Phyxioschema sp.

Schwendinger, Peter J. & Zonstein, Sergei L., 2011, A taxonomic revision of the genus Phyxioschema (Araneae, Dipluridae), II: species from Central Asia, Zootaxa 2815 (1), pp. 28-48 : 44

Phyxioschema sp.

Figure 8G–H

Material. PAKISTAN: N environs of Islamabad , National Park, 800 m, 2 females [one large, one small; TAU], leg. S. V. Ovchinnikov, 10.VII.2003 and 5.IX.2004. See Fig. 1, locality n° 41 .

Remarks. These two specimens are similar to females of P. raddei (especially from Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan), but their spermathecal trunks are much less inclined from each other and lack secondary receptacles ( Fig. 8G–H , cf. Fig. 5A–G ). In this they also differ from females of P. roxana sp. n. ( Fig. 8A–F ). As no conspecific males are available, we cannot decide if these differences are due to geographical variation within P. raddei (Islamabad is the locality most distant from the type locality) or if these specimens belong to another species (either an undescribed one, or possibly P. striatipes or P. lindbergi ).

Figures

FIGURE 5A–H. Phyxioschema raddei Simon, 1889, vulvae of another eight females, dorsal view. A. Samarkand. B. Arys. C. Andizhan. D. Tigrovaya Balka. E. Ganjina. F–G. Mt. Astana. H. Varsob. All scale lines 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 8A–H. Phyxioschema roxana sp. n., vulvae of six female paratypes (D = "allotype"), dorsal view (A–F); Phyxioschema sp., vulvae of two females (G–H). A. Aman-Kutan. B. Ishkent. C–D. Vandob (type locality). E–F. Baglydara. G–H. Islamabad. All scale lines 0.1 mm.