Zagrotes borna, Zamani & Marusik, 2021

Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2021, A new genus and ten new species of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iran, ZooKeys 1054, pp. 95-126 : 95

Zagrotes borna sp. nov.

Figures 4A , 5A, B , 6A, B , 7A, B

Type material.

Holotype ♂ (NHMW), Iran: Hormozgan Province: 40 km NW of Bandar Abbas, 7.4.1972 (G. Pretzmann).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a Persian masculine given name meaning “young”.

Diagnosis.

The new species is most similar to Z. parla sp. nov. and can be distinguished by the RTA longer than ½ of the cymbium’s length (vs shorter) and less deeply bifurcated (cf. Fig. 6B and D ), and the relatively shorter palpal tibia (4 times shorter than cymbium vs 2 times shorter), and by the shape of the bulb. The two species differ also by the shape of the sperm duct and tegular apophysis (cf. Fig. 5A and C ).

Description.

Male. Habitus as in Figure 4A . Total length 4.85. Carapace 2.20 long, 1.43 wide. Eye sizes: AME: 0.11, ALE: 0.09, PME: 0.10, PLE: 0.09. Carapace, labium, chelicera, maxilla and sternum light brown, without any pattern. Legs yellowish-brown, without annulations. Abdomen cream-colored, with a tuft of dark brown long setae anteriorly and sparse lighter setae; ventrally with distinct tracheal marks. Spinnerets unicolourous. Measurements of legs: I: missing, II: 5.35 (1.45, 0.90, 1.12, 1.10, 0.78), III: 4.36 (1.20, 0.63, 0.87, 1.01, 0.65), IV: 7.06 (1.80, 1.00, 1.52, 1.81, 0.93).

Palp as in Figures 5A, B , 6A, B , 7A, B ; tibia as long as wide, RTA almost twice longer than tibia, bifurcated in anterior 1/3, ventral arm rounded and dorsal one sharply pointed; cymbium 2 times longer than wide, and 4 times longer than tibia; tegular apophysis claw-like, directed laterally, with abrupt tip in lateral view; sperm duct with characteristic coil prolaterally.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality in Hormozgan Province, southern Iran.

Figures

Figure 4. Males of Zagrotes borna sp. nov. (A), Z. parla sp. nov. (B), Micaria atropatene sp. nov. (C), Sestakovaia hyrcania sp. nov. (D) and Mesiotelus patricki sp. nov. (E, F) A-D, F habitus, dorsal E chelicerae, ventral. Scale bars: 0.2 mm, unless stated otherwise.

Figure 5. Male palps of Zagrotes borna sp. nov. (A, B) and Z. parla sp. nov. (C, D) A, C ventral B, D prolateral. Abbreviation: Ta - tegular apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Figure 6. Male palps of Zagrotes borna sp. nov. (A, B) and Z. parla sp. nov. (C, D) A, C dorsal B, D retrolateral. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Figure 7. SEM images of the male palps of Zagrotes borna sp. nov. (A, B) and Z. parla sp. nov. (C, D) A ventral B, D retrolateral C retroventral. Abbreviation: Ta - tegular apophysis. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.