Molothrognathus terrulentus Meyer & Ueckermann, 1989

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Molothrognathus terrulentus Meyer & Ueckermann, 1989

Diagnosis (female)

Prodorsum shield with broken striae; setae sc2 as long as c2 and clearly longer than other dorsal setae; setae c2 about 5 times longer than c1; setae h3 present; tibia claw about as long as palp tarsus; eupathidia on palptarsus stubby and forked distally; genua II with 5 setae, tibia I with 2 solenoidia, tarsi I-IV with 15(+ ω)–10(+ ω)–9–9 respectively.

Materials examined

Qaleh Sangi village (33° 33' N, 48° 17' E): 16 Jul. 2020 (n = 3), 25 Aug. 2019 (n = 1), 25 Nov. 2019 (n = 1), 24 Aug. 2020 (n = 1), 2 Nov. 2019 (n = 1), 18 Sep. 2019 (n = 1), from soil under Oryza sativa ( Poaceae ) and 15 Jul. 2019 (n = 1), from soil under Prunus domestica ( Rosaceae ). Bisheh village (33° 19' N, 52° 17' E): 9 Dec. 2019 (n = 1), from soil under Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae ). Veysian city: 14 Aug. 2020 (n = 1), 7 Sep. 2020 (n = 2), from soil under Pistacia sp. ( Anacardiaceae ) and 16 Aug. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Medicago sativa ( Fabaceae ). Pyrjd village: 12 Aug. 2020 (n = 2), from soil under Juglans regia ( Juglandaceae ); 12 Aug. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Vitis vinifera ( Vitaceae ); 24 Jun. 2020 (n = 2), from soil under Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae ) and 12 Aug. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae ). Qaleh Gol village (33° 37' N, 48° 17' E): 4 Jul. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Prunus domestica ( Rosaceae ). Zahrakar village (33° 29' N, 48° 3' E): 26 Sep. 2019 (n = 1), from soil under Medicago sativa ( Fabaceae ). Teshkan village (33° 40' N, 47° 51' E): 2 Aug. 2020 (n=2), from soil under Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae ). Shorab village: 24 Jul. 2020 (n = 2), from soil under Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae ). Kaka Reza village (33° 43' N, 48° 15' E): 27 Jul. 2020 (n = 1), from soil under Malus domestica (Roseaceae).

Note: (n = x) = The numbers of female specimens collected.

Distribution

This species was originally described from South Africa by Meyer and Ueckermann (1989) and already reported from Iran ( Beyzavi et al. 2013), South Africa and Türkiye ( Beron 2020).