Eskovina clava (Zhu et Wen, 1980)

Marusik, Omelko & Koponen, 2016, Rare And New For The Fauna Of The Russian Far East Spiders (Aranei), Far Eastern Entomologist 317, pp. 1-15 : 3-4

Eskovina clava (Zhu et Wen, 1980)

Figs 1‒3

Oinia trilineata Eskov, 1984: 1341 , pl. 2, figs 1-5 (♂♀).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: Primorskii krai, environs of Vladivostok, Botanical garden , 43°13' N, 131°58' E, summer 2010, 3♀, coll. V.M. Loktionov, S.A. Shabalin ( ZMMU) .

NOTES. This species is rather common in the southern part of the Russian Far East and in adjacent Korea and China ( Eskov, 1994). Here we provide diagnostic figures of the female which are missing in the literature. It has a very characteristic pattern (two black sublateral longitudinal bands on the venter of the abdomen, Fig. 3 ) and epigyne ( Fig. 2 ). Notably, some specimens have no ventral black bands (cf. Mikhailov & Temereva, 2015).

Figures

Figs 1 ‒ 3. Female of Eskovina clava. 1 – habitus, dorsal; 2 – epigyne, ventral; 3 – abdomen, ventral, displaying characteristic pattern. Scale = 0.2 mm if not otherwise indicated.