Fedotovia uzbekistanica Charitonov, 1946

Fomichev, Alexander A. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2015, A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 4. A review of Fedotovia Charitonov, 1946, Zootaxa 3948 (1), pp. 93-108 : 102-107

Fedotovia uzbekistanica Charitonov, 1946

Figs 19‒21 , 26‒27 , 40‒47 , 56‒59 , Map 1

F. u. Charitonov, 1946: 24, f. 31‒32 (♀).

Gnaphosa lindbergi Roewer, 1961: 4 , f. 1‒3, 59 (♀).

F. u.: Charitonov 1969: 98 (♀).

Eilica u.: Platnick & Shadab 1981: 184 (♀).

F. u.: Ovtsharenko & Platnick 1991: 103, f. 1‒5 (♂♀); Ovtsharenko et al., 1992: 4; Marusik, 1993: 79, f. 9‒11 (♀); Murphy, 2007: 32, 108‒109, f. (♂♀).

Material examined: KAZAKHSTAN: Taraz (formerly Dzhambul) Province: 1♂ ( ZMMU) Karatau Mts., 20 km from Dzhambul (now Taraz), 16.05.1991 (S. Ovtchinnikov). TAJIKISTAN: Khatlon (formerly Kurgan-Tyube) Province: 2♀ ( ZMMU), Garavuti, Aktau Mts., Sostokoz Village, 18.06.1973 (A. Kononenko).

Diagnosis. Differs from F. mikhailovi sp. n. by the larger body size and lighter coloration. Unlike F. mikhailovi sp. n., the male of F. uzbekistanica has shortened and slightly curved tibial apophysis. It differs from F. fet i sp. n. by the smaller size of the male palp, straight retrolateral margin of cymbium and tegulum (concave cymbium and rounded tegulum in other species) and by the narrower posterior part of epigynal fovea in females. From F. mongolica it differs by the longer and thinner posterior parts of insemination ducts and smaller receptacles. Compared to all other Fedotovia species, F. uzbekistanica has much thicker legs.

Description. Male. Total length 6.9. Carapace: 3.45 long, 2.6 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.1, ALE 0.14, PME 0.13, PLE 0.14, AME‒AME 0.1, AME‒ALE 0.06, PME‒PME 0.07, PME‒PLE 0.19, ALE‒PLE 0.27; MOQ length 0.4, front width 0.29, back width 0.34. Coloration: carapace, chelicerae and labium yellowbrown. Cheliceral promargin with 2 teeth, retromargin with 6‒7 teeth. Maxillae, sternum and legs yellow. Opisthosoma dirty-yellow. Spinnerets yellow. Tibia I length/width ratio 3.6. Spination as in Table 2 .

Leg measurements

Palp as in Figs 19‒21 , 26 . Cymbium with straight retrolateral margin; tibial apophysis short (shorter than tibia) and thick; retrolateral margin of tegulum straight with distinct triangular protrusion (Pr) in the terminal part ( Fig. 19 ).

Female. Total length 7.0. Carapace: 3.3 long, 2.6 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.11, ALE 0.2, PME 0.14, PLE 0.19, AME‒AME 0.06, AME‒ALE 0.06, PME‒PME 0.06, PME‒PLE 0.17, ALE‒PLE 0.23; MOQ length 0.43, front width 0.27, back width 0.36. Coloration: carapace and chelicerae light brown. Cheliceral promargin with 2 teeth, retromargin with 6 teeth. Maxillae, labium and sternum yellow-brown. Legs yellow, but metatarsi and tarsi of I and II legs are light brown. Opisthosoma yellow-grey, more grayish dorsally. Spinnerets yellow. Tibia I length/width ratio 3.1. Spination as in Table 2 .

Leg measurements

Epigyne as in Figs 56‒59 ; fovea oval, lateral margin at basal half rounded, converging; tip of scape located in center of fovea; insemination ducts relatively thin, make 3‒4 coils close to receptacles.

Size variation. The second female: total length 9.8, carapace 3.6 long and 2.65 wide.

For a more detailed description see Ovtsharenko & Platnick (1991) who studied the holotype. Distribution. Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (Map 1). The record from western Mongolia ( Ovtsharenko & Platnick 1991; material not examined) most likely refers to F. mongolica or F. feti sp. n. (see above). Recently this species was reported from western Kazakhstan ( Ponomarev & Abdurakhmanov 2014), the westernmost locality of the species and genus.

