Zaitunia annulipes - group

Remarks

This group unites moderately dark-coloured species. The clypeus, the eye tubercle and the carapace margins are noticeably darker than the general background colour. The abdomen is uniformly darkcoloured or with a weak, darker dorsal pattern. Legs I–IV are lighter than the body and provided with relatively narrow darker fasciae. The male palpal tibia is moderately short. The conical tegulum is much shorter than the cymbium. The embolus is a relatively long to very long apically twisted lamina. Keel of embolus absent. The vulva has two pairs of receptacles. Three species are included: Zaitunia annulipes (Kulczyński, 1908) from Cyprus, Zaitunia kunti sp. nov. from Cyprus and Turkey, and Zaitunia minoica sp. nov. from Crete.

Key to species of the Zaitunia annulipes -group

1. Males ………………………………………………………………………………………………2

– Females ……………………………………………………………………………………………4

2. Embolus longer than tegulum, twisted or hooked apically (Figs 10 I, 13C–D) …………………3

– Embolus shorter than tegulum, curved and bent apically (Figs 9 A–C, 43B) ……………………… ……………………………………………………………………… Z.annulipes (Kulczyński,1908)

3. Embolus moderately long, twisted apically (Figs 10 I, 43C) ……………………… Z. kunti sp. nov.

– Embolus very long, hooked apically (Figs 13 C–D, 43D) ………………………… Z. minoica sp. nov.

4. Median receptacles only slightly larger than lateral pair (Figs 11 F–G, 12G–I) ……………………5

– Median receptacles considerably larger than lateral pair (Fig. 9 D–F) …………………………… …………………………………………………………………… Z. annulipes (Kulczyński, 1908)

5. Median and lateral receptacles set very close to each other (Fig. 12 G, I) ……… Z. minoica sp. nov.

– Median and lateral receptacles set more distantly from each other (Fig. 11 F–G) … Z. kunti sp. nov.