Zaitunia feti sp. nov.

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Fig. 36

Diagnosis

By the structure of the endogyne, Z. feti sp. nov. resembles Z. maracandica but differs by the extended median receptacles, which are considerably longer than the lateral pair (vs similarly long in the latter species, cf. Figs 36 D–E, 38E–I).

Etymology

The specific epithet is given after our good friend and colleague Victor Fet (Marshall University, USA), the author of many works devoted to the spiders of Turkmenistan.

Material examined

Holotype

TURKMENISTAN: 1 ♀, western foothills of Kughitang Mts (also known as Koytendagh Mts), near Svintsovyi Rudnik, 37°52' N, 66°27' E, 14 May 1985, A.V. Tanasevitch (ZMMU).

Description

Female (holotype)

HABITUS. See Fig. 36 A–B.

BODY LENGTH. 4.37.

COLOUR. Body and legs pale brownish-yellow, carapace with contrasting median brown spot and narrow margins; eye tubercle blackish-brown; legs with distinct brown marks and fasciae; abdomen with brown dorsal pattern consisting of contrasting narrow median band combined in posterior third with a few pairs of weak and diffuse lateral chevrons.

CARAPACE. 1.38 long, 1.12 wide.

EYES. AME 0.07, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.12, PME 0.10, AME–AME 0.07.

ENDOGYNE (Fig. 36 D–E). Median receptacles club-like, wide at the base, with heads wider than stems, pore glands cover whole receptacle, receptacles separated by almost 3 diameters of heads. Lateral receptacles globular, with short stems; heads of median and lateral receptacles separated by one diameter.

LEG MEASUREMENTS.

Male

Unknown.

Ecology

The holotype was collected in the desert foothill area; other details are unknown.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 49).