Maimuna cariae Brignoli, 1978

Dimitrov, Dragomir, 2022, A review of the genus Maimuna Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae, Agelenidae) in Turkey with a description of a new species, Zootaxa 5124 (3), pp. 383-390 : 388

Maimuna cariae Brignoli, 1978

Figs 7–9 , 17–18 , 26 , 28

M. cariae Brignoli, 1978: 506 , figs 80–83.

M. cariae: Demir & Seyyar, 2017: 434 .

Material examined. 1♂ 6♀ paratypes, Turkey, Gökbel , 30.04.1973, A. Vigna leg. ( MCSN)

Diagnosis. This species is morphologically close to M. anatolica sp. n. by having a similar shape of the conductor and especially the twisted lamellar terminal end of the ventral part of the conductor. The two species can be separated by (1) the shape of the median apophysis, being massive and with irregular shape in M. cariae ( Figs 7 , 26 ) vs. narrow and pointed apically in M. anatolica sp. n. ( Figs 4 , 21 ); and (2) females differ from those of M. anatolica sp. n. by the narrower receptacles ( Fig 18 ).

Description. See Brignoli (1978: 506).

Distribution ( Fig 28 ). Known only from eastern Anatolia, Turkey.

Remarks. When describing the species, Brignoli (1978) did not depict the most diagnostic ventral side of the palp, hence the identification of the male was problematic. The new photographs and drawings presented here help clarifying its identity.

Figures

FIGURE 28. The distribution of the genus Maimuna in Turkey.

FIGURES 4–12. 4–6 Maimuna anatolica sp. n., holotype male, right palp (flipped). 7–9 Maimuna cariae, paratype male, left palp. 10–12 Maimuna vestita, male, left palp. 1,7, 10 ventral 5, 8, 11 retrolateral; 6, 9, 12 prolateral. Scale line: 0.5 mm

FIGURES 13–20. 13–16 Maimuna anatolica sp. n., females paratypes. 17–18 Maimuna cariae, female paratype. 19–20 Maimuna vestita, female. 13–15, 17, 19 epigyne, ventral view; 16, 18, 20 vulva, dorsal view. Scale line: 0.5 mm

FIGURES 21–27. 21–23 Maimuna anatolica sp. n., male holotype. 24–25 Maimuna anatolica sp. n., female paratype. 26 Maimuna cariae, male paratype. 27 Maimuna vestita, male. 21, 26–27 palp, ventral. 22 palp prolateral. 23 palp retrolateral. 24 epigyne, ventral view. 25 vulva, dorsal view. Scale line: 0.5 mm