Berlandina saraevi Ponomarev, 2008

Figs 69–73

B. s. Ponomarev 2008a: 55, f. 23–24 (♂).

Comments. This species is well described by Ponomarev (2008a). It is a large (body length 8.2; carapace 3.7 long) light colored species. Here we provide figures of the pattern and male palp. Recently (Ponomarev & Dvadnenko 2012) this species was synonymised with B. shnitnikovi (Spassky, 1934), a species known from the type locality in SE Kazakhstan. Berlandina shnitnikovi (originally placed in Pterotricha) is known by original description only, which was supplied with schematic drawings. Accounting that (1) Ponomarev & Dvadnenko (2012) have not compared types of two species, (2) the large distance between type localities of B. saraevi and B. shnitnikovi, and (3) the occurrence of sibling species in Mongolia, it seems possible that B. saraevi might be a separate species.

Distribution. Berlandina saraevi is known from the type locality only. If it was correctly synonymised with B. shnitnikovi, this species is distributed from West to East Kazakhstan.