identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
3170D2FAEF92517394510DCD6429C30A.text	3170D2FAEF92517394510DCD6429C30A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Psammitis abuliensis Seropian & Mumladze 2024	<div><p>Psammitis abuliensis sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1–5</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype: ♂ (CaBOL-ID 1012781): Georgia: Samtskhe-Javakheti, Akhalkalaki municipality, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=43.6462&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=41.438" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 43.6462/lat 41.438)">Didi Abuli Mt.</a>; N 41.4380 °, E 43.6462 °; 3267 m a. s. l., under rocks; 12 September 2018; leg. L. Mumladze . Paratype: 1 ♂ (CaBOL-ID 1012780): same collecting data . Both specimens are deposited in the scientific collections of Ilia State University, Georgia, Tbilisi.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The new species resembles P. sabulosus (Hahn, 1832) that occurs in Georgia (Thaler 1981: figs 52, 57; Jantscher 2002: figs 5–6) and P. demirsoyi (Demir, Topçu &amp; Türkes, 2006) from Turkey (Demir et al. 2006: figs 1–2, 5–7). The males of the new species can be distinguished from those of P. sabulosus by having a bow tie-shaped very short and broad embolus tip (vs. long and thin), a longer basal embolus, and a larger tutacular apophysis. From the males of P. demirsoyi, those of P. abuliensis sp. n. can be distinguished by the presence of a large tutacular apophysis (vs. absence) and a bow tie-shaped very short and broad embolus tip (vs. differently shaped longer and thinner) (Figs 3, 5).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype / paratype). Total length: 6.90 / 6.85; Carapace: 3.41 / 3.39 long, 3.35 / 3.35 wide; Abdomen: 3.80 / 3.85 long, 3.30 / 3.32 wide; Clypeal height: 0.35 / 0.34; Clypeus with 15 long and robust bristles; Cheliceral length: 1.15 / 1.15; AME: 0.11 / 0.11; ALE: 0.20 / 0.20; PME: 0.11 / 0.11; PLE: 0.14 / 0.14. Color and pattern as shown in Figs 4–5. Sternum yellow, with irregular dark spots. Leg coloration: Fe and Pa I – IV dark brown (Fe and Pa III – IV apically lightened), Ti, Mt, and Ta I – IV dark yellow (Ti I – II basally darkened). Leg measurements and spination as in Tables 2 and 3.</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Etymology. The specific epithet is an adjective referring to the type locality of the new species in Akhalkalaki municipality.</p><p>Habitat. Two males of the new species were obtained by hand collecting under the small stones on a mountaintop (Figs 6–7).</p><p>Distribution. Known from the type locality only.</p><p>Barcoding results. Two identical barcodes were obtained from the specimens with CaBOL-IDs 1012780 and 1012781 (BOLD: AFP 6894) with the nearest neighbor in the BOLD Systems P. ninnii from Spain with a private status (p - distance 6.3 %).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3170D2FAEF92517394510DCD6429C30A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Seropian, Armen;Mumladze, Levan	Seropian, Armen, Mumladze, Levan (2024): A new Psammitis species (Araneae, Thomisidae) from an extinct volcano in Georgia with reevaluation of the generic position of Xysticus marmoratus Thorell, 1875. Caucasiana 3: 119-126, DOI: 10.3897/caucasiana.3.e120656
EE10978DA1235992AFB1749173863D67.text	EE10978DA1235992AFB1749173863D67.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Psammitis marmoratus (Thorell 1875) Seropian & Mumladze 2024	<div><p>Psammitis marmoratus (Thorell, 1875) comb. nov.</p><p>Xysticus marmoratus Mcheidze, 1997: 163, figs 305–306 (♂).</p><p>Xysticus embriki Hepner et al., 2011: 38, figs 5–10 (♂ ♀).</p><p>Note.</p><p>For full nomenclatural references see WSC (2023).</p><p>Comments.</p><p>This species is transferred to this genus due to the similarity of the male palp to the generotype, which possesses an anapophysate tegulum. As for the Psammitis spp. females, there seem to be no defined characters allowing reliable separation from Xysticus spp. The generic reevaluation is also supported by the phylogenetic tree generated within the preset study, which includes Xysticus marmoratus, a species not involved in a subset of the analyses performed by Breitling (2019), who supported the recognition of Psammitis as an independent genus. Our results suggest a close relationship between X. marmoratus and Psammitis spp. (Fig. 8); therefore, we propose a new combination, Psammitis marmoratus (Thorell, 1875), comb. nov. (= Xysticus marmoratus Thorell, 1875).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE10978DA1235992AFB1749173863D67	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Seropian, Armen;Mumladze, Levan	Seropian, Armen, Mumladze, Levan (2024): A new Psammitis species (Araneae, Thomisidae) from an extinct volcano in Georgia with reevaluation of the generic position of Xysticus marmoratus Thorell, 1875. Caucasiana 3: 119-126, DOI: 10.3897/caucasiana.3.e120656
6DDB2962F990532587C92FB45E63D5B0.text	6DDB2962F990532587C92FB45E63D5B0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Psammitis Menge 1876	<div><p>Genus Psammitis Menge, 1876</p><p>Type species.</p><p>Thomisus sabulosus Hahn, 1832</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6DDB2962F990532587C92FB45E63D5B0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Seropian, Armen;Mumladze, Levan	Seropian, Armen, Mumladze, Levan (2024): A new Psammitis species (Araneae, Thomisidae) from an extinct volcano in Georgia with reevaluation of the generic position of Xysticus marmoratus Thorell, 1875. Caucasiana 3: 119-126, DOI: 10.3897/caucasiana.3.e120656
