Persiscape zagrosensis, Zamani & Marusik, 2020

Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2020, A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) of Iran and Tajikistan, with descriptions of four new genera, Arachnology 18 (4), pp. 368-386 : 378

Persiscape zagrosensis sp. n.

( Figs. 9C , 11 A–B, 15B)

Type material: Holotype ♂ ( MHNG), IRAN: Ilam Province: Eyvan, Sarab , 33°42′N 46°25′E, 27 June 1974 (A. Senglet).

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the Zagros Mountains, a long mountain range in Iran, Iraq, and southeastern Turkey, from where the type specimen was collected.

Diagnosis: This species is most similar to P. nassirkhanii sp. n. from which it can be distinguished by the embolus proper directed antero-retrolaterally ( v. retrolaterally ) and by the triangular extension at the base of embolus proper (Ee) ( v. rounded ) ( Figs. 9C , 11A ).

Description of male: Total length 8.21. Carapace 4.24 long, 2.97 wide. Eye sizes and PME interdistance: AME: 0.16, ALE: 0.24, PME: 0.15, PLE: 0.19, PME–PME: 0.12. Carapace, sternum, labium, chelicera, and maxilla light brown. Carapace with dark margins, two wide, light submarginal bands, two wide, brown lateral bands, and a wide, median light band. Legs the same colour as the carapace, without annulations. Abdomen light gray with two distinct dark gray lateral bands dorsally, without any pattern ventrally. Spinnerets uniformly light yellow. Leg I measurements: 7.24 (1.87, 0.79, 1.63, 1.67, 1.28).

Palp as in Figs. 9C , 11 A–B. Patella and tibia with blunt, triangular retrolateral apophyses; extension of the embolus proper triangular, embolus proper directed retrolaterally, lamellar process slightly shorter than embolus proper.

Female: Unknown.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality in Ilam Province, western Iran ( Fig. 15C ).

Figures

Fig. 9: Bulb, ventral view. A Persiscape gideoni; B P. nassirkhanii sp. n.; C P. zagrosensis sp. n.; D P. caspica sp. n.; E P. ecbatana sp. n.; F P. levyi. Scale bar = 0.2 mm, if not stated otherwise.

Fig. 11: Male palps. A Persiscape zagrosensis sp. n., ventral view; B same, retrolateral view; C P. gideoni, retrolateral view; D same, ventral view; E P. nassirkhanii sp. n., ventral view; F same, retrolateral view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm. Abbreviation: Ee = extension of embolus proper.

Fig. 15: Distribution maps. A Agelescape afFnis, A. livida, and Persiscape caucasica; B P. caspica sp. n., P. ecbatana sp. n., P. nassirkhanii sp. n., P. levyi, P. zagrosensis sp. n., Asiascape parthica sp. n., Persilena sengleti sp. n., and Gorbiscape gorbachevi sp. n.; C Persiscape gideoni.