Thanatus sepiacolor Levy, 1999

Zamani, Alireza, Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Mirshekar, Ali, Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz, Kováč, Ľubomír & Marusik, Yuri M., 2025, New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part XII, Zootaxa 5601 (1), pp. 1-45 : 33

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Thanatus sepiacolor Levy, 1999 View in CoL *

Figs 20B View FIGURE 20 , 21J‒L View FIGURE 21 , 22C‒D View FIGURE 22

Thanatus sepiacolor Levy, 1999a: 188 View in CoL , figs 24‒27 (♂ ♀).

Material. IRAN: Sistan & Baluchistan Prov.: 1♂ 1♀ ( ZMUT), Zabol, 31°02'12"N 61°32'14"E, 480 m, 2.05.2020 (M. Enayatnia) GoogleMaps .

Comment. The habitus and pattern of this species are documented here for the first time. The width of the retrolateral tibial apophysis and the course of the sperm duct in the Iranian specimen differ slightly from those in the holotype male illustrated by Levy (1999a), with the Iranian specimen having a wider apophysis.

Distribution. Previously known from Israel and the United Arab Emirates. New to Iran (the easternmost record).

References

Levy, G. (1999 a) New thomisid and philodromid spiders (Araneae) from southern Israel. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 11 (5), 185-190.

Figures

FIGURE 20. Habitus of Philodromus parvulus sp. nov. (A), Thanatus sepiacolor (B), Rhysodromus tikhmenevi sp. nov. (C), Rhysodromus pictus (D), and Rhysodromus medes (E), dorsal view. B, C—males; A, D, E—females.

FIGURE 21. Epigynes of Philodromus parvulus sp. nov. (A‒C), Rhysodromus medes (D‒F), Rhysodromus pictus (G‒I), and Thanatus sepiacolor (J‒L). A, D, G, J—intact epigyne, ventral view; B, F, H, K—macerated epigyne, ventral view; C, E, I, L—endogyne, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: Ag—accessorial gland; Re—receptacle; Se—septum.

FIGURE 22. Male palps of Rhysodromus tikhmenevi sp. nov. (A, B) and Thanatus sepiacolor (C, D). A, D—ventral view; B, C—retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.Abbreviations: Al—anterior loop of the sperm duct; Cd—conductor; Ra—retrolateral tibial apophysis; Tg—tegular apophysis.