Zaitunia spinimana, Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik, 2016

Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik, 2016, A revision of the spider genus Zaitunia (Araneae, Filistatidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 214, pp. 1-97 : 53-56

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.214
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CA243C98-9461-441A-BBD9-ECBDEC103DD9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5634893
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FC2C0EDF-90DD-4D31-B159-45BA263BC9D8
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Zaitunia spinimana
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Zaitunia spinimana View in CoL sp. nov.

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Fig. 27 View Fig. 27

Zaitunia View in CoL sp. – Zyuzin & Tarabaev 1994: 399.

Diagnosis

By structure of the bulb, Z. spinimana sp. nov. resembles Z. martynovae but differs from the latter by its shorter and narrower corkscrew-shaped embolus (cf. Figs 24 View Fig. 24 A–D, 43F, 27C–E, 44A). Additionally, it differs from Z. martynovae and all other congeners by having a femur, tibia and metatarsus I with unusually numerous, long spines ( Figs 27 View Fig. 27 A). By structure of the vulva, Z. spinimana sp. nov. is similar to Z. inderensis ; they differ by the receptacles, which are subequal in size ( Fig. 27 View Fig. 27 H–I).

Etymology

The specific epithet is derived from the Latin spina- (thorn, spine) and -manus (hand, appendage); the proposed name refers to the spiny legs of the male.

Material examined

Holotype

TURKMENISTAN: ♂, Ustyurt Plateau (southern part), Kaplankyr Nature Reserve, 29 Apr. 1986, L. Mitroshina ( TAU).

Paratype

KAZAKHSTAN: 1 ♀, Mangystau Province , 40 km S of Aktau, 7 Jun. 2013, G. Abdurrakhmanov ( ZMMU).

Note

The holotype male and the only collected paratype female are very similar in possessing a very similar shape of the carapace (flattened more than usual) and a similar conformation of the eye group. Although the distance between the localities listed above is about 500 km, these slightly hilly and extremely uniform desert landscapes have no significant natural barriers. We prefer currently to treat these specimens as the same species (with no serious objectives against this assumption) rather than consider them representatives of two very close but distinct species.

Description

Male

HABITUS. See Fig. 27 View Fig. 27 A.

BODY LENGTH. 2.60.

COLOUR. Whole body and legs pale yellowish-white; clypeus with weak pale orange area; eye tubercle marked with medium to dark brown; abdomen dorsally with slightly darker and almost indistinct narrow median stripe.

CARAPACE. 1.12 long, 0.96 wide.

EYES ( Fig. 27 View Fig. 27 B). AME 0.08, ALE 0.13, PLE 0.11, PME 0.08, AME–AME 0.06.

PALP ( Figs 27 View Fig. 27 C–E, 44A). Femur and tibia subequal in length; tibia 1.4 times wider than femur; cymbium slightly shorter than bulb; spermophore relatively wide; neck of embolus shorter than embolus proper; embolus long and arched, slightly screw-shaped.

SPECIAL CHARACTERS. Leg I with numerous long spines, located proapically on femur, prolaterally and ventrally on tibia and metatarsus ( Fig. 27 View Fig. 27 A).

LEG MEASUREMENTS. ♂(♀)

	Femur	Patella	Tibia	Metatarsus	Tarsus	Total
Palp	0.63 (0.73)	0.22 (0.29)	0.58 (0.48)	―	0.28 (0.57)	1.71 (2.08)
I	1.61 (1.54)	0.46 (0.51)	1.47 (1.48)	1.35 (1.27)	1.09 (0.88)	5.98 (5.68)
II	1.33 (1.23)	0.43 (0.46)	1.15 (1.06)	1.08 (0.95)	0.84 (0.70)	4.83 (4.40)
III	1.14 (1.03)	0.36 (0.44)	1.04 (0.84)	1.03 (0.84)	0.58 (0.59)	4.15 (3.74)
IV	1.52 (1.49)	0.44 (0.53)	1.43 (1.17)	1.48 (1.15)	0.64 (0.75)	5.51 (5.09)

Female

HABITUS. See Fig. 27 View Fig. 27 F.

BODY LENGTH. 3.87.

COLOUR. As in male except for darker brownish abdomen.

CARAPACE ( Fig. 27 View Fig. 27 G). 1.62 long, 1.23 wide.

EYES. AME 0.07, ALE 0.13, PLE 0.10, PME 0.08, AME–AME 0.06.

ENDOGYNE ( Fig. 27 View Fig. 27 H–I). Both pairs of receptacles club-like, lateral receptacles longer than median, with distinct corrugated stem; median receptacles separated by more than 2.5 diameters; gland pores cover entire head of lateral receptacles and only top of median ones.

Ecology

According to Zyuzin & Tarabaev (1994) and the label data, this species occurs in upland desert area; no more details are known.

Distribution

Northwestern Turkmenistan, southwestern Kazakhstan (Cis-Caspian area) ( Fig. 48 View Fig. 48 ).