Berinda hakani Chatzaki & Seyyar

Panayiotou, Eleni, Kaltsas, Dimitris, Seyyar, Osman & Chatzaki, Maria, 2010, Revision of the genus Berinda (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in the East Mediterranean with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 2362, pp. 44-54 : 52

Berinda hakani Chatzaki & Seyyar n. sp.

Figs 15–16 , 18–19 , 22–23

Etymology. This species is dedicated to the Turkish arachnologist Dr. Hakan Demir, Gazi University, Turkey.

Types: TURKEY: Kayseri Province, Hisarcık, Lifos Mountain 38° 35.960' N, 35° 30.962' E, 1800: 1 3 holotype, 1 Ƥ paratype (16.V.2007) [leg. Musa Kar, NUAM].

Further material examined. TURKEY: Kayseri Province, Develi district (in the direction to Erciyes Mountain), 38° 20.090' N, 35° 38.074' E, 1330 m: 2 33 2 ƤƤ (25.VI.2008) [leg. Osman Seyyar, NUAM]; Kayseri Province, Pınarbaşi, the southern slopes of Şirvan Mountain, 38° 42.949' N, 36° 24.013' E, 1700 m: 1 3 (07.VI.2006) [leg. Fuat Bozok, NUAM]; Kayseri, Hisarcık, Sakar vineyard, 38° 37.422' N, 35° 30.401' E, 1520 m: 1 3 2 ƤƤ (20.V.2008) [leg. Burak Özberk, NUAM].

Diagnosis: As noted before the three species, B. ensigera , B. cypria and B. hakani are very similar in all characters of the genital organs apart from the number and shape of the tibial apophyses. Females are almost indistinguishable, except for the shape of lateral margins and their anchoring openings and the size and shape of the scape.

Description. Measurements 3 (Ƥ), n = 4 (5): TL: 7.0–7.8 (7.2–10.2), PL: 3.2–3.5 (3.7–5.2), PW: 2.8–3.1 (2.7–3.8), OL: 3.5–4.0 (3.7–5.2), PL/PW: 1.12–1.14 (1.36–1.37).

3Ƥ: Habitus (color, size, mouth parts, shape of eyes, scutum present in male opisthosoma, spinnerets) as in Berinda cypria . The only difference lies in the dentition of chelicerae: 2 anterior and 3–5 posterior teeth and with lateral condyles.

Legs: All Ta with scopulae, Me III–IV with apical preening comb, as in Zelotes . Spination: Fe: I d 3; II d 3; 3 III d 7; Ƥ III -; 3 IV d 6; Ƥ IV d 5. Pa: I–II, IV -; III p 1 r 1. Ti: I -; 3 II v 4; Ƥ II -; Ti: 3 I v 1; II v 5; Ƥ I–II -; III–IV spinose. Me: I v 1; 3 II v 3–4; Ƥ II v 2; III–IV spinose.

3 Pedipalp ( Figs 15–16 , 18–19 ): Fe with 3 dorsal spines, Pa short (as long as tibia), with very small conical dorsal tip (almost like an apophysis). One retrolateral tibial apophysis, long, wide, straight, with bifid end: one long, filiform and more basal one with truncate end ( Figs 16 , 18–19 ). Shape of cymbium, tegulum, subtegulum and conductor as in B. cypria with all three elements (a, b, c) present ( Figs 15–16 ).

Epigyne and vulva ( Figs 22–23 ): Shape of both epigyne and vulva as in B. cypria . The two species may be distinguished only by the relative position and shape of the anterior scape and its general appearance which, on the other hand may be a consequence of the degree of extension at the time of alcohol fixation. Differences in the spermathecal configuration must be attributed to the difficulty in revealing the coiling of ducts due to the overlap of structures.

Distribution. TURKEY: Kayseri Province.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 16. Berinda cypria Chatzaki & Panayiotou n. sp. Male palp. Ventral view (13). Retrolateral view (14). Berinda hakani Chatzaki & Seyyar n. sp. male palp. Ventral view (15). Retrolateral view (16). Conductor: (a): membranous anterior bladder, (b) sickle-shaped guiding structure, (c) posterior hook.

FIGURES 17 – 19. Berinda cypria Chatzaki & Panayiotou n. sp. male palp. Dorsal view (17). Berinda hakani Chatzaki & Seyyar n. sp. male palp. Dorsal view (18). Retrolateral to dorsal view (19).

FIGURES 20 – 23. Berinda cypria Chatzaki & Panayiotou n. sp. female. Epigyne (20). Vulva (21). Berinda hakani Chatzaki & Seyar n. sp. female. Epigyne (22). Vulva (23).