Zaitunia akhanii Marusik & Zamani, 2015
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.214 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CA243C98-9461-441A-BBD9-ECBDEC103DD9 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5634876 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA5402-E44D-FF93-ED72-D6B7FCF3F8EE |
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Plazi |
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Zaitunia akhanii Marusik & Zamani, 2015 |
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Zaitunia akhanii Marusik & Zamani, 2015 View in CoL
Fig. 15 View Fig. 15
Zaitunia akhanii Marusik & Zamani, 2015: 129 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 4a–f (♀).
Diagnosis
Females of Z. akhanii resemble those of Z. persica Brignoli, 1982 by having sinuous tube-like receptacles, but the receptacles of Z. akhanii have two loops, whereas those of Z. persica have four.
Material examined
Holotype
IRAN: ♀, Tehran Province, southern slopes of Alborz Mountains, 35°48.5' N, 51°23.0' E, Jul. 2014, A. Zamani ( SMF) GoogleMaps .
Paratypes
IRAN: 7 ♀♀, same data as holotype ( ZMMU, ZMUT).
Description
Female (paratype)
HABITUS. See Fig. 15 View Fig. 15 A–B.
BODY LENGTH. 5.20.
COLOUR. Light yellowish, with distinct pattern on carapace and legs: clypeus entirely dark, wide dark median band terminating near fovea; femora I–III with median-ventral spot. Abdomen uniformly yellowish-grey, without darker pattern.
CARAPACE ( Fig. 15 View Fig. 15 C). 2.16 long, 1.60 wide.
EYES. AME 0.09, ALE 0.16, PLE 0.11, PME 0.12, AME–AME 0.03.
ENDOGYNE ( Fig. 15 View Fig. 15 E–G). With one pair of sinuous tube-like receptacles. Receptacles wavy, bent twice, gland pores not distinct in low magnification but easily visible after contrast coloring ( Fig. 15 View Fig. 15 F); pores distributed evenly along receptacle while absent on heads. Receptacles spaced in mid-part by more than 4 diameters.
LEG MEASUREMENTS. Paratype ♀.
| Femur | Patella | Tibia | Metatarsus | Tarsus | Total | |
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| Palp | 1.20 | 0.60 | 0.68 | ― | 0.80 | 3.28 |
| I | 3.12 | 0.80 | 2.28 | 2.00 | 1.20 | 9.40 |
| II | 1.76 | 0.72 | 1.48 | 1.44 | 0.88 | 6.28 |
| III | 1.52 | 0.60 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 0.76 | 5.28 |
| IV | 2.08 | 0.80 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 0.88 | 7.12 |
Male
Unknown.
Variation
Total body length 4.80‒7.20. Pale specimens may have light clypeus and may lack spots on femora.
Ecology
Specimens were found in large, dusty cribellate webs made around human dwellings.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in Tehran ( Fig. 47 View Fig. 47 ).
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Zaitunia akhanii Marusik & Zamani, 2015
| Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik 2016 |