Raveniola micropa (Ausserer, 1871) in Uludag Mts

Zonstein, Sergei, Kunt, Kadir B. & Yağmur, Ersen A., 2018, A revision of the spider genus Raveniola (Araneae, Nemesiidae). I. Species from Western Asia, European Journal of Taxonomy 399, pp. 1-93 : 20-21

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.399
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5980288
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scientific name	Raveniola micropa
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Raveniola micropa View in CoL group

Diagnostic characters

Male palpal tibia moderately short and subcylindrical, without subapical sensilla ( Figs 153–159 View Figs 153–156 View Figs 157–160 ). Embolus moderately long, hooked or spiraled, with more or less developed vertically-oriented keel (as in Figs 180–182 View Figs 180–188 ), or with its rudiments ( Fig. 183 View Figs 180–188 ), or without keel ( Figs 184–188 View Figs 180–188 ). Spermathecae moderately wide, with lateral receptacles situated proximal to medians ( Figs 204–207 View Figs 204–212 ).

Species included

Raveniola anadolu sp. nov., R. arthuri Kunt & Yağmur, 2010 , R. birecikensis sp. nov., R. micropa ( Ausserer, 1871) , R. nana sp. nov. and R. turcica sp. nov.

Key to species of micropa View in CoL group

Males

Male of Raveniola nana View in CoL sp. nov. unknown.

1. Proximal part of embolus short and flattened; embolic keel well-developed ( Figs 180–182 View Figs 180–188 ) …… ……………………………………………………………………………… R. biresecensis sp. nov.

– Proximal part of embolus longer, gradually tapering and curved; keel vestigial or absent ( Figs 183– 188 View Figs 180–188 ) …………………………………………………………………………………………………2

2. Embolus hooked ( Figs 183, 185–186 View Figs 180–188 ) ……………………………………………………………3

– Embolus corkscrew-shaped ( Figs 184, 187–188 View Figs 180–188 ) …………………………………………………4

3. Embolus with small keel vestige, subequal in length to tegulum, bent medially ( Fig. 183 View Figs 180–188 ) …… ………………………………………………………………………………… R. anadolu View in CoL sp. nov.

– Embolus without keel vestige, considerably longer than tegulum, bent subapically ( Figs 185–186 View Figs 180–188 ) …………………………………………………………………………………… R. turcica View in CoL sp. nov.

4. Proximal part of embolus (preceding basal bend) equal in length to spiraled apical part ( Fig. 184 View Figs 180–188 ) …………………………………………………………………… R. arthuri Kunt & Yağmur, 2010 View in CoL

– Proximal part of embolus (preceding basal bend) considerably longer than spiraled apical part ( Figs 187–188 View Figs 180–188 ) ……………………………………………………… R. micropa ( Ausserer, 1871) View in CoL

Females

Females of Raveniola anadolu View in CoL sp. nov., R. arthuri View in CoL and R. birecikensis View in CoL sp. nov. unknown.

1. Spermathecae moderately long: distance between median heads two times as long as spermathecae length ( Figs 204–205 View Figs 204–212 ) ………………………………………………………………………………2 – Spermathecae short: distance between median heads three times as long as spermathecae length ( Fig. 206 View Figs 204–212 ) ……………………………………………………………… R. micropa ( Ausserer, 1871) View in CoL

2. Median and lateral receptacles located close to each other ( Fig. 204 View Figs 204–212 ) …………… R. nana View in CoL sp. nov.

– Median and lateral receptacles wide apart ( Fig. 205 View Figs 204–212 ) ………………………… R. turcica View in CoL sp. nov.