Synaphosus saidovi, Marusik, Yuri M. & Fomichev, Alexander A., 2016

Marusik, Yuri M. & Fomichev, Alexander A., 2016, A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 5. On Synaphosus from Central Asia, Zootaxa 4178 (3), pp. 428-442 : 436-437

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5D757FFE-7367-47A4-9523-9A0CEA3B2763

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5671447

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4B072842-FFFA-2B63-1DAB-3E2DFE39FC90

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scientific name

Synaphosus saidovi
status

sp. nov.

Synaphosus saidovi View in CoL sp. n.

Figs 5 View FIGURES 1 ‒ 6 , 25‒27 View FIGURES 19 ‒ 30 , 51 View FIGURE 51

Types. TAJIKISTAN: Khatlon Province: holotype ♀ ( ZMMU) and paratype ♀ ( ZMMU), Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve, 37°10.459'N, 68°23.047'E, 316 m, tugai forest with thick litter, 6.07.2015 (YM & SZ). GoogleMaps

Etymology. The species name is a patronym in honour of Murod Saidov (Dushanbe, Tajikistan), a partner of YM in expedition to Tajikistan in 2015.

Diagnosis. The new species belongs to the syntheticus -group and is most similar to S. ovtsharenkoi sp. n. and S. taukum . It differs from the former species by the copulatory openings located over pocket (cf. Figs 22‒24 and 25‒27 View FIGURES 19 ‒ 30 ). From S. taukum the new species can be separated by the median loops of copulatory ducts touching each other (cf. Figs 25‒27 View FIGURES 19 ‒ 30 and fig. 43‒44 in Ovtsharenko et al. 1994).

Description. Male unknown. Female. Total length 4.7. Carapace: 1.8 long, 1.33 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.1, PME 0.09, PLE 0.07, AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.0, PME–PME 0.04, PME–PLE 0.04, ALE–PLE 0.04; MOQ length 0.24, front width 0.2, back width 0.23. Prosoma and all limbs lightbrown, legs and palps lighter ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1 ‒ 6 ). Abdomen dorsally gray, without pattern ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1 ‒ 6 ), ventrally beige. Spinnerets light-brown. Spination as shown in Table 1 View TABLE 1 .

Epigyne as in Figs 25‒27 View FIGURES 19 ‒ 30 ; copulatory openings oval-almond shaped, stretched horizontally, located below anterior part of pocket, atria separated by pocket, their length about twice longer than width; pocket with hoods fused along about 5/6 of their height; copulatory ducts wide, median loops wider than lateral.

Leg measurements.

Size variation. Total length 4.7–4.85; carapace 1.68–1.8 long and 1.23–1.33 wide (n=2). Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 51 View FIGURE 51 ).

Comments. There is a possibility that this species can be conspecific with S. soyunovi Ovtsharenko et al., 1994 , known only from a male from northern Turkmenistan. Ovtsharenko et al. (1994) have not indicated colour and pattern of S. soyunovi .

ZMMU

Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Gnaphosidae

Genus

Synaphosus

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