Persilena sengleti, Zamani & Marusik, 2020

Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2020, A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) of Iran and Tajikistan, with descriptions of four new genera, Arachnology 18 (4), pp. 368-386 : 385

Persilena sengleti sp. n.

( Figs. 1C , 14 I–L, 15B)

Type material: Holotype ♀ and paratype 1♀ 1juv. ( MHNG), IRAN: Ilam Province: Dizgaran , 33°44′N 46°59′E, 16 May 1974 (A. Senglet).

Etymology: This species is named after the late Antoine Senglet, an eminent arachnologist, who collected an extensive number of Iranian spiders.

Diagnosis: As for the genus.

Description of female: Habitus as in Fig. 1C . Total length 10.04. Carapace 3.76 long, 2.30 wide. Eye sizes and PME interdistance: AME: 0.18, ALE: 0.20, PME: 0.20, PLE: 0.21, PME–PME: 0.10. Chelicera with 2 prolateral and 3 retrolateral teeth. Carapace, sternum, labium, chelicera, and maxilla light brown. Carapace with dark margins, two wide, light submarginal bands, two wide, brown lateral bands, and a wide, light median band. Legs the same colour as the carapace and lacking distinct annulations. Abdomen light gray with scattered darker patches dorsally and with two longitudinal dark gray bands ventrally. Spinnerets uniformly light yellowish. Leg I measurements: 11.47 (2.94, 1.29, 2.52, 2.64, 2.08).

Epigyne as in Figs. 14 I–L, plate slightly extends over epigastric furrow, suboval, rebordered anteriorly; fovea absent, copulatory openings slit-like, indistinct; endogyne almost as long as wide and as deep as wide, with the copulatory ducts extended dorsally.

Male: Unknown.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality in Ilam Province, western Iran ( Fig. 15B ).

Figures

Fig. 1: A Persiscape caspica sp. n., ♀ habitus; B same, ♂ habitus; C Persilena sengleti sp. n., ♀ habitus; D Asiascape parthica sp. n., ♂ habitus; E Gorbiscape gorbachevi sp. n., ♂ habitus; F same, ♀ habitus.

Fig. 14: Epigynes. A Gorbiscape gorbachevi sp. n., intact, ventral view; B same, macerated, dorsal view; C, D same, posterior views; E, F Asiascape parthica sp. n., intact, ventral views; G same, macerated, dorsal view; H same, posterior view; I Persilena sengleti sp. n., posterior view; D same, intact, ventral view; K same, antero-ventral view; L same, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm. Abbreviation: Cd = copulatory duct.

Fig. 15: Distribution maps. A Agelescape afFnis, A. livida, and Persiscape caucasica; B P. caspica sp. n., P. ecbatana sp. n., P. nassirkhanii sp. n., P. levyi, P. zagrosensis sp. n., Asiascape parthica sp. n., Persilena sengleti sp. n., and Gorbiscape gorbachevi sp. n.; C Persiscape gideoni.