Zaitunia feti, Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik, 2016

Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik, 2016, A revision of the spider genus Zaitunia (Araneae, Filistatidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 214, pp. 1-97 : 72-74

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.214

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CA243C98-9461-441A-BBD9-ECBDEC103DD9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5634905

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/01F422A2-5DE8-42F9-AB10-246EA623877B

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:01F422A2-5DE8-42F9-AB10-246EA623877B

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Zaitunia feti
status

sp. nov.

Zaitunia feti View in CoL sp. nov.

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Fig. 36 View Fig. 36

Diagnosis

By the structure of the endogyne, Z. feti sp. nov. resembles Z. maracandica but differs by the extended median receptacles, which are considerably longer than the lateral pair (vs similarly long in the latter species, cf. Figs 36 View Fig. 36 D–E, 38E–I).

Etymology

The specific epithet is given after our good friend and colleague Victor Fet (Marshall University, USA), the author of many works devoted to the spiders of Turkmenistan.

Material examined

Holotype

TURKMENISTAN: 1 ♀, western foothills of Kughitang Mts (also known as Koytendagh Mts), near Svintsovyi Rudnik, 37°52' N, 66°27' E, 14 May 1985, A.V. Tanasevitch ( ZMMU). GoogleMaps

Description

Female (holotype)

HABITUS. See Fig. 36 View Fig. 36 A–B.

BODY LENGTH. 4.37.

COLOUR. Body and legs pale brownish-yellow, carapace with contrasting median brown spot and narrow margins; eye tubercle blackish-brown; legs with distinct brown marks and fasciae; abdomen with brown dorsal pattern consisting of contrasting narrow median band combined in posterior third with a few pairs of weak and diffuse lateral chevrons.

CARAPACE. 1.38 long, 1.12 wide.

EYES. AME 0.07, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.12, PME 0.10, AME–AME 0.07.

ENDOGYNE ( Fig. 36 View Fig. 36 D–E). Median receptacles club-like, wide at the base, with heads wider than stems, pore glands cover whole receptacle, receptacles separated by almost 3 diameters of heads. Lateral receptacles globular, with short stems; heads of median and lateral receptacles separated by one diameter.

LEG MEASUREMENTS.

  Femur Patella Tibia Metatarsus Tarsus Total
Palp 0.67 0.34 0.42 0.52 1.95
I 1.39 0.52 1.31 1.21 1.13 5.56
II 1.13 0.47 0.92 0.84 0.63 3.99
III 0.92 0.46 0.67 0.78 0.56 3.39
IV 1.38 0.49 1.05 0.98 0.66 4.56

Male

Unknown.

Ecology

The holotype was collected in the desert foothill area; other details are unknown.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 49 View Fig. 49 ).

ZMMU

Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Filistatidae

Genus

Zaitunia

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