Raveniola mazandaranica Marusik, Zamani & Mirshamsi, 2014

Zonstein, Sergei, Kunt, Kadir B. & Yağmur, Ersen A., 2018, A revision of the spider genus Raveniola (Araneae, Nemesiidae). I. Species from Western Asia, European Journal of Taxonomy 399, pp. 1-93 : 32-34

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.399
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5980304
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scientific name	Raveniola mazandaranica Marusik, Zamani & Mirshamsi, 2014
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Raveniola mazandaranica Marusik, Zamani & Mirshamsi, 2014 View in CoL

Figs 79 View Figs 79–83 , 112 View Figs 102–116 , 140 View Figs 137–140 , 160 View Figs 157–160 , 189, 190 View Figs 189–197 , 222 View Figure 222 , 247 View Figs 242–247

Raveniola mazandaranica Marusik, Zamani & Mirshamsi, 2014: 5 View in CoL , figs 12–18 (♂).

Diagnosis

In the shape of the subapically spiraled embolus males of R. mazandaranica resemble those of R. marusiki sp. nov., R. vonwicki and R. zaitzevi , but differ from them in having the distal corkscrew-shaped part of the embolus longer and more gently spiraled than in all the mentioned members of the same group ( Figs 189–190 View Figs 189–197 ; cf. Figs 191–196 View Figs 189–197 ). Female characters are unknown.

Material examined

Holotype

IRAN: ♂, Māzandarān Province, Abbās Abad, Salmān Shahr, around Dāniāl Cave , 36°39′ N, 51°10′ E, Apr. 2014, P. Beyhaghi leg. ( SMF).

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Male (holotype)

HABITUS. See Fig. 247. View Figs 242–247

MEASUREMENTS. TBL 14.50, CL 5.07, CW 4.68, LL 0.38, LW 0.77, SL 2.57, SW 2.06.

COLOUR. Carapace, chelicerae, palps and legs dorsally brownish rufous; eye tubercle brownish black; sternum, labium, maxillae, palps, and legs ventrally light brownish rufous; abdomen dorsally brown with darker pattern consisting of partially fused irregular dark brown spots; ventral surface of abdomen light greyish brown.

PROSOMA. Carapace and chelicerae as shown in Fig. 79 View Figs 79–83 . Clypeus and eye group as in Fig. 112 View Figs 102–116 . Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.15(0.21), ALE 0.33, PLE 0.22, PME 0.17, AME–AME 0.12(0.06), ALE–AME 0.07(0.04), ALE–PLE 0.05, PLE–PME 0.04, PME–PME 0.33. Each cheliceral furrow with 9 promarginal teeth and 1–2 mesobasal denticles. Maxillae with 10–11 relatively large cuspules each.

LEGS. Tibia and metatarsus I as shown in Fig. 140 View Figs 137–140 . Scopula: distal on metatarsi I–II, entire on tarsi I–II; absent on tarsi III–IV. Trichobothria: 2 rows of 9–12 each on tibiae, 14–19 on metatarsi, 11–14 on tarsi, 8–9 on cymbium. Paired claws on tarsi I–II with 8–11, on tarsi III–IV with 7–8 teeth on each margin.

LEG MEASUREMENTS.

SPINATION. Patella I and metatarsus I aspinose. Palp: femur d1–1–1, pd1; patella p1; tibia d2–1–0, pd0– 1–1, r0–0–1, pv1–1–2, rv1–1–0; cymbium d7. Leg I: femur d1–1–1–1, pd0–1–1; tibia p1–1–0, pv v1– 1–0, rv1–1–m–m. Leg II: femur d1–1–1–1, pd1(0)–1–1; patella p1; tibia p1–1–1, v2–2–3; metatarsus p0–1–0, v2–2–2. Leg III: femur d1–1–1–1(0), pd1–1–1, rd0–1–1; patella p1, r1; tibia d1–1–0, p1–1–1, r1–1–1, v2–2–3(2); metatarsus d1–1–0, p1–1–1, r1–1–1, v3–2–3(2). Leg IV: femur d1–1–1–1, pd1–1–1, rd0–1–1; patella p1–1, r1; tibia d1(0)–1, p1–1–1–1(0), r1–1–1–1, v2–2–3; metatarsus d2–1–1–1, p1–1– 1–1, r1–1–1–1, v3–2–2–3.

PALP. Tibia, cymbium and palpal organ as shown in Fig. 160 View Figs 157–160 . Embolic keel lost; embolus slightly corkscrew-shaped with bend located submedially ( Figs 189–190 View Figs 189–197 ).

SPINNERETS. PMS: length 0.31; diameter 0.16. PLS: maximal diameter 0.34; length of basal, medial and apical segments 0.46, 0.36, 0.37; total length 1.19; apical segment shortly digitiform.

Female

Unknown.

Ecology

The male holotype was collected in a deciduous broad-leaved montane forest.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 222 View Figure 222 ).