Atractides cf. denticulatus ( Walter, 1947 )
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Atractides cf. denticulatus ( Walter, 1947)
( Figs. 1–6 View FIGURES 1–6 )
Material examined: IR24 Kerman Province, stream in Simk village (30°30'N 57°12'E), 2370 m asl., 27.07.2003, leg. Pesic GoogleMaps (0/1/0).
Description: Female: Idiosoma L/W 806/594; Dgl3 not fused with postoc and D1; coxal field L 285; Cx3 W 362; Cx1+2 mL 78; IL5 dL 169, H 35, dL/H ratio 4.83; S1 L 62, L/W ratio 10.6, S2 L 71, L/W ratio 13.7, distance between sword setae 3, L ratio S1/ 2 0.87; IL6 L 146, H 28, dL/H ratio 5.2; L ratio IL5/6 1.16; genital field L/W 177/144, Ac13 27, 24, 24; chelicera total L 291; palp total L 459, dL and relative L (in parentheses given as % of total length): P1 34 (7), P2 116 (25), P3 109 (24), P4 150 (33), P5 50 (11); L ratio P2/4 0.77.
Discussion: The Iranian specimen shows a general conformity with Atractides denticulatus in the combination of a striated integument, presence of muscle attachment sclerites, sclerotized excretory pore, fused Vgl1/2, similar morphology of IL5 and 6 ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–6 ), IVL5 with a long, fine, distal hair ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1–6 ), and the shape of palp with denticulation on ventral surface of P2 and P3. However, clear morphological differences can be observed between specimens from Iran and Central Europe ( Gerecke 2003). In the specimen from Simk a Dgl3 is not fused with postoc and D1 ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–6 ), the gonopore is more elongated ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–6 ), and the ventral surface of P2 and P3 has a weaker denticulation ( Figs. 4, 5 View FIGURES 1–6 ). Specimens described from Bulgaria ( Petrova 1968), based on the shape and arrangement of dorsal sclerites (Dgl3 not fused with postoc and D1), more closely resemble the specimens from Iran than the orginal description. According to Gerecke (2003) future investigations on the geographical variation in A. denticulatus could prove that this taxon represents a species complex. This is the first record from Iran.
Distribution: Central and southeast Europe, England, Iran.
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