Zaitunia zonsteini Fomichev & Marusik, 2013

Fig. 41

Zaitunia zonsteini Fomichev & Marusik, 2013: 85, figs 1–9, 12–14 (♀).

Diagnosis

Females of Z. zonsteini, with their very short and small receptacles, resemble those of Z. minuta sp. nov., but differ by having smaller eyes, broader calamistral setae, a larger cribellum and more globular receptacles (both pairs) (cf. Figs 39 D–H, 40, 41D–M).

Type material

Holotype

KAZAKHSTAN: ♀ East Kazakhstan Province, Urdzhar District, Kyzylbel’tau Mountains, near Terekty (Blagodatnoe) Village, 47°14' N, 81°17' E, 1000 m, 3–5 Jul. 2012, A.N. Litvinov (ISEA).

Paratypes (12 ♀♀, all in ISEA)

KAZAKHSTAN: 1 ♀, same data as holotype; 8 ♀♀, same locality, 3–5 Jul. 2011, A.A. Fomichev & A.N. Litvinov; 1 ♀, same locality, 47°14' N, 81°18' E, 1000 m, 2 Jul. 2011, A.A. Fomichev; 1 ♀, same locality, 900 m, 15 Jul. 2011, A.A. Fomichev; 1 ♀, SW part of West Tarbagatai Mountains, 47°18' N, 81°19' E, near Terekty (Blagodatnoe) Village, 1200 m, 3 Jul. 2011, A.A. Fomichev & A.N. Litvinov.

Other material examined (6 ♀♀)

KAZAKHSTAN: 2 ♀♀, surroundings of Taldykorgon, 45°00' N, 78°22' E, 25 Jul. 1988, C.K. Tarabaev, A.A. Zyuzin & M. Zharko (TAU) ; 2 ♀♀, Syugaty Valley, 5 km W of Charyn canyon, 43°22' N, 79°01' E, 1200 m, 2 Jun. 1989, C.K. Tarabaev, A.A. Zyuzin & M. Zharko (TAU) ; 2 ♀♀, 1 juv., Ketmen Mts, 11 km NW of Chundzha (= Shonzhy), left bank of Charyn River, 43°37' N, 79°21' E, 700 m, 29 May 2001, A.V. Gromov (ZMMU) .

Description

Female (Taldykorgon)

HABITUS. See Fig. 41 C, refers to the paratype.

BODY LENGTH. 4.70.

COLOR. Carapace brownish-yellow, with darkened brown clypeus and triangular median band; eye tubercle blackish-brown; light oval postocular spots well-developed; chelicerae brownish-yellow; labium, sternum and maxillae greyish-yellow; palps and legs light yellow, gradually darkened to apices; abdomen dorsally light yellow with diffuse brownish pattern consisting of narrow dashed median band and few pairs of transverse chevrons, ventrally pale yellow with darker brownish area surrounding spinnerets.

CARAPACE. 1.75 long, 1.20 wide.

EYES (Fig. 41 D, G). AME 0.06, ALE 0.13, PLE 0.09, PME 0.08, AME–AME 0.04.

LEG MEASUREMENTS.

ENDOGYNE (Fig. 41 I–M). Both pairs of receptacles subequal in width and length; median receptacles separated by one diameter, with round heads; lateral receptacles with angled heads, slightly converging; pores present on heads only.

Male

Unknown.

Variation

Carapace length in females varies from 1.20 to 1.75. Darker median band on the carapace and lateral chevrons on the abdomen may be less distinct in paler specimens (cf. Fig. 41 A–C).

Ecology

This species has been collected in steppe and semi-desert biotopes.

Distribution

Eastern Kazakhstan (Fig. 49).