Coelotes major
Paracoelotes major
Coelotes
Coelotes major
Paracoelotes major
A survey of Pireneitega from Tajikistan (Agelenidae, Coelotinae)
Zhang, Xiaoqing
Marusik, Yuri M.
ZooKeys
2016
635
89
107
4J7X6
Kroneberg, 1875
Kroneberg
1875
Arachnida
Agelenidae
Pireneitega
CoL
Animalia
Pireneitega major
Araneae
12
101
Arthropoda
species
major
Coelotes majorKroneberg, 1875: 15, pl. 1, fig. 6 (♀); Charitonov, 1946: 20, fig. 5 (♀). Paracoelotes major: Ovtchinnikov, 1988: 142 (transferred from Coelotes). Coelotes major: Schenkel 1936: 284, fig. 97 (♀); Hu & Wu 1989: 180, fig. 150.1‒2 (♀). Misidentification Paracoelotes major: Song et al. 1999: 389, fig. 229Q‒R (♀). Misidentification
Material examined. Lectotype ♀ (ZMMU) with label "Ta 3845 1♀ ZMMU [ Zoomuzei MGU]" "Lectotypus"2/VI; Aychi dagana[Auchi dagana] Coelotes majorKroneberg, 1875", ca 39°35'N, 69°05'E. Paralectotype: 1♀ (ZMMU) with 2 labels "Ta1059, 1, Coelotes major" "Turkestanskaya Uchenaya Ekspeditsiya Imeratorskago Obshchestva Lyubitelei Estestvoznaniya. Fedchenko[Turkestan Scientific Expedition of the Emperor'sSociety of Devotees of Natural Sciences. Fedchenko]" and " Coelotes majorn. sp. Ta, No.1059, Kokandskoe khanstvo, Fedchenko[Kokand Khanate, Fedchenko]".
Comments. The figures of Pireneitega majorpresented by Schenkel (1936), Hu and Wu (1989), and Song et al. (1999; copied from Hu and Wu 1989) are of a species other than Pireneitega major, the identity of which is currently unknown. All records of this unknown species are from Xinjiang, China.
Diagnosis. This species is easily distinguished from other species of Pireneitegafound in Tajikistan by its larger size (carapace length>6 mm vs <4.75) and having 5 spines on tarsus IV (vs other species with 0‒4). The epigyne of Pireneitega majoris most similar to that of Pireneitega muratovisp. n. and Pireneitega ramitensissp. n. It can be distinguished from Pireneitega muratovisp. n. by its shorter receptacles with length/width ratio of 2.3 (vs 2.6 in Pireneitega muratovi), shape of copulatory ducts, and shorter teeth (cf. Figs 3 A-Band 7 A-B). Pireneitega majorcan be separated from Pireneitega ramitensissp. n by its wider epigynal atrium and shorter, wider receptacles as well as by its shorter and wider copulatory ducts (cf. Figs 5 A-Band 7 A-B). Figure 7. Epigyne of Pireneitega major, lectotype. A Ventral B Dorsal.
Description. Male: unknown. Female: Lectotype. Total length 16.7. Carapace 7.0 long, 5.0 wide, fovea 1.25 long. Leg measurements: I:19.75 (5.5, 2.5, 4.6, 4.65, 2.5); II: 18.6 (5.1, 2.5, 4.0, 4.5, 2.5); III: 17.2 (4.75, 2.2, 3.55, 4.6, 2.1); IV: 21.85 (5.75, 2.3, 5.0, 6.25, 2.55). Spination Pireneitega major(Kroneberg, 1875) Spination Fe Pt Ti Mt Ta Paralectotype♀. Total length: 11.0. Carapace 6.0 long, 4.0 wide. Epigyne 0.51 wide. Epigyne as in Fig. 7: epigynal teeth pale, hyaline, long and thin; septum with weakly sclerotized tip, about 0.4 times as long as wide, subtriangular; atrium as long as wide; receptacles large, about 2.5 times longer than wide; receptacle bases separated by ca. 2 diameters; copulatory ducts with 2 parts, basal part as long as receptacle, terminal part somewhat shorter receptacle.
Comments. Known from the type series females only. Exact locality is known for the lectotype only: Auchi lies on the northern macroslope of the Turkestan Mt Range (Fig. 8). Figure 8. Localities of Pireneitegaspecies from Tajikistan. 1 Pireneitega zonsteinisp. n. 2 Pireneitega muratovisp. n. 3 Pireneitega tyuraisp. n. 4 Pireneitega ramitensissp. n. 5 Pireneitega kovblyukisp. n. 6 Pireneitega major.