Brignoliolus charitonovi ( Spassky, 1939 ) Zonstein, Sergei & Marusik, Yuri M., 2024

Zonstein, Sergei & Marusik, Yuri M., 2024, A survey of Brignoliolus Ovchinnikov, 1999 stat. rev. (Araneae, Agelenidae) with the description of a new species from Israel, Zootaxa 5541 (2), pp. 215-226 : 217-218

Brignoliolus charitonovi ( Spassky, 1939) comb. nov.

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Coelotes charitonovi Spassky, 1939: 141 , fig. 4 (♀); Mikhailov & Fet 1994: 510; Wang & Zhu 2009: 278, figs 7–14 (♂ ♀). Agelena bucharensis Charitonov, 1969: 124 , fig. 3 (♂). First synonymized by Ovtsharenko & Fet 1980: 446.

Coelotes (Brignoliolus) charitonovi : Ovchinnikov 1999: 74.

Comments. In the structure of the epigyne (with widely spaced epigynal teeth directed toward one another), females of B. charitonovi resembles those of B. juglandicola and differ from them by the structure of the receptacles with bent (vs. unmodified) heads (please refer to figures here Wang & Zhu 2009, figs 7, 8 and 18, 19, respectively). Conversely, judging from the structure of the male palp, males of B. charitonovi resemble those of B. turkestanicus (mostly due to a similar shape of the conductor, and of the tegular and retrolateral palpal apophyses); they can be distinguished from the latter species by a less massive dorsal part of the conductor, as well as by narrower (vs. broader) retrolateral patellar apophysis ( Wang & Zhu 2009, figs 9, 10 and 28–30, respectively).

Distribution. According to Ovchinnikov (1999), the species range encompasses Kopetdagh Mountains (Berzengi, though this locality has not been listed), the entire Badkhyz Plateau and the western slope of Kugitang (Koitendagh) Ridge in Turkmenistan, the regions of Uzbekistan south of Samarqand, the lowland regions in southern Tajikistan (Panj), including the western foothills of the Pamir Mountains (Khovaling), and the foothills of Fergana Mountains in southern Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad). Mikhailov & Fet (1994) noted this species as collected also from the Cheleken Peninsula on the Caspian Coast of Turkmenistan.

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FIGURE 31. Distribution records of Brignoliolus spp.: ✖B. arganoi; ■B. caudatus; B. charitonovi; ✦B. coenobita; B. juglandicola; ¢B. nenilini; B. ovchinnikovi sp. nov.; B. turkestanicus; B. vignai.