Dysdera kurdistanica Zamani & Marusik, 2024

Zamani, Alireza, Khudhur, Farhad A. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2024, New data on spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iraqi Kurdistan, with new species and records, Zootaxa 5492 (2), pp. 260-278 : 266-267

Dysdera kurdistanica Zamani & Marusik , sp. n.

Figs 4C , 5E–H

Type material. Holotype ♂ ( ZMUT), IRAQ: Sulaymaniyah Governorate: Bakrajo, Hazar Merd , Dekon Vil., 35°30‘03.2“N 45°18‘55.0“E, 15.04.2023 (F.A. Khudhur).

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the distribution of the species in the Kurdistan Region.

Diagnosis. The new species differs from all congeners by having a strongly bent posterior apophysis (P), a long stylus longer than the crest (C), and a unique shape of the spermophor (Sp), forming some loops, but not spirally coiled like in other species of Dysdera .

Description. Male. Habitus as in Fig. 4C . Total length 4.87. Carapace 2.03 long, 1.54 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.12, PME 0.10, PLE 0.09. Carapace, sternum, chelicerae, labium, and maxillae light reddish brown. Legs yellowish. Abdomen light beige, without any pattern. Spinnerets uniformly light beige. Measurements of legs: I: 5.61 (1.48, 1.01, 1.26, 1.32, 0.54), II: 5.03 (1.34, 0.86, 1.09, 1.25, 0.49), III: 4.04 (1.15, 0.73, 0.76, 0.96, 0.44), IV: 4.86+missing Ta (1.56, 0.88, 1.14, 1.28, missing). Spination: III: Ti: 1v; Mt: 2v. IV: Ti: 1v; Mt: 2v.

Palp as in Fig. 5E–H ; cymbium relatively short, 2.7 times longer than wide, gradually tapering in distal half; bulb attached to cymbium in middle part of cymbium; bulb ca. 1.4 times longer than cymbium; tegular part very short, ca. 1/3 of bulb length, in anterior view as long as wide; spermophor (Sp) not spirally coiled, but bent forming several loops, in anterior view forming S-shaped figure; posterior apophysis (P) strongly bent, hook-like; crest (C) well sclerotized, bill-shaped, 4 times longer than wide; stylus very long, as long as tegulum wide, bent anteriorly at ca. 75º angle.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan ( Fig. 10 ).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Habitus of Dysdera goyzha sp. n. (A, B) and Dysdera kurdistanica sp. n. (C), dorsal. A female; B, C males.

FIGURE 5. Male palp of Dysdera goyzha sp. n. (A–D) and Dysdera kurdistanica sp. n. (E–H).A, E retrolateral; B, F prolateral; C, G distal; D, H proximal. Abbreviations: C—crest, P—posterior apophysis, Rl—retrolateral lamina, Sp—spermophor, St— stylus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 10. Collection localities of the new species described in this paper in Iraqi Kurdistan: Tegenaria sorani sp. n. (circle), Dysdera goyzha sp. n. (triangle), Dysdera kurdistanica sp. n. and Zelotes hazarmerdensis sp. n. (square), and Palpimanus garmiyanus sp. n. (hexagon).