Berlandina ilika Fomichev et Marusik, 2019

Fomichev, A. A. & Marusik, Yu. M., 2019, A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS BERLANDINA (ARANEI: GNAPHOSIDAE) FROM KAZAKHSTAN, Far Eastern Entomologist 390, pp. 13-18 : 14-18

Berlandina ilika Fomichev et Marusik , sp. n.

http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ 3664C29D-48E8-4D71-902F-AB7507D7AAE9

Figs 1–5, 7 , 9–11

TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype – ♂, Kazakhstan: Almaty Region, Ili River delta, 11 km

SSE from Topar Village, Kosshar Natural Boundary, 44°56´N, 75°04´E, 360 m, sandy semidesert, at night, 23–24.IV 2016, leg. A.A. Fomichev ( ISEA 001.8356). Paratypes: 3 ♂,

the same label as holotype ( ISEA 001.8357 ) .

DIAGNOSIS. The new species is similar to Mongolian species B. yakovlevi Marusik,

Fomichev et Omelko, 2014. It can be distinguished from the sibling species by thinner embolus

(almost 5 times longer than wide in the new species vs. 3 times longer than wide in B. yakovlevi) without triangle lobe (triangle lobe is present in B. yakovlevi) (cf. Figs 5, 7 and 6, 8 ).

DESCRIPTION. MALE (holotype). Total length 8.8. Carapace: 4.0 long, 3.15 wide. Carapace yellow with gray stripes on the sides of cephalic part. Sternum and maxillae yellow .

Chelicerae and labium light-brown. Legs and palps pale-yellow. Abdomen and spinnerets beige. Abdomen with gray cardiac mark and herringbone pattern dorsally ( Fig. 9 ). Tibia–tarsi of legs I and II with long hairs.

Leg measurements:

Leg spination:

Palp as in Figs 1–4 , 5, 7 , 10, 11 ; tibia with well-developed ventral lobe and tibial apophysis with two branches. One branch (ventral) large, as long as tibia, and another

(dorsal) very short, poorly pronounced and hidden by the ventral one; embolus slender,

about 5 times longer than wide; tip of embolus with notch.

SIZE VARIATIONS. Total length varies from 7.4 to 8.8, carapace 3.7–4.1 long and

2.85–3.15 wide (n=4).

Female unknown.

retrolateral view; 4 – tibia, dorsal view. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.

DISTRIBUTION. Known only from the type locality.

ETYMOLOGY. The specific name derived from Ili River, adjective.

NOTES. Berlandina shnitnikovi (Spassky, 1934) known only from the original description which is very concise and provided with schematic figures. This species was described based on one male and one female from Balkhash Lake vicinity. Ili River, in the delta of which the type locality of B. ilika sp. n. is located, flows into Balkhash Lake. We had no opportunity to study the types of B. shnitnikovi since they are lost (D.A. Dubovikov and V.I. Ovtsharenko pers. comm.).

6, 8 – B. yakovlevi: 6 – ventral view; 8 – apical view. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

We thank A.N. Nakonechnyi (Novosibirsk, Russia) and R. Yu. Dudko ( ISEA) for organizing an expedition to Kazakhstan in which the types of new species were collected .

Also, we thank S. Koponen (University of Turku) for providing museum facilities. Thanks go to D.A. Dubovikov (Sanct-Petersburg, Russia) and V.I. Ovtsharenko (New York, USA)

for providing information about types of B. shnitnikovi .

view; 11 – the same, from above. Scale bars: 9 = 2 mm, 10 = 0.1 mm, 11 = 0.01 mm.

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Figures

Figs 1–4. Berlandina ilika sp. n., male palp. 1 – ventral view; 2 – prolateral view; 3 –

Figs 5–8. Bulb of Berlandina spp. 5, 7 – B. ilika sp. n.: 5 – ventral view; 7 – apical view;

Figs 9–11. Berlandina ilika sp. n., male. 9 – habitus, dorsal view; 10 – bulb, retrolateral