Platnick shablyai sp. n.

Figs 1-5, 6-13, 26, 33-34

Type.

Holotype ♂ (ZMMU), TAJIKISTAN, Khatlon Region, Dzhilantau Mt. Range, 2 km E from Kuybul'on Village, 37°53.970'N, 69°23.155'E, dry stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks, 970-1200 m, 14.04.2019 (A.A. Fomichev) .

Etymology.

The species is named after the entomologist Vitaliy O. Shablya (Moscow, Russia), who organized the expedition to Tajikistan in which the new species was collected.

Diagnosis.

Same as for the genus.

Description.

Male. Total length 2.1. Prosoma 0.46 high. Carapace: 0.96 long, 0.74 wide, 0.3 high. Prosoma and chelicerae brown. Legs and palps pale yellow with darker coxa and femur I. Abdomen with brownish dorsal scutum almost entirely covering dorsum. Epigastral scutum encircling petiolus. Postgastral scuta as shown in Fig. 2 and described for the genus.

Palp as in Figs 6-13. See description of the genus.

Leg measurements:							Leg spination:
	Fe	Pt	Ti	Mt	Ta	Total		Fe	Ti	Mt
I	0.64	0.34	0.53	0.37	0.37	2.25	I	-	pv4 rv4	pv1 rv1
II	0.57	0.33	0.46	0.34	0.34	2.04	II	-	pv4 rv3	pv1 rv1
III	0.46	0.24	0.3	0.33	0.34	1.67	III	d1	v1	pv1
IV	0.61	0.33	0.51	0.5	0.44	2.39	IV	d1	r1	-

Habitat.

The holotype was collected in shiblyak shrubland. Shiblyak is a kind of vegetation similar to those called garrigue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrigue) or maquis shrubland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquis_shrubland), composed of deciduous xerophilous shrubs and small trees.

Distribution.

Known from the type locality only (Figs 33-34).