Turanobius ferdowsii (Mirshamsi, Zamani and Marusik, 2017 ) Zamani & Marusik & Fomichev, 2024

Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M. & Fomichev, Alexander A., 2024, A new genus of Oecobiinae (Araneae: Oecobiidae) from Iran and Central Asia, Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 58 (21 - 24), pp. 737-749 : 741-743

Turanobius ferdowsii (Mirshamsi, Zamani and Marusik, 2017) comb. n.

( Figures 3, 4 , 11–13 , 18, 19 , 2 2 )

Oecobius ferdowsii Mirshamsi, Zamani and Marusik , in Zamani et al. 2017: 333, fig. 2A–D (♂; ♀ mismatched per Zamani and Marusik 2023: 1697).

Oecobius ferdowsii : Fomichev 2022: 104, fig. 1A–H (♂).

Type material. Holotype ♂ ( ZMFUM), IRAN: Razavi Khorasan Province: Mashhad , 36.395833°N, 59.388333°E, 20 June 2015 (M. Hatami) [not examined].

Other material. KAZAKHSTAN: Mangystau Region : 1♂ ( ISEA), Ustyurt Plateau, Mamekkazgan Guard Post, near Karazhar Well, 43.407778°N, 54.559444°E, inside building , 80 m, 14 April 2018 (A.A. Fomichev); Turkistan Region : 1♂ ( ZMUT), near Arys River, 42.323667°N, 69.528417°E, 24 April–5 May 1988 (D.V. Logunov) .

Diagnosis. The male of T. ferdowsii differs from those of the congeners by the arms of radix relatively short, blunt, and of equal size (vs long, pointed, of different sizes) (see Figures 9 , 15, 17, 19 ).

Description. For male, see Zamani et al. (2017) and Fomichev (2022). The female is currently unknown (see ‘Comments’).

Comments. Zamani and Marusik (2023) found that the females described and listed as belonging to this species by Zamani et al. (2017) were mismatched. These specimens were described as a separate species, Oecobius melanocephalus Zamani and Marusik, 2023 . Following this, the specimen illustrated in fig. 3A of Zamani and Bosselaers (2020) belongs to O. melanocephalus .

Distribution. Known from Razavi Khorasan Province in north-eastern Iran and Mangystau and Turkistan regions in south-western and southern Kazakhstan ( Zamani et al. 2017; Fomichev 2022; present study). It is possible that the doubtful records of T. tadzhikus from Turkmenistan ( Mikhailov and Fet 1994) belong to this species ( Figure 35 ).

Figures

Figures 1–7. General appearance of Turanobius tadzhikus comb. n. (1, 2), T. ferdowsii comb. n. (3, 4), T. leptonychus sp. n. (5, 6) and T. hissaricus sp. n. (7). 2–5, 7 – male; 1, 6 – female. 1–3, 5–7 – dorsal; 4 – ventral. 1, 2 and 3, 4 reproduced from Marusik et al. (2015) and Fomichev (2022), respectively. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figures 8–13. Male palp of Turanobius tadzhikus comb. n. (8–10) and T. ferdowsii comb. n. (11–13). 8, 11 – retrolateral; 9, 12 – ventral; 10, 13 – prolateral. Abbreviations: Ma – mesal arm of the radix, Pa – prolateral arm of the radix, Pl – prolateral loop of the spermophor, Pp – posteroprolateral loop of the spermophor, Ra – radix, Re – extension of radix, Rl – retrolateral loop of the spermophor, St – subterminal apophysis, Ta – terminal apophysis, Te – extension of tegulum. 8–10 and 11–13 reproduced from Marusik et al. (2015) and Fomichev (2022), respectively. Scale bars: 8–10 = 0.2 mm; 11–13 = 0.15 mm.

Figures 14–19. Male palp of Turanobius leptonychus sp. n. (14, 15), T. hissaricus sp. n. (16, 17) and T. ferdowsii comb. n. (18, 19). 14, 16, 18 – retrolateral; 15, 17, 19 – ventral. 18, 19 reproduced from Fomichev (2022). Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Figures 35–36. Distribution records of the species of Turanobius gen. n. Square – T. tadzhikus comb. n.; diamond – T. ferdowsii comb. n.; inverted triangle – T. leptonychus sp. n.; triangle – T. hissaricus sp. n;? – doubtful records. The square box in Figure 35 encloses the area of Figure 36.