Zaitunia akhanii Marusik & Zamani, 2015

Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik, 2016, A revision of the spider genus Zaitunia (Araneae, Filistatidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 214, pp. 1-97 : 33-34

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.5634876

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA5402-E44D-FF93-ED72-D6B7FCF3F8EE

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Zaitunia akhanii Marusik & Zamani, 2015
status

 

Zaitunia akhanii Marusik & Zamani, 2015 View in CoL

Fig. 15 View Fig. 15

Zaitunia akhanii Marusik & Zamani, 2015: 129 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 4a–f (♀).

Diagnosis

Females of Z. akhanii resemble those of Z. persica Brignoli, 1982 by having sinuous tube-like receptacles, but the receptacles of Z. akhanii have two loops, whereas those of Z. persica have four.

Material examined

Holotype

IRAN: ♀, Tehran Province, southern slopes of Alborz Mountains , 35°48.5' N, 51°23.0' E, Jul. 2014, A. Zamani ( SMF) GoogleMaps .

Paratypes

IRAN: 7 ♀♀, same data as holotype ( ZMMU, ZMUT). GoogleMaps

Description

Female (paratype)

HABITUS. See Fig. 15 View Fig. 15 A–B.

BODY LENGTH. 5.20.

COLOUR. Light yellowish, with distinct pattern on carapace and legs: clypeus entirely dark, wide dark median band terminating near fovea; femora I–III with median-ventral spot. Abdomen uniformly yellowish-grey, without darker pattern.

CARAPACE ( Fig. 15 View Fig. 15 C). 2.16 long, 1.60 wide.

EYES. AME 0.09, ALE 0.16, PLE 0.11, PME 0.12, AME–AME 0.03.

ENDOGYNE ( Fig. 15 View Fig. 15 E–G). With one pair of sinuous tube-like receptacles. Receptacles wavy, bent twice, gland pores not distinct in low magnification but easily visible after contrast coloring ( Fig. 15 View Fig. 15 F); pores distributed evenly along receptacle while absent on heads. Receptacles spaced in mid-part by more than 4 diameters.

LEG MEASUREMENTS. Paratype ♀.

  Femur Patella Tibia Metatarsus Tarsus Total
Palp 1.20 0.60 0.68 0.80 3.28
I 3.12 0.80 2.28 2.00 1.20 9.40
II 1.76 0.72 1.48 1.44 0.88 6.28
III 1.52 0.60 1.20 1.20 0.76 5.28
IV 2.08 0.80 1.68 1.68 0.88 7.12

Male

Unknown.

Variation

Total body length 4.80‒7.20. Pale specimens may have light clypeus and may lack spots on femora.

Ecology

Specimens were found in large, dusty cribellate webs made around human dwellings.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in Tehran ( Fig. 47 View Fig. 47 ).

SMF

Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg

ZMMU

Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University

ZMUT

University of Tokyo, Department of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Filistatidae

Genus

Zaitunia

Loc

Zaitunia akhanii Marusik & Zamani, 2015

Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik 2016
2016
Loc

Zaitunia akhanii

Marusik Y. M. & Zamani A. 2015: 129
2015
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