Platnick shablyai, Marusik & Fomichev, 2020
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/abs.6.e59687 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CA063C93-70FA-4155-8192-1BE8DCD0D8C4 |
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Platnick shablyai |
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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: | |||||||||||
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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 ).
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