Mesiotelus deltshevi Naumova, 2020

Coşar, İ., Danışman, T. & Erdek, M., 2023, The genus Mesiotelus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Liocranidae) in Turkey, Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 19 (1), pp. 9-13 : 10-11

Mesiotelus deltshevi Naumova, 2020

( Figs 6–11 , 22 )

Naumova, 2020: 4, figs 2, 3.

Material. 2 ♀, Turkey, Diyarbakır Prov., Hani District , 38°27 ʹ 25 ʺ N / 40°24 ʹ 39 ʺ E, 1018 m, under stone, 13.06.2018 ( T. Danışman) .

Brief redescription based on studied specimens. Total length 4.6. Carapace length 1.8, width 1.5. Abdomen length 2.8, width 1.8. Ocular area length 0.6. Chelicera length 0.8, width 0.45. Sternum length 1.1, width 1 Leg formula IV, I, II, III. Legs: leg I 6.75 (1.9, 0.7, 1.9, 1.35, 0.9), leg II 5.4 (1.5, 0.65, 1.45, 1.1, 0.7), leg III 5.25 (1.05, 0.6, 1.45, 1.4, 0.75), leg IV 8.4 (2.25, 0.8, 2.15, 2.3, 0.9).

Carapace light yellow ( Fig. 8 ). Clypeus narrow, dark yellow ( Fig. 11 ). Chelicerae long, light brown, dorsally with long dark setae ( Fig. 11 ). Sternum light yellow, without setae and edges dark ( Fig. 9 ). Labium and maxillae light yellow ( Fig. 9 ). Abdomen grayish, densely covered with long hairs and pattern with a white stripe ( Figs 8, 10 ), ventrally light yellow ( Fig. 9 ). Legs dark yellow and covered with long light hairs ( Figs 8, 9 ).

Epigyne. Lateral margins of fovea straight, margins form an angle of approximately 50° between each other. Spermathecae almost contiguose. Anterior hood (i.e. anterior pocket) indistinct, about as wide as the interspermathecal distance ( Figs 10, 11 ).

Distribution. Albania [World Spider Catalog, 2022], Turkey.

Figures

Figs 1–11. Species of the genus Mesiotelus, females, general view and details of structure. 1–5 – M.caucasicus; 6–11 – M.deltshevi. 1, 3, 11 – cephalothorax:1 – dorsal view,3, 11 – frontal view;2 – abdomen, dorsal view; 4–7 – epigyne: 4, 6 – ventral view, 5, 7 – dorsal view; 8–10 – habitus: 8 – dorsal view, 9 – ventral view, 10 – dorsolateral view. Scale bars: 1–2 – 1 mm; 3 – 0.2 mm; 4–7 – 0.1 mm; 8–11 – 0.5 mm. Рис. 1–11. ВиΑы роΑа Mesiotelus, самки, общий виΑ и ΑетаΛи строения. 1–5 – M.caucasicus; 6–11 – M. deltshevi. 1, 3, 11 – гоΛовогруΑь:1 – ΑорсаΛьно, 3, 11 – виΑ спереΑи; 2 – брюшко, ΑорсаΛьно;4–7 – эпигина:4, 6 – вентраΛьно, 5, 7 – ΑорсаΛьно; 8–10 – габитус: 8 – ΑорсаΛьно, 9 – вентраΛьно, 10 – ΑорсоΛатераΛьно. Масштабные Λинейки: 1–2 – 1 мм; 3 – 0.2 мм; 4–7 – 0.1 мм; 8–11 – 0.5 мм.

Fig. 22. Distribution records of Mesiotelus caucasicus (square), M. deltshevi (circle), M. scopensis (black stars; white star is the first record in Turkey), and M. tenuissimus (triangle) in Turkey. Рис. 22. Распространение Mesiotelus caucasicus (кваΑрат), M. deltshevi (круг), M. scopensis (черные звезΑы; беΛая звезΑа – первая нахоΑка в Турции) и M. tenuissimus (треугоΛьник) в Турции.