identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
C26AB54FAF5E536187F6364133BEDC47.text	C26AB54FAF5E536187F6364133BEDC47.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
    <body>
        <div>
            <p> Genus  Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871</p>
            <p>Type species.</p>
            <p> Chaetopelma aegyptiaca Ausserer, 1871 by subsequent designation of Simon (1892); a junior synonym of  Ch. olivaceum (C.L. Koch, 1842). </p>
            <p>Diagnosis and description.</p>
            <p>See Guadanucci and Gallon (2008).</p>
            <p>Composition.</p>
            <p> Eight species:  Ch. altugkadirorum Gallon, Gabriel &amp; Tansley, 2012 [Syria, Turkey];  Ch. concolor (Simon, 1873) [Turkey, Syria, Egypt];  Ch. karlamani Vollmer, 1997 [Cyprus];  Ch. lymberakisi Chatzaki &amp; Komnenov, 2019 [Crete];  Ch. olivaceum (C.L. Koch, 1842) [Sudan, Middle East];  Ch. persianum sp. nov. [Iran];  Ch. turkesi Topçu &amp; Demircan, 2014 [Turkey];  Ch. webborum Smith, 1990 [Cameroon]. </p>
            <p>Distribution.</p>
            <p> Crete to northwestern Iran, southward to northern Sudan (Fig. 5). One species has been described from Cameroon, although it is clearly misplaced in  Chaetopelma (see  ‘Discussion’ ). </p>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>
	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C26AB54FAF5E536187F6364133BEDC47	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	Zamani, Alireza;West, Rick C.	Zamani, Alireza, West, Rick C. (2023): A new species of Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1174: 75-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135
84D81DC83CB254A7BFD9CA19952E11F8.text	84D81DC83CB254A7BFD9CA19952E11F8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chaetopelma persianum Zamani & West 2023	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
    <body>
        <div>
            <p> Chaetopelma persianum sp. nov.</p>
            <p>Figs 1A-E, 2A, B, 3A-C</p>
            <p>Type material.</p>
            <p>Holotype ♀ (ZMUT), Iran: West Azerbaijan Province: surroundings of Mahabad, 2065 m, 26.08.2022 (A.H. Aghaei, M. Gavahyan).</p>
            <p>Etymology.</p>
            <p>The specific epithet of the new species refers to its type locality in Iran, which was historically known as Persia.</p>
            <p>Common name.</p>
            <p> We propose "Persian Gold Tarantula" (in Persian:  Tārāntulā-ye Talā-ye Pārsi ;  تارانتولای طلای پارسی ) as a common name. </p>
            <p>Diagnosis.</p>
            <p> The new species can be readily distinguished from  Ch. concolor ,  Ch. karlamani , and  Ch. turkesi by the bilobed apical portion of its receptacles (vs apical portion with a single lobe; cf. Fig. 2A with Chatzaki and Komnenov 2019: fig. 4C-F and  Topçu and Demircan 2014: fig. 2K), in addition to being considerably larger in total body length (36.6 vs 20.5-23.5). It differs from  Ch. altugkadirorum ,  Ch. lymberakisi , and  Ch. olivaceum by having tubular, more elongated receptacular lobes (vs either globular, or noticeably shorter; cf. Fig. 2A with Chatzaki and Komnenov 2019: figs 4A, B, 5A-D). It can be further diagnosed from the widely distributed  Ch. olivaceum by having shorter and less divergent receptacles (vs longer and strongly diverging posteriorly). </p>
            <p>Description.</p>
            <p>Female. Habitus as in Figs 1A-D, 3A-C. Total length 36.6. Carapace 13.75 long, 13.15 wide. Eye tubercle as in Fig. 1E. Eye diameters and interdistances: ALE: 0.42, AME: 0.25 (0.41), PLE: 0.41, PME: 0.38, AME-AME: 0.45 (0.35), PME-PME: 0.81. Each cheliceral furrow with 14 promarginal teeth and 12 mesobasal denticles. Labium with 73 cuspules; 1.98 long, 2.78 wide. Sternum 6.43 long, 6.30 wide. Each maxilla with ca 140 cuspules; 4.60 long, 3.05 wide; with distinct anterior lobe.</p>