MAP 1. Known records of Fedotovia in Central Palaearctic. + feti sp. n., • mikhailovi sp. n., * mongolica , Ο uzbekistanica , ¤ type locality of Gnaphosa lindbergi Roewer, 1961 (= uzbekistanica ),♦ uzbekistanica reported from Iran (probably belongs to undescribed species), † uzbekistanica recorded from western Mongolia by Ovtsharenko & Platnick 1991 and most likely referring to mongolica or feti sp. n., ⋅ Fedotovia sp. collected by A.V. Ponomarev in central Kazakhstan.

Fedotovia mikhailovi sp. n.

Fedotovia feti sp. n.

Fedotovia uzbekistanica Fedotovia mongolica ♀ III d1-1-0, p1, r1 d1-0-0, p2-1-1, r2-2-2, v2-2 -2 d1-1-0, p1-1-0, r1-1-0, v2 -0-2

p0-1-1,

r0-1-1

IV d1-1-0, p1, r1 d1-0-1, p2-1-1, r2-1-1, v2-2 -2 d1-2-0, p1-1-0, r1-1-0, v2 -0-2

p0-1-1,

r0-1-1

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 21. Male palp of Fedotovia mikhailovi sp. n. (13 – 15), F. feti sp. n. (16 – 18) and F. uzbekistanica (19 – 21). 13, 16, 19 ventral; 14, 17, 20 retrolateral, 15, 18, 21 prolateral. Scale = 0.2 mm if not otherwise indicated. Abbreviations: Eb embolic base; Ll proximal embolic loop; Ma median apophysis; Pr triangular protrusion of tegulum; Sp strong spine; St subtegulum.

FIGURES 22 – 28. Size differences of copulatory organs of Fedotovia mikhailovi sp. n. (22 – 23), F. feti sp. n. (24 – 25), F. uzbekistanica (26 – 27) and F. mongolica (28). 22, 24, 26 palp dorsal (same scale); 23, 25, 27 – 28 epigyne ventral (same scale). Scale = 0.2 mm if not otherwise indicated. Abbreviations: Ll proximal embolic loop, Sp strong spine.

FIGURES 40 – 55. Habitus, chelicerae and prosoma of Fedotovia uzbekistanica (40 – 47) and F. feti sp. n. (48 – 55). 40 – 43, 48 – 51 female; 44 ‒ 47, 52 ‒ 55 male. 40, 44, 48, 52 habitus, dorsal; 41, 45, 50, 54 chelicera, mesal; 42, 46, 51, 55 chelicera, posterior; 43, 47, 49, 53 anterior part of prosoma, dorsal. Scale = 0.2 mm if not otherwise indicated.

FIGURES 56 – 63. Epigyne of Fedotovia uzbekistanica (56 ‒ 59), F. feti sp. n. (60 ‒ 63). 56, 60 intact, ventral; 57, 61, 59 after maceration, ventral; 58, 62 – 63 after maceration, dorsal. Scale = 0.2 mm if not otherwise indicated. Abbreviations: Ap anterior part of the insemination ducts, Gl gland, Re receptacle, Tp basal part of the insemination ducts.

Tables

TABLE 2. Spination in four Fedotovia species.

♀	Fe	Pt	Ti Mt ♂	Fe	Pt	Ti Mt
I	d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-0-0		v1-2-2 v2-0-2 I	d1-1-0, p0-1-1, r0-1-1	p1	d1-0-0, p4-1-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0, r3-2-1, v2-2-2 v3-0-2
II	d1-1-0, p0-1-1, r0-0-0		p0-0-1, v2-2-2 v2-0-2 II	d1-1-0, p0-1-1, r0-1-1	p1	d1-0-0, p3-1-1, d0-1-0, p0-1-0, r3-1-1, v2-2-2 r0-0-1, v2-0-2
III	d1-1-0, p1-0-1, r0-1-1	p1, r1	d1-0-0, d1-2-0, p1-1- III p2-1-1, 0, r1-1-0, v2- r2-1-1, v2-2-2 1-0	d1-1-0, p0-2-1, r0-1-0	p1, r1	d1-0-1, p3-1-3, d1-2-0, p2-0-0, r2-1-2, v2-2-2 r1-1-0, v2-1-0
IV	d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-0-1		d1-0-1, p2-1-1, d1-2-0, p1-1- IV r2-1-1, v2-2-2 0, r1-2-0, v2- 0-1	d1-1-0, p0-1-1, r0-1-1	p1, r1	d1-0-1, p2-1-1, d1-2-0, p1-1-0, r2-1-2, v2-2-2 r1-1-0, v2-1-0