Synaphosus saidovi, Marusik, Yuri M. & Fomichev, Alexander A., 2016

Marusik, Yuri M. & Fomichev, Alexander A., 2016, A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 5. On Synaphosus from Central Asia, Zootaxa 4178 (3), pp. 428-442 : 436-437

Synaphosus saidovi sp. n.

Figs 5 , 25‒27 , 51

Types. TAJIKISTAN: Khatlon Province: holotype ♀ ( ZMMU) and paratype ♀ ( ZMMU), Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve, 37°10.459'N, 68°23.047'E, 316 m, tugai forest with thick litter, 6.07.2015 (YM & SZ).

Etymology. The species name is a patronym in honour of Murod Saidov (Dushanbe, Tajikistan), a partner of YM in expedition to Tajikistan in 2015.

Diagnosis. The new species belongs to the syntheticus -group and is most similar to S. ovtsharenkoi sp. n. and S. taukum . It differs from the former species by the copulatory openings located over pocket (cf. Figs 22‒24 and 25‒27 ). From S. taukum the new species can be separated by the median loops of copulatory ducts touching each other (cf. Figs 25‒27 and fig. 43‒44 in Ovtsharenko et al. 1994).

Description. Male unknown. Female. Total length 4.7. Carapace: 1.8 long, 1.33 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.1, PME 0.09, PLE 0.07, AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.0, PME–PME 0.04, PME–PLE 0.04, ALE–PLE 0.04; MOQ length 0.24, front width 0.2, back width 0.23. Prosoma and all limbs lightbrown, legs and palps lighter ( Fig. 5 ). Abdomen dorsally gray, without pattern ( Fig. 5 ), ventrally beige. Spinnerets light-brown. Spination as shown in Table 1 .

Epigyne as in Figs 25‒27 ; copulatory openings oval-almond shaped, stretched horizontally, located below anterior part of pocket, atria separated by pocket, their length about twice longer than width; pocket with hoods fused along about 5/6 of their height; copulatory ducts wide, median loops wider than lateral.

Leg measurements.

Size variation. Total length 4.7–4.85; carapace 1.68–1.8 long and 1.23–1.33 wide (n=2). Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 51 ).

Comments. There is a possibility that this species can be conspecific with S. soyunovi Ovtsharenko et al., 1994 , known only from a male from northern Turkmenistan. Ovtsharenko et al. (1994) have not indicated colour and pattern of S. soyunovi .

Figures

FIGURE 51. Collecting localities of specimens examined in this study of seven Synaphosus species.

FIGURES 1 ‒ 6. Dorsal view of Synaphosus ovtsharenkoi sp. n. (1), S. mongolicus sp. n. (2), S. shmakovi sp. n. (3), S. palearcticus (4, from Tajikistan), S. saidovi sp. n. (5) and S. makhambetensis (6). 1 a, 4 a male; 1 b, 2 ‒ 3, 4 b, 5 ‒ 6 female. Scale = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 19 ‒ 30. Epigynes of Synaphosus shmakovi sp. n. (19 ‒ 21), S. ovtsharenkoi sp. n. (22 ‒ 24), S. saidovi sp. n. (25 ‒ 27) and S. palearcticus (28 ‒ 30, from Tajikistan). 19, 22, 25, 28 intact, ventral; 20, 23, 26, 29 after maceration, ventral; 21, 24, 27, 30 after maceration, dorsal. Scale = 0.2 mm.