Raveniola mazandaranica Marusik, Zamani & Mirshamsi, 2014
Figs 79, 112, 140, 160, 189, 190, 222, 247
Raveniola mazandaranica Marusik, Zamani & Mirshamsi, 2014: 5, figs 12–18 (♂).
Diagnosis
In the shape of the subapically spiraled embolus males of R. mazandaranica resemble those of R. marusiki sp. nov., R. vonwicki and R. zaitzevi, but differ from them in having the distal corkscrew-shaped part of the embolus longer and more gently spiraled than in all the mentioned members of the same group (Figs 189–190; cf. Figs 191–196). Female characters are unknown.
Material examined
Holotype IRAN: ♂, Māzandarān Province, Abbās Abad, Salmān Shahr, around Dāniāl Cave, 36°39′ N, 51°10′ E, Apr. 2014, P. Beyhaghi leg. (SMF).
Redescription
Male (holotype)
HABITUS. See Fig. 247.
MEASUREMENTS. TBL 14.50, CL 5.07, CW 4.68, LL 0.38, LW 0.77, SL 2.57, SW 2.06.
COLOUR. Carapace, chelicerae, palps and legs dorsally brownish rufous; eye tubercle brownish black; sternum, labium, maxillae, palps, and legs ventrally light brownish rufous; abdomen dorsally brown with darker pattern consisting of partially fused irregular dark brown spots; ventral surface of abdomen light greyish brown.
PROSOMA. Carapace and chelicerae as shown in Fig. 79. Clypeus and eye group as in Fig. 112. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.15(0.21), ALE 0.33, PLE 0.22, PME 0.17, AME–AME 0.12(0.06), ALE–AME 0.07(0.04), ALE–PLE 0.05, PLE–PME 0.04, PME–PME 0.33. Each cheliceral furrow with 9 promarginal teeth and 1–2 mesobasal denticles. Maxillae with 10–11 relatively large cuspules each.
LEGS. Tibia and metatarsus I as shown in Fig. 140. Scopula: distal on metatarsi I–II, entire on tarsi I–II; absent on tarsi III–IV. Trichobothria: 2 rows of 9–12 each on tibiae, 14–19 on metatarsi, 11–14 on tarsi, 8–9 on cymbium. Paired claws on tarsi I–II with 8–11, on tarsi III–IV with 7–8 teeth on each margin.
LEG MEASUREMENTS.
| Femur | Patella | Tibia | Metatarsus | Tarsus | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palp | 2.71 | 1.48 | 2.24 | – | 0.89 | 7.32 |
| Leg I | 4.02 | 2.27 | 3.36 | 3.24 | 1.81 | 14.70 |
| Leg II | 3.85 | 2.02 | 2.73 | 2.76 | 1.82 | 13.18 |
| Leg III | 3.37 | 1.69 | 3.27 | 3.28 | 1.76 | 13.37 |
| Leg IV | 4.22 | 1.99 | 3.36 | 4.78 | 2.02 | 16.37 |
SPINATION. Patella I and metatarsus I aspinose. Palp: femur d1–1–1, pd1; patella p1; tibia d2–1–0, pd0– 1–1, r0–0–1, pv1–1–2, rv1–1–0; cymbium d7. Leg I: femur d1–1–1–1, pd0–1–1; tibia p1–1–0, pv v1– 1–0, rv1–1–m–m. Leg II: femur d1–1–1–1, pd1(0)–1–1; patella p1; tibia p1–1–1, v2–2–3; metatarsus p0–1–0, v2–2–2. Leg III: femur d1–1–1–1(0), pd1–1–1, rd0–1–1; patella p1, r1; tibia d1–1–0, p1–1–1, r1–1–1, v2–2–3(2); metatarsus d1–1–0, p1–1–1, r1–1–1, v3–2–3(2). Leg IV: femur d1–1–1–1, pd1–1–1, rd0–1–1; patella p1–1, r1; tibia d1(0)–1, p1–1–1–1(0), r1–1–1–1, v2–2–3; metatarsus d2–1–1–1, p1–1– 1–1, r1–1–1–1, v3–2–2–3.
PALP. Tibia, cymbium and palpal organ as shown in Fig. 160. Embolic keel lost; embolus slightly corkscrew-shaped with bend located submedially (Figs 189–190).
SPINNERETS. PMS: length 0.31; diameter 0.16. PLS: maximal diameter 0.34; length of basal, medial and apical segments 0.46, 0.36, 0.37; total length 1.19; apical segment shortly digitiform.
Female
Unknown.
Ecology
The male holotype was collected in a deciduous broad-leaved montane forest.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Fig. 222).