Zagrotes apophysalis, Zamani & Chatzaki & Esyunin & Marusik, 2021

Zamani, Alireza, Chatzaki, Maria, Esyunin, Sergei L. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2021, One new genus and nineteen new species of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iran, with other taxonomic considerations, European Journal of Taxonomy 751 (1), pp. 68-114 : 106-109

Zagrotes apophysalis sp. nov.

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Figs 24–26

Diagnosis

Same as for the genus.

Etymology

The specific epithet is an adjective and refers to the greatly enlarged retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male palp.

Type material

Holotype IRAN • ♂; Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province , Seyyed Safi ; May 2017; A. Hosseinpour leg.; MHNG.

Paratypes IRAN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; MHNG • 1 ♀; Hormozgan Province, 75 km N of Bandar Abbas, Siahu ; 27°33′ N, 55°38′ E; 16 Feb. 2018; A. Zamani leg.; MHNG .

Description

Male

Habitus as in Fig. 24A . Total length 4.29. Carapace 1.96 long, 1.38 wide. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME = 0.09, ALE = 0.08, PME = 0.09, PLE = 0.07, PME–PME = 0.06. Carapace, chelicerae, maxillae, labium and sternum light brown. Legs the same color as carapace and without annulations. Chelicerae ( Fig. 24E ) with 5 pro- and 2 retromarginal teeth. Abdomen light grayish brown, without any pattern; scutum short, triangular, almost two times as wide as long. Spinnerets light grayish and uniform in color. Measurements of legs: I: 5.60 (1.48, 1.03, 1.23, 1.09, 0.77), II: 4.51 (1.16, 0.87, 0.95, 0.93, 0.60), III: 3.79 (1.06, 0.54, 0.74, 0.88, 0.57), IV: 6.00 (1.53, 0.90, 1.28, 1.52, 0.77).

Palp as in Figs 24C–D , 25 . Femur 3 times as long as wide, slightly longer than patella+ tibia, or cymbium; patella modified, longer than tibia, with swollen proximal part; tibia modified, swollen retrolaterally, 2 times wider in the middle than in base, apophysis long, about 4 times as long as wide, deeply bifid, with ventral arm rounded on the tip and dorsal arm spine-like, sharply pointed; cymbium elongated, 2.3 times as long as wide, with cone-shaped tip; tegulum twice as long as wide, with large median apophysis, as long as bulb’s width, apophysis with 2 arms; spermophor U-shaped in ventral view; tegulum with membranous, finger-shaped apophysis near the base of embolus (not easily discernible); embolus filamentous, originating at the middle of the tegulum and encircling it, reaching the retrolateral margin of the cymbium.

Female (paratype, Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province)

Habitus as in Fig. 24B . Total length 5.55. Carapace 2.14 long, 1.46 wide. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME = 0.07, ALE = 0.09, PME = 0.09, PLE = 0.06, PME–PME = 0.06. Coloration and somatic features as in male. Measurements of legs: I: 5.87 (1.51, 1.10, 1.33, 1.08, 0.85), II: 4.61 (1.22, 0.76, 1.00, 0.93, 0.70), III: 4.24 (1.15, 0.64, 0.85, 0.94, 0.66), IV: 6.07 (1.58, 0.89, 1.28, 1.53, 0.79).

Epigyne as in Figs 24F–G , 26 . Epigynal plate longer than wide; with distinct scape (Ds), basal part conical, goffered, tip heavily sclerotized, digitiform; posterior part of atrium with distinct margins and copulatory openings; copulatory ducts long, coiled and ending posteriorly in broad sacs.

Distribution

Known from the listed localities in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad and Hormozgan Provinces, southwestern and southern Iran.

Figures

Fig. 24. Zagrotes apophysalis sp. nov. (A, C–E = holotype, ♂, MHNG; B, F–G = paratype, ♀ from Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province, MHNG). A–B. Habitus, dorsal view. C–D. Palp, ventral and retrolateral views. E. Chelicerae, posterior view. F–G. Epigyne, ventral and dorsal views. Abbreviation: Ds = digitiform scape. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 0.5 mm; C–D, F–G = 0.1 mm; E = 0.2 mm.

Fig. 25. Zagrotes apophysalis sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (MHNG), palp. A–D. Palp, ventral, retrolateral, dorsal and retrodorsal views. E, H. Bulb, apical view. F–G. Bulb, prolateral and proventral views. I–J. Full palp, dorsolateral and ventral views. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Fig. 26. Zagrotes apophysalis sp. nov., paratype, ♀ from type locality (MHNG), epigyne. A. Intact, ventral view. B–C. Macerated, ventral and dorsal views. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.