            <p>Colour in life (Fig. 3A-C): overall body and legs covered in dark brown pubescent pile setae, darker ventrally; carapace with woolly, silvery, golden pubescence; chelicerae with pale golden pile setae; labium and maxillae reddish brown; prolateral setal fringe of maxillae and along cheliceral furrows reddish; legs and abdomen covered with long scattered pale golden guard setae; book lungs light brown; spinnerets uniformly dark brown; scopulae with metallic blue-green iridescence caused by refracted light.</p>
            <p>Colour in alcohol (Fig. 1A-C): overall as in live specimen, except for: darker and more prominent background color of body and legs; sternum, labium and maxillae more reddish; patellae with reddish brown stripes; book lungs yellowish brown.</p>
            <p>Measurements of palp and legs: palp: 22.9 (8.0, 5.1, 5.5, -, 4.3), I: 36.35 (10.9, 7.0, 7.8, 6.4, 4.25), II: 33.5 (9.95, 6.05, 6.7, 5.95, 4.85), III: 31.0 (8.7, 5.8, 5.2, 6.85, 4.45), IV: 39.1 (10.75, 6.4, 7.95, 8.5, 5.5). Spination: palp: Ti: 1pl, 3v. I: Ti: 2v; Mt: 1v. II: Ti: 2v. III: Ti: 4v; Mt: 1pl, 1rl, 4v. IV: Ti: 4v; Mt: 1pl, 2rl, 6v. Scopulae: on metatarsi I and II very dense and covering ca 4/5, less dense on III and IV and covering distal 1/3 and 1/4, respectively; on tarsus I entire, on II-IV divided by longitudinal row of thick setae.</p>
            <p>Spinnerets: PLS: basal article: 2.95 long, median article: 2.12 long, apical article: 2.82 long, digitiform. PMS: 1.80 long.</p>
            <p>Endogyne as in Fig. 2A, B; receptacles paired, long, slightly diverging, and basally jointed; receptacles narrowing noticeably towards apex, each bearing two long tubular apical lobes; pore glands present all over receptacles, denser on lobes.</p>
            <p>Male. Unknown.</p>
            <p>Ecology.</p>
            <p> An obligate burrowing species that inhabits high elevations in well-vegetated mountainous regions of the northern Zagros Mountains (Fig. 4A). The holotype was collected in a self-made ground burrow constructed on sloped rocky ground, amidst sparse low vegetation and grasses. The burrow entrance comprised a low silk collar mixed with surrounding soil and debris (Fig. 4B, C). Specifics regarding the  burrow’s interior are lacking due to the use of water to extract the specimen. The rainy season spans from October to late May, with surface temperatures ranging from -8 to 14 °C. The dry season extends from June to late September, with surface temperatures ranging from 6 to 31 °C. A male was observed in the type locality in May, suggesting that the breeding season occurs towards the end of the rainy season. </p>
            <p>Distribution.</p>
            <p> Currently, this species is confidently known only from the type locality, which extends the known range of the genus approximately 350 km eastwards (Fig. 5). Two males of  Chaetopelma have been photographed in localities very close to the type locality of the new species (Fig. 5): one male in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran (Fig. 3D), and the other in the surroundings of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq (Fig. 3E). It is highly likely that both males belong to  Ch. persianum sp. nov., although further study of collected material from both sexes is necessary to verify this. </p>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>
	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/84D81DC83CB254A7BFD9CA19952E11F8	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	Zamani, Alireza;West, Rick C.	Zamani, Alireza, West, Rick C. (2023): A new species of Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1174: 75-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135
