Raveniola micropa group

Diagnostic characters

Male palpal tibia moderately short and subcylindrical, without subapical sensilla (Figs 153–159). Embolus moderately long, hooked or spiraled, with more or less developed vertically-oriented keel (as in Figs 180–182), or with its rudiments (Fig. 183), or without keel (Figs 184–188). Spermathecae moderately wide, with lateral receptacles situated proximal to medians (Figs 204–207).

Species included

Raveniola anadolu sp. nov., R. arthuri Kunt & Yağmur, 2010, R. birecikensis sp. nov., R. micropa (Ausserer, 1871), R. nana sp. nov. and R. turcica sp. nov.

Key to species of micropa group

Males

Male of Raveniola nana sp. nov. unknown.

1. Proximal part of embolus short and flattened; embolic keel well-developed (Figs 180–182) …… ……………………………………………………………………………… R. biresecensis sp. nov.

– Proximal part of embolus longer, gradually tapering and curved; keel vestigial or absent (Figs 183– 188) …………………………………………………………………………………………………2

2. Embolus hooked (Figs 183, 185–186) ……………………………………………………………3

– Embolus corkscrew-shaped (Figs 184, 187–188) …………………………………………………4

3. Embolus with small keel vestige, subequal in length to tegulum, bent medially (Fig. 183) …… ………………………………………………………………………………… R. anadolu sp. nov.

– Embolus without keel vestige, considerably longer than tegulum, bent subapically (Figs 185–186) …………………………………………………………………………………… R. turcica sp. nov.

4. Proximal part of embolus (preceding basal bend) equal in length to spiraled apical part (Fig. 184) …………………………………………………………………… R. arthuri Kunt & Yağmur, 2010

– Proximal part of embolus (preceding basal bend) considerably longer than spiraled apical part (Figs 187–188) ……………………………………………………… R. micropa (Ausserer, 1871)

Females

Females of Raveniola anadolu sp. nov., R. arthuri and R. birecikensis sp. nov. unknown.

1. Spermathecae moderately long: distance between median heads two times as long as spermathecae length (Figs 204–205) ………………………………………………………………………………2

– Spermathecae short: distance between median heads three times as long as spermathecae length (Fig. 206) ……………………………………………………………… R. micropa (Ausserer, 1871)

2. Median and lateral receptacles located close to each other (Fig. 204) …………… R. nana sp. nov.

– Median and lateral receptacles wide apart (Fig. 205) ………………………… R. turcica sp. nov.