</abbrev>
</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rowspan="1">Total</th>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
<th colspan="7" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rowspan="1">♂ / ♀</th>
</tr>
</thead>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Epigyne as in Figs 17-19, 22-25, 37-40; fovea (Fo) wide, twice as wide than long, with two partly fused atria (At), septum (Se) located in anterior half of fovea, wide, covered with few setae. Endogyne with small receptacles (Re) and long copulatory ducts forming several coils in two plains, anterior part with one coil (Cl) almost parallel to the epigynal plate, and other coils (Cp) make several loops around receptacles.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="natural history">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Natural history.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
It seems that adult specimens of the new species can be found throughout the whole year.
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sp. n. was found exclusively in the litter under pine trees or oak bushes (Fig. 43).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
The first record of the genus
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from Turkey has been provided with
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from the Marmara region (
<normalizedToken originalValue="Tekirdağ">Tekirdag</normalizedToken>
province; European part of Turkey; van
<bibRefCitation author="Helsdingen, PJ van" journalOrPublisher="Nieuwsbrief Spined" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" pagination="29 - 38" title="A quick scan of the spider fauna of the European part of Turkey." volume="33" year="2013">Helsdingen 2013</bibRefCitation>
). Subsequent records were presented more recently as
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and
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respectively from the Aegean (
<normalizedToken originalValue="Aydın">Aydin</normalizedToken>
Province,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Danışman">Danisman</normalizedToken>
et al. 2014
</bibRefCitation>
) and Central Anatolia (
<bibRefCitation author="Kocyigit, HO" journalOrPublisher="Serket" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" pagination="8 - 29" title="The spider fauna of Hasan Mountain in Turkey." volume="15" year="2016">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Koçyiğit">Kocyigit</normalizedToken>
et al. 2016
</bibRefCitation>
) regions.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
With description of
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, the number of
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Dictynidae" genus="Lathys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lathys" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lathys</taxonomicName>
species known from Turkey has increased to four and number of dictynid species to twenty (
<bibRefCitation author="Bayram, A" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" title="The Checklist of the Spiders of Turkey" url="http://www.spidersofturkey.info" year="2016">Bayram et al. 2016</bibRefCitation>
). These numbers are expected to increase in near future as there are species known from the close vicinity such as
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(Simon, 1874),
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Andreeva &amp; Tyshchenko, 1969 or
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(Schenkel, 1932), which have a wide distribution in the West Palaearctic. It is worth mentioning that records of
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(
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Danışman">Danisman</normalizedToken>
et al. 2014
</bibRefCitation>
) from
<normalizedToken originalValue="Aydın">Aydin</normalizedToken>
and
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(
<bibRefCitation author="Kocyigit, HO" journalOrPublisher="Serket" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" pagination="8 - 29" title="The spider fauna of Hasan Mountain in Turkey." volume="15" year="2016">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Koçyiğit">Kocyigit</normalizedToken>
et al. 2016
</bibRefCitation>
) from
<normalizedToken originalValue="Niğde">Nigde</normalizedToken>
, Aksaray provinces may refer to another species. According to the original description,
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lacks any pattern, but Fig. 3A in
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Danışman">Danisman</normalizedToken>
et al. (2014)
</bibRefCitation>
displays a distinct pattern. A key feature of the male of
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Dictynidae" genus="Lathys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lathys stigmatisata" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stigmatisata">Lathys stigmatisata</taxonomicName>
is the conical outgrowth of the palpal patella (
<bibRefCitation author="Marusik, YM" journalOrPublisher="Arthropoda Selecta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" pagination="21 - 33" title="A survey of Lathys Simon, 1884, from Crimea with resurrection of Scotolathys Simon, 1884 (Aranei: Dictynidae)." volume="18" year="2009 b">Marusik et al. 2009b</bibRefCitation>
), and such outgrowth is missing on Fig. 2 in
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Koçyiğit">Kocyigit</normalizedToken>
et al. (2016)
</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Below a key to the species reported from Turkey is provided.</paragraph>
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