Synaphosus martinezi sp. nov.

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Figs 22–23

Diagnosis

The male of the new species is somewhat similar to that of S. trichopus (Roewer, 1928) by having a simple conductor with only one arm but differs by lacking a palpal patellar apophysis (vs present) and a longer embolus originating at the ca 2 o’clock position (vs 5–6 o’clock). The female of S. martinezi sp. nov. is most similar to that of S. nanus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) by having an anterior hood and longitudinally oriented copulatory ducts but differs by having lateral hoods (vs lacking in S. nanus).

Etymology

The new species is named after Cuban myriapodologist Carlos Alberto Martínez-Muñoz (University of Turku, Finland), a friend of the first author.

Type material

Holotype IRAN • ♂; Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province, road to Charam; 30°28′ N, 50°50′ E; 22 May 1974; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG.

Paratypes IRAN • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; MHNG .

Description

Male

Habitus as in Fig. 22A. Total length 3.13. Carapace 1.19 long, 0.89 wide. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME = 0.06, ALE = 0.07, PME = 0.06, PLE = 0.06, PME–PME = 0.04. Carapace, chelicerae, maxillae, labium and sternum light brown, without any markings. Chelicera (Fig. 22C–D) with 4 promarginal teeth and 1 retromarginal tooth. Legs light yellowish and without annulations. Abdomen light grayish brown, with mottled darker patterns posteriorly. Spinnerets yellowish and uniform in color. Measurements of legs: I: 2.32 (0.69, 0.39, 0.53, 0.37, 0.34), Fe II: 0.69 (rest of the segments missing), III: 2.12 (0.67, 0.25, 0.44, 0.42, 0.34), IV: 3.02 (0.78, 0.46, 0.63, 0.70, 0.45).

Palp as in Figs 22E–G, 23A–B. Femur and patella unmodified; tibia with triangular retrolateral apophysis and small retroventral apophysis; cymbium ca 1.9 times as long as wide; tegulum almost round with

spermophor perpendicular to its margin; conductor reverse S-shaped, lacking additional arms and with sclerotized, filiform tip; embolus long, filamentous, originating at ca 2 o’clock position.

Female

Habitus as in Fig. 22B. Total length 3.86. Carapace 1.35 long, 0.94 wide. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME = 0.05, ALE = 0.07, PME = 0.07, PLE = 0.06, PME–PME = 0.04. Coloration as in male, slightly darker, with more uniformly colored abdomen. Chelicera with 4 promarginal teeth and 1 retromarginal tooth. Measurements of legs: I: 3.10 (0.93, 0.63, 0.67, 0.43, 0.44), II: 2.62 (0.81, 0.49, 0.51, 0.43, 0.38), III: 2.22 (0.61, 0.35, 0.42, 0.42, 0.42), Fe and Pa IV: 0.90, 0.54 (rest of the segments missing). Epigyne as in Figs 22H–I, 23C–G. Anterior hood distinct, with a pair of small lateral hoods (= copulatory openings); copulatory ducts as 4 longitudinal loops.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province, southwestern Iran.