Zaitunia persica Brignoli, 1982

Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik, 2016, A revision of the spider genus Zaitunia (Araneae, Filistatidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 214, pp. 1-97 : 39-41

Zaitunia persica Brignoli, 1982

Fig. 18

Zaitunia persica Brignoli, 1982: 70 , figs 13–14 (♀).

Zaitunia persica – Marusik & Zamani 2015: 133 , fig. 5a (♀).

Diagnosis

Females of Z. persica resemble those of Z. akhanii by having sinuous, tube-like receptacles, but Z. persica has four loops (or bends), whereas Z. akhanii has only two loops.

Material examined

Holotype

IRAN: ♀, Fars Province, mountains 10 km E of Dehbid , 29º55' N, 52º55' E, 2100 m, 24 May 1976, P.M. Brignoli ( MSNV).

Paratype

IRAN: 1 ♀, same data as holotype.

Description

Female (holotype) HABITUS. See Fig. 18 A.

BODY LENGTH. 5.90.

COLOUR. Carapace and chelicerae brownish-yellow; carapace with brown to dark brown central area, clypeus and margins; eye tubercle brownish-black; maxillae, labium, sternum and leg coxae pale brownish-yellow; palps and legs medium brownish-yellow with incomplete brownish fasciae; abdomen uniformly pale yellowish-grey without darker pattern.

CARAPACE ( Fig. 18 B). 1.41 long, 1.23 wide.

EYES. AME 0.07, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.13, PME 0.11, AME–AME 0.04.

ENDOGYNE ( Fig. 18 D–E). Receptacle long, cylindrical, tube-like, bent 4–5 times. Glandular pores indistinct.

LEG MEASUREMENTS (holotype).

	Femur	Patella	Tibia	Metatarsus	Tarsus	Total
Palp	0.84	0.42	0.49	―	0.63	2.38
I	1.52	0.64	1.54	1.31	0.90	5.91
II	1.21	0.57	0.99	0.97	0.68	4.42
III	1.07	0.46	0.71	0.76	0.53	3.53
IV	1.48	0.61	1.23	1.08	0.61	5.01

Male

Unknown.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 47 ).

Figures

Fig. 18. Somatic characters and endogyne of Zaitunia persica Brignoli, 1982, holotype, ♀. A. Habitus, dorsal. B. Prosoma, dorsal. C. Metatarsus and tarsus IV, dorsal. D – E. Endogyne, dorsal. Scale bars: A = 0.5 mm; C, E = 0.2 mm.

Fig. 47. Distribution of Zaitunia persica species group.