Coelotes charitonovi

WANG, XIN-PING, 2002, A Generic-Level Revision Of The Spider Subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2002 (269), pp. 1-150 : 47-48

The charitonovi Group

DIAGNOSIS: Females of this group have the epigynal teeth situated anteriorly, close to each other (fig. 113); males have the strongly modified, broad patellar apophysis (figs. 115–117).

This species group is well represented in Middle Asia.

There are 8 species in the charitonovi group.

1. Coelotes arganoi Brignoli, 1978 : female holotype and paratypes from Erzincan, Turkey, in MHNG and MCV, examined.

2. Coelotes caudatus de Blauwe, 1973 : female holotype and paratypes from Liban ( Lebanon), in MNHN, examined.

3. Coelotes charitonovi Spassky, 1939 : female holotype from Uzbekistan, depository unknown, not examined. One male and 1 female from Tadzhikistan, in AMNH, examined.

4. Coelotes coenobita Brignoli, 1978 : fe­ male holotype and paratypes from Sumela (Macka), Trabzon, Turkey, in MHNG and MCV, examined.

5. Coelotes juglandicola Ovtchinnikov, 1984 : male holotype, male and female paratypes from Kizghizia, depository unknown, not examined. One male and 1 female from Kizghizia, in AMNH, examined.

6 Coelotes nenilini Ovtchinnikov, 1999 : male holotype, male and female paratypes from Kazakhstan, in CSO, not examined.

7. Coelotes turkestanicus Ovchinnikov, 1999 : male holotype, male and female paratypes from Kirgizstan, in AMNH, examined.

8. Coelotes vignai Brignoli, 1978 : female holotype and paratypes from Abant, Bolu, Turkey, in MNHG, examined.

Coelotes charitonovi Spassky

Figures 113–126

Coelotes charitonovi Spassky, 1939: 141 , fig. 4 (types from Uzbekistan, depository unknown, not examined). – Ovtsharenko and Fet, 1980: 446; – Ovtchinnikov, 1999: 74, figs. 34, 35.

Agelena bucharensis Charitonov, 1969: 81 , fig. 3. First synonymized by Ovtsharenko and Fet, 1980: 446.

Figures

Figs. 113, 114. Coelotes charitonovi Spassky, female. 113. Epigynum. 114. Vulva.

Figs. 115, 116. Coelotes charitonovi Spassky, male palp. 115. Ventral view. 116. Retrolateral view.

Figs. 117–120. Coelotes charitonovi Spassky. 117. Male palp, retrolateral view. 118. Male palp, dorsal view, showing patellar apophysis. 119. Chelicera, ventral view. 120. Carapace, front view.

Figs. 121–123. Coelotes charitonovi Spassky, female. 121. Tarsus, showing position of tarsal organ (double arrows) and the distalmost trichobothrium (single arrow). 122. Tarsal organ. 123. Trichobothrium.