Zaitunia persica Brignoli, 1982

Fig. 18

Zaitunia persica Brignoli, 1982: 70, figs 13–14 (♀).

Zaitunia persica – Marusik & Zamani 2015: 133, fig. 5a (♀).

Diagnosis

Females of Z. persica resemble those of Z. akhanii by having sinuous, tube-like receptacles, but Z. persica has four loops (or bends), whereas Z. akhanii has only two loops.

Material examined

Holotype

IRAN: ♀, Fars Province, mountains 10 km E of Dehbid, 29º55' N, 52º55' E, 2100 m, 24 May 1976, P.M. Brignoli (MSNV).

Paratype

IRAN: 1 ♀, same data as holotype.

Description

Female (holotype)

HABITUS. See Fig. 18 A.

BODY LENGTH. 5.90.

COLOUR. Carapace and chelicerae brownish-yellow; carapace with brown to dark brown central area, clypeus and margins; eye tubercle brownish-black; maxillae, labium, sternum and leg coxae pale brownish-yellow; palps and legs medium brownish-yellow with incomplete brownish fasciae; abdomen uniformly pale yellowish-grey without darker pattern.

CARAPACE (Fig. 18 B). 1.41 long, 1.23 wide.

EYES. AME 0.07, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.13, PME 0.11, AME–AME 0.04.

ENDOGYNE (Fig. 18 D–E). Receptacle long, cylindrical, tube-like, bent 4–5 times. Glandular pores indistinct.

LEG MEASUREMENTS (holotype).

Male

Unknown.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 47).