Brignoliolus nenilini ( Ovchinnikov, 1999 )

Zonstein, Sergei & Marusik, Yuri M., 2024, A survey of Brignoliolus Ovchinnikov, 1999 stat. rev. (Araneae, Agelenidae) with the description of a new species from Israel, Zootaxