Zelotes chaniaensis, Senglet & Ch-, 2011

Senglet, Antoine, 2011, New species in the zelotes tenuis-group and new or little known species in other zelotes groups (gnaphosidae, araneae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (3), pp. 513-559 : 527-530

Zelotes chaniaensis sp. n. Figs 50-58, 79

Z. tenuis . – Chatzaki et al., 2003: 80, figs 105-107, 111-112 (rare form, misidentification), not figs 108-110, 113-114 = Z. babunaensis .

HOLOTYPE: GREECE, Crete, Chania, Episkopi , 35°30'N 23°46'E; Ƌ (with palpus in microvial, last moult 04.01.2000); 10.10.99.

PARATYPE: Same locality and collecting date as for holotype; 1 ♀ (with vulva in microvial, last moult 19.01.2000).

ETYMOLOGY: The species name, an adjective, refers to the city of Chania on the island of Crete.

DIAGNOSIS: The male differs from that of Z. tenuis by a hook-like distal embolar base tooth (Figs 50-53); the female with shorter median ducts; anterior anchoring pockets wider than lateral folds and folded cuticle in median sector (Figs 57-58, 79).

DESCRIPTION: Prosoma tawny-brown, with faint marking. Opisthosoma dorsally blackish, ventrally grey, covered with medium-long dark hairs. Legs with faint marking; tarsi tawny. Leg spination: Metatarsi I v210; II v220. – Ƌ: Total length 5.50. Prosoma: 2.20 long, 1.66 wide, 0.90 wide at level of posterior eyes. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.10, PME 0.10, PLE 0.08; AME-AME 0.04, AME- ALE 0.01, PME-PME 0.04, PME-PLE 0.03, ALE-PLE 0.04. MOQ length 0.27, front width 0.40, back width 0.44. Clypeus: 0.11 from AME, 0.06 from ALE. Pedipalp (Figs 50-53): Patella dorsally slightly longer than tibia. Width of pedipalpal tibia 3/4 of its length or less (cf. Fig. 28). Retrolateral tibial apophysis shorter than dorsal length of tibia. Scutum occupying 1/4 of opisthosoma length. – ♀: Total length 5.40. Prosoma: 2.33 long, 1.55 wide, 0.80 wide at level of posterior eyes. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.07, ALE 0.11, PME 0.08, PLE 0.08; AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.01, PME- PME 0.04, PME-PLE 0.028, ALE-PLE 0.05. MOQ length 0.26, front width 0.37, back width 0.41. Clypeus: 0.07 from AME, 0.06 from ALE. Epigynum (Figs 57-58).

REMARK: Z. chaniaensis seems to be a Cretan endemic replacing Z. tenuis on that island.

Zelotes manytchensis ( Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006) comb. n. Figs 59-64, 77 Trachyzelotes manytchensis Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006: 11 , figs 18-19 (description of Ƌ

and ♀). MATERIAL EXAMINED : IRAN, Khohkiluyeh , Dogonbadán, 30°22'N 50°47'E; 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀

(with palpus and vulva in microvials); 21.05.1974.

DIAGNOSIS: Ƌ pedipalp (Figs 59-62): The retrolateral loop of the embolar base, which reaches far below the level of terminal apophysis, and its membranous retro- FIGS 50-58

Zeloteschaniaensis sp. n. (50-53) Leftmalepalp. (50) Prolateralview. (51) Ventralview. (52) Retrolateralview. (53) Embolarbase, ventralview. (54) Male, oculargroup. (55-58) Female. (55) Oculargroup. (56) Leftchelicera, ventralview. (57) Epigynum. (58) Vulva, dorsalview. Bold lines indicate epigynal folds. Scale lines 0.2 mm.

FIGS 59-64

Zelotes manytchensis . (59-62) Left male palp. (59) Prolateral view. (60) Ventral view. (61) Retrolateral view. (62) Apex of palpal organ, cleared, dorsal-retrolateral view. (63) Epigynum. (64) Vulva, dorsal view. Bold lines indicate epigynal folds. Scale lines 0.2 mm.

lateral projection distinguish Z. manytchensis from the other species of the tenuis - group. ♀: Epigynum (Figs 63, 77): lateral folds wide apart, with large convex lateral pouches.

DESCRIPTION: Prosoma and legs tawny-brown, lighter tarsi and metatarsi. Opisthosoma greyish brown, covered with short to medium-long hairs. Tarsi I, II entirely scopulate, metatarsi I, II in apical half. – Ƌ: Total length 4.50. Prosoma: 1.80 long, 1.45 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.07, ALE 0.10, PME 0.10, PLE 0.07; AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.01, PME-PME 0.01, PME-PLE 0.02, ALE-PLE 0.02. MOQ length 0.20, front width 0.35, back width 0.38. Clypeus: 0.07 from AME; 0.04 from ALE. Pedipalp tawny (Figs 59-62). Tibia dorsally slightly shorter than patella. Retrolateral apophysis longer than tibia (cf. Fig. 28). Embolar base forming a large and low retrolateral loop wearing a membranous projection; a secondary duct (Fig. 62) uniting projection to tip of embolus, as observed in Drassyllus ( Miller, 1967: table 3, figs 3, 5). Scutum occupying 1/3 of opisthosoma length. Leg spination: Metatarsus I v000. – ♀: Total length 6.20. Prosoma: 1.84 long, 1.36 wide, 0.74 wide at level of posterior eyes. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.07, ALE 0.10, PME 0.08, PLE 0.08; AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.01, PME-PME 0.02, PME-PLE 0.04, ALE-PLE 0.04. MOQ length 0.21, front width 0.35, back width 0.38. Epigynum (Figs 63-64, 77) with large convex lateral pouches. Vulva (Fig. 64) with almost straight median ducts.

REMARK: Ponomarev & Tsvetkov (2006) described long cheliceral setae for this species. The female resembles a Trachyzelotes but lacks a cheliceral brush. The genitalia show a close relationship with the Zelotes tenuis species group.