Platnick shablyai, Marusik & Fomichev, 2020

Marusik, Yuri M. & Fomichev, Alexander A., 2020, A new genus of Liocranidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tajikistan, Acta Biologica Sibirica 6, pp. 583-594 : 583

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/abs.6.e59687

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C5FA8CFC-953F-43EE-8CEC-7F08B23A39C1

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CA063C93-70FA-4155-8192-1BE8DCD0D8C4

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:CA063C93-70FA-4155-8192-1BE8DCD0D8C4

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scientific name

Platnick shablyai
status

sp. n.

Platnick shablyai sp. n.

Figs 1-5 View Figures 1–5 , 6-13 View Figures 6–13 , 26 View Figures 14–26 , 33-34 View Figures 27–34

Type.

Holotype ♂ ( ZMMU), TAJIKISTAN, Khatlon Region, Dzhilantau Mt. Range, 2 km E from Kuybul'on Village , 37°53.970'N, 69°23.155'E, dry stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks, 970-1200 m, 14.04.2019 (A.A. Fomichev) GoogleMaps .

Etymology.

The species is named after the entomologist Vitaliy O. Shablya (Moscow, Russia), who organized the expedition to Tajikistan in which the new species was collected.

Diagnosis.

Same as for the genus.

Description.

Male. Total length 2.1. Prosoma 0.46 high. Carapace: 0.96 long, 0.74 wide, 0.3 high. Prosoma and chelicerae brown. Legs and palps pale yellow with darker coxa and femur I. Abdomen with brownish dorsal scutum almost entirely covering dorsum. Epigastral scutum encircling petiolus. Postgastral scuta as shown in Fig. 2 View Figures 1–5 and described for the genus.

Palp as in Figs 6-13 View Figures 6–13 . See description of the genus.

Leg measurements: Leg spination:
  Fe Pt Ti Mt Ta Total   Fe Ti Mt
I 0.64 0.34 0.53 0.37 0.37 2.25 I - pv4 rv4 pv1 rv1
II 0.57 0.33 0.46 0.34 0.34 2.04 II - pv4 rv3 pv1 rv1
III 0.46 0.24 0.3 0.33 0.34 1.67 III d1 v1 pv1
IV 0.61 0.33 0.51 0.5 0.44 2.39 IV d1 r1 -

Habitat.

The holotype was collected in shiblyak shrubland. Shiblyak is a kind of vegetation similar to those called garrigue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrigue) or maquis shrubland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquis_shrubland), composed of deciduous xerophilous shrubs and small trees.

Distribution.

Known from the type locality only (Figs 33-34 View Figures 27–34 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Liocranidae

Genus

Platnick