Sestakovaia annulipes (Kulczyński, 1897)

Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A., Naumova, Maria, Kaya, Rahşen S. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2024, New taxonomic and faunistic data on Liocranidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of West Palaearctic), with nine new species of Mesiotelus Simon, 1897, Zootaxa 5519 (2), pp. 190-214 : 211

Sestakovaia annulipes (Kulczyński, 1897)

Figs 16 , 70–72

Liocranum annulipes Kulczyński , in Chyzer & Kulczyński 1897: 240, pl. 9, figs 54, 56 (♂ ♀).

Mesiotelus annulipes : Roewer 1955: 567; Dimitrov & Naumova 2021: 695, figs 5A–B, 6A–B (♂).

Sestakovaia annulipes : Zamani & Marusik 2021a: 108 , fig. 9D (♂).

Material. TÜRKIYE: Antalya Prov.: 1♀ ( ZMUT), Alanya Dist. , 36°38'29.9"N, 32°04'05.3"E, 1176 m, 9.VI.2009 (leg. Y.M. Marusik) ; Eskişehir Prov.: 2♂ 1♀ ( ZMUT), Çatacık forests, 39°55'54"N, 31°08'22"E, 1189 m, pine stand with few oaks, 27.IX.2010 (leg. Y.M. Marusik) ; Hatay Prov.: 1♀ ( ZMUT), Titus Tunnel , 36°07'26.1"N, 35°55'32.4"E, 17.VI.2008 ; Mersin Prov.: 1♀ ( ZMUT), Sertavul Pass , 36°53'50"N, 33°16'09"E, 1504 m, juniper forest on steep slope, under stones, 19–20.IX.2010 (leg. Y.M. Marusik) .

Distribution. Slovenia to Ukraine and Anatolia. In Türkiye, it was previously known only from a single record from Büyükada in the Sea of Marmara ( Reimoser 1913). The present material from Hatay represents the southeasternmost record of the species across its entire known range ( Fig. 75 ).

Figures

FIGURE 75. Collection localities of the studied liocranid species. 1—Agroeca angirasu; 2—A. cuprea; 3—A. inopina; 4—A. proxima; 5—Mesiotelus alanyensis sp. nov. (in part, specimens from Antalya); 6—M. bosmansi sp. nov.; 7—M. confusus sp. nov.; 8—M. cyprius; 9—M. damavandicus sp. nov.; 10—M. scopensis; 11—M. kravetsi sp. nov.; 12—M. mediterraneus sp. nov. and M. alanyensis sp. nov. (in part, specimens from Mersin); 13—M. patricki; 14—M. sistanus sp. nov.; 15—M. tadzhikus sp. nov.; 16—M. turanicus sp. nov.; 17—M. kulczynskii; 18—Scotina celans; 19—Sestakovaia annulipes. Some symbols could refer to more than one closely situated locality.

FIGURES 13–16. Dorsal habitus of Mesiotelus tadzhikus sp. nov. (13), M. turanicus sp. nov. (14), Scotina celans (15) and Sestakovaia annulipes (16). 13–14, 16—female; 15—male. Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURES 70–74. Epigyne of Sestakovaia annulipes (70–72), Agroeca cuprea (73) and Mesiotelus cyprius (74). 70, 73–74— intact, ventral; 71—macerated, ventral; 72—macerated, dorsal. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.