Phrurolithus festivus (C. L. Koch, 1835 )

Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2020, A survey of Phrurolithidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in southern Caucasus, Iran and Central Asia, Zootaxa 4758 (2), pp. 311-329 : 316-319

Phrurolithus festivus (C. L. Koch, 1835)

Figs 4 A–F

Macaria festiva C.L. Koch, 1835: 129 , pl. 15.

Phrurolithus festivus: Grimm, 1986: 48 , figs 6, 12, 49, 52–53 (♂ ♀); Roberts, 1995: 143, fig (♂ ♀).

For the complete list of references see WSC (2020).

Material examined. IRAN: Alborz Province: 2♀ ( MHNG), Kendvan , 36°10’N, 51°19’E, 2700 m, 12.VII.1973, leg. A. Senglet ; Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari Province: 7♂ 5♀ ( MHNG), Kuhrang , 32°26’N, 50°06’E, 18. VI.1974, leg. A. Senglet; East Azarbayjan Province: 1♂ ( MHNG), Bonab , 37°26’N, 45°57’E, 4. VI.1975, leg. A. Senglet; Fars Province: 1♀ ( MHNG), Ghaderabad , 30°22’N, 53°18’E, 11. VI.1974, leg. A. Senglet; Gilan Province: 1♀ ( MHNG), Asalem , 37°45’N, 48°57’E, 11. VI.1975, leg. A. Senglet; 2♀ ( MHNG), Asalem , 37°40’N, 48°52’E, 1200 m., 10. VI.1975, leg. A. Senglet; Hamedan Province: 1♀ ( MHNG), Asadabad , 34°51’N, 48°12’E, 2.VII.1974, leg. A. Senglet ; Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province: 1♂ 2♀ ( MHNG), Yasuj , 30°36’N, 51°36’E, 26. V.1974, leg. A. Senglet; Kurdistan Province: 1♀ ( MHNG), Divandareh , 35°45’N, 47°05’E, 2.VII.1974, leg. A. Senglet ; Lorestan Province: 1♂ ( MHNG), Azna , 33°28’N, 49°22’E, 23. VI.1974, leg. A. Senglet; Mazandaran Province: 1♀ ( MHNG), Chorteh , 36°49’N, 50°38’E, 1000–1300 m, 8.VII.1973, leg. A. Senglet ; Qazvin Province: 1♂ ( MHNG), Mo’allem Kelayeh , 36°26’N, 50°27’E, 26. V.1974, leg. A. Senglet; West Azarbayjan Province: 3♂ 10♀ ( MHNG), Khoy , 38°37’N, 45°02’E, 1. VI.1975, leg. A. Senglet; AZERRBAIJAN: 1♂ 1♀ ( ZMMU), Nakhichevan: Shakhbuz Dist., Batabat , 39º31.9’N, 45º47.3’E, 2100 m, subalpine meadows and under stones, 3. VI.2003, leg. Y.M. Marusik.

Diagnosis. Males differ from congeners by having a cylindrical and roundly bent embolus (vs. short, conical and not bent), and by the concave tip of the terminal apophysis (vs. rounded, abrupt or pointed). Females differ from other Asian species by having an undivided fovea and the indistinct glands of the receptacles (vs. fovea either absent and/or copulatory openings located in their own foveae, glands of receptacles distinct).

Description. See Grimm (1986) and Roberts (1995).

Distribution. This species has the widest range among all phrurolithids and is known from the Iberian Peninsula to Japan ( WSC 2020). Widespread in Iran, with three records from Azerbaijan ( Fig. 14 ).

Figures

FIGURE 4. SEM micrographs of the male palp of Phrurolithus festivus. A whole palp, ventral; B–C terminal segments, ventral and retrolateral; D terminal part of the bulb showing embolus; E–F femur, prolateral and ventral. Scale=0.1 mm if not other- wise indicated. Abbreviations: Em—embolus, Fe—femoral extension, Pa—proventral apophysis, Sa—subterminal apophysis, Ta—terminal apophysis, Va—retroventral apophysis.

FIGURE 14. Distribution records of Phrurolithus spp. and Bosselaerius spp. in Azerbaijan, Iran and Tajikistan: Red circles—P. festivus, Pink stars—P. azarkinae sp. n., Blue squares—P. pullatus, Yellow crosses—P. luppovae, Cyan triangles—B. hyrcanicus sp. n., Black asterisk—B. tajikistanicus sp. n.