Zaitunia halepensis sp. nov.

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Fig. 5

Diagnosis

The body and leg pattern is similar to that in Z. schmitzi (a uniformly dark abdomen and very wide dark fasciae on the legs) rather than the colouration observed in the members of the annulipes -group. Zaitunia halepensis sp. nov. differs from all other congeners, possessing two pairs of receptacles by configuration of the enlarged median pair which have considerably dilated heads (Fig. 5 C–D).

Etymology

The specific name refers to the type locality: Aleppo (Haleb).

Type material

Holotype

SYRIA: ♀, road from Aleppo to Latakia, eastern slope of Rug rift valley, 20 Mar. 1979, R. Kinzelbach (SMF) .

Description

Female

HABITUS. See Fig. 5 A–B.

BODY LENGTH. 3.22.

COLOUR. Carapace brownish-yellow with rich darker brownish pattern occupying clypeus, postocular area, radial grooves and, partially, the surface between those grooves; eye tubercle and narrow bands along margins dark brown; labium and sternum pale brownish-yellow; chelicerae, palps and legs light brownish-yellow with darker diffuse brownish spots and fasciae; abdomen uniformly yellowish-brown.

CARAPACE. 1.28 long, 1.05 wide.

EYES. AME 0.07, ALE 0.13, PLE 0.11, PME 0.08, AME–AME 0.05.

LEG MEASUREMENTS.

	Femur	Patella	Tibia	Metatarsus	Tarsus	Total
Palp	0.65	0.27	0.45	―	0.57	1.94
I	1.35	0.43	1.32	1.18	0.86	5.14
II	0.98	0.38	0.87	0.85	0.64	3.72
III	0.88	0.35	0.72	0.73	0.53	3.21
IV	1.26	0.46	1.02	0.85	0.78	4.07

ENDOGYNE (Fig. 6 C–D). Median receptacles clublike, almost 3 times longer than globular lateral receptacles, and separated by one diameter of their heads.

Male

Unknown.

Distribution

The species is known only from the type locality (Fig. 46).