Zaitunia minuta, Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik, 2016

Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik, 2016, A revision of the spider genus Zaitunia (Araneae, Filistatidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 214, pp. 1-97 : 79-80

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.214
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CA243C98-9461-441A-BBD9-ECBDEC103DD9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5634909
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE0EBF91-FD5E-4C35-A86B-4C63CA53E0BE
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:EE0EBF91-FD5E-4C35-A86B-4C63CA53E0BE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Zaitunia minuta
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Zaitunia minuta View in CoL sp. nov.

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Figs 39–40 View Fig. 39 View Fig. 40

Diagnosis

Females of Z. minuta sp. nov., with their very short and small receptacles, resemble females of Z. zonsteini , but differ by having a relatively larger eye group (cf. the eye measurements in both measured representatives of these species are almost identical, although the former species is considerably smaller than the latter), as well as by the longer and narrower calamistral setae (cf. Figs 39 View Fig. 39 H and 41E, H), relatively smaller cribellum (cf. Figs 39 View Fig. 39 G, 41F) and somewhat different lateral receptacles, which have triangular heads (vs rounded in Z. zonsteini , cf. Figs 40 View Fig. 40 , 41 View Fig. 41 I –M).

Etymology

The specific epithet is derived from the Latin minutus (“little, small, minute”).

Material examined

Holotype

UZBEKISTAN: ♀, Namangan Province , Pap District, southeastern foothills of Kurama Mts, about 5.5 km NW of Khanabad, 40º54.1' N, 70º45.7' E, 850 m, 16 May 2002, A.V. Gromov ( ZMMU). GoogleMaps

Paratype

UZBEKISTAN: 1 ♀, same area, Rizaksai River valley , 14 km NW of Khanabad, 1274 m, 13 Jun. 2003, L. Prendini & A.V. Gromov ( AMNH).

Description

Female (holotype)

HABITUS. See Fig. 39 View Fig. 39 A-C.

BODY LENGTH. 3.23.

COLOUR. Body and legs pale sandy-brown, carapace with slightly darker median spot and noticeably darker narrow margins; eye tubercle blackish-brown; abdomen uniformly colored, without dorsal pattern.

CARAPACE ( Fig. 39 View Fig. 39 E). 1.27 long, 0.82 wide.

EYES ( Fig. 39 View Fig. 39 D, F). AME 0.06, ALE 0.11, PLE 0.09, PME 0.08, AME–AME 0.05.

ENDOGYNE ( Fig. 39 View Fig. 39 ). Both pairs of receptacles subequal in length and width; median receptacles with head slightly wider than stem, heads separated by about 2.5 diameters; lateral receptacles with triangular heads; only heads covered by pores.

LEG MEASUREMENTS.

	Femur	Patella	Tibia	Metatarsus	Tarsus	Total
Palp	0.52	0.27	0.38	―	0.45	1.62
I	1.33	0.42	1.25	1.07	0.77	4.84
II	0.97	0.35	0.83	0.75	0.57	3.47
III	0.87	0.30	0.63	0.70	0.43	2.93
IV	1.23	0.37	0.95	0.93	0.48	3.96

Male

Unknown.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 49 View Fig. 49 ) which appears to be entirely separate from the area occupied by the closest congener, Z. zonsteini , by biotopes inhabited by Z. maracandica , Z. ferghanensis sp. nov., Z. wunderlichi sp. nov. and Z. logunovi sp. nov. (see Figs 48 View Fig. 48 and 49 View Fig. 49 ).