identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
039E985C1A2CFF94E1BCA872CB4F5BEA.text	039E985C1A2CFF94E1BCA872CB4F5BEA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zaitunia Lehtinen 1967	<div><p>Genus Zaitunia Lehtinen, 1967</p><p>Zaitunia Lehtinen, 1967: 275; Zonstein &amp; Marusik, 2016: 6.</p><p>Type species: Filistata schmitzi Kulczyński, 1911, by monotypy.</p><p>Comments: DiaGnosis and description of the Genus were proVided by Zonstein and Marusik (2016). Since the reVision by Zonstein and Marusik (2016) only three species have been described, and they agree to the characters described before. It is worth mentioning that of 29 named species most (18) are known from females (WSC 2023). One species is known from male and the rest are known from both sexes (WSC 2023). Regarding the species distributed in southern part of the genus range, only the type species, which occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean, is known from both males and females. All other southern species distributed in Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and India, are known only from females. Iran has the highest species diversity of the genus; currently eight species are known across the whole country (Zamani &amp; Marusik 2018; WSC 2023) and all of them are known from females.</p><p>Zonstein and Marusik (2016) recoGnized and then considered six species-Groups in the genus. The offered splitting was based primarily on the males, although these males were known only in 10 species and only in five species-groups. The persica - group, known only from females, has a rather diverse structure of the endogyne; the included species share a single common character – one pair of the receptacles (vs. 2 pairs in other species-groups). This sole pair of the receptacles can be digitiform, wider than long or long and wavy.</p><p>Distribution: The genus is known from Kerkyra (=Corfu) Isl. (ca. 19 ° E, Z. kerkyra Lecigne, 2023) to Eastern Kazakhstan (81 ° E, Z. zonsteini Fomichev &amp; Marusik, 2013). The southernmost distribution records were noted for south Sinai Peninsula (28 ° 33'N, Z. schmitzi) and southern Iran (27 ° 14'N, Z. brignoliana Zonstein &amp; Marusik, 2016) (Zonstein 2009; Zamani &amp; Marusik 2016; Zonstein &amp; Marusik 2016). The northernmost points of the genus distribution are 48 ° 33'N for Z. inderensis Ponomarev, 2005, and 47º14'N for Z. zonsteini Fomichev &amp; Marusik, 2013 in the northwestern and eastern parts of Kazakhtsan, respectively (Ponomarev 2005; FomicheV &amp; Marusik 2013; Zonstein &amp; Marusik 2016).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E985C1A2CFF94E1BCA872CB4F5BEA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Marusik, Yuri M.;Zonstein, Sergei;Ras, Feb	Marusik, Yuri M., Zonstein, Sergei, Ras, Feb (2023): A new and the southernmost species of Zaitunia Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae: Filistatidae) from the United Arab Emirates. Israel Journal of Entomology 52 (17): 29-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10396780, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10396779
039E985C1A2CFF96E1D0AC52CA75591C.text	039E985C1A2CFF96E1D0AC52CA75591C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zaitunia arabica Marusik & Zonstein & Ras 2023	<div><p>Zaitunia arabica n. sp.</p><p>(Figs 1–9)</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 68FE89D9-BE14-473D-9E8A-FD5E8514174C.</p><p>Types: Holotype ♀ and paratype ♀ [or subadult] (ZMMU), United Arab Emirates, Rub ‘Al Khali Desert, ca 4 km NW of Maleha, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=55.835278&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.163889" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 55.835278/lat 25.163889)">W foothills of Jebel Maliha Mt. Ridge</a>, ca. 175 m, 25 ° 09'50"N 55 ° 50'07"E, sands, 31.03.2003 (A.V. Gromov).</p><p>Etymology: The species name refers to the country and the region, where the specimens were collected, the United Arab Emirates and the Arabian Peninsula.</p><p>Diagnosis: AccordinG to the characters proVided by Zonstein and Marusik (2016), this species falls to the persica species-group, which is characterized by one pair of the receptacles. Within this group, the new species is most similar to Z. medica Brignoli, 1982 in having solid receptacles (which are wider than long) without stalks. Zaitunia arabica differs from Z. medica in the visible absence of leg annulation, much smaller size (carapace length ca. 1.5 vs. 3.0) and by the shape of the receptacles (low flattened oval vs. raised mound-like) (Figs 8–11) and the distance between them (3 widths vs. less than 1 width).</p><p>Description: Female (holotype). Habitus as in Figs 1 and 4. Total length ca. 3.18, carapace 1.53 long, 1.00 wide (possibly deformed); abdomen ca. 1.65.</p><p>Colour: Overall coloration pale yellowish. Carapace with dark lateral patches near lateral eyes and two poorly developed areas of darker brownish reticulate pattern adjoining clypeus laterally. Legs and abdomen lacking pattern (Figs 1–4).</p><p>Prosoma: Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE ca. 0.14, ALE–ALE 0.13, PME 0.09, PME–PME 0.11. Clypeus 0.23. Sternum nearly trapezoidal, widest between coxae II and III.</p><p>Legs and palps: Coxae IV not spaced. Metatarsi of all legs with pair of ventral distal spines. Calamistrum as in Figs 5–7. Legs and palp length as follows:</p><p>Palp I II III IV</p><p>Femur 0.75 2.00 1.50 1.18 1.70</p><p>Patella 0.50 0.63 0.58 0.50 0.63</p><p>Tibia 0.50 2.00 1.13 0.88 1.50</p><p>Metatarsus – 1.80 0.95 0.88 1.38</p><p>Tarsus 0.55 1.05 0.65 0.68 0.70</p><p>Total 2.30 7.48 4.81 4.12 5.91</p><p>Endogyne (Figs 8, 9): ca. 0.15 wide, receptacle oval, lacking distinct stalk, anterior half covered with dense pore glands; receptacles each ca. 0.030 wide and 0.013 high, spaced by 3 widths.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution: Only the type locality.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E985C1A2CFF96E1D0AC52CA75591C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Marusik, Yuri M.;Zonstein, Sergei;Ras, Feb	Marusik, Yuri M., Zonstein, Sergei, Ras, Feb (2023): A new and the southernmost species of Zaitunia Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae: Filistatidae) from the United Arab Emirates. Israel Journal of Entomology 52 (17): 29-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10396780, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10396779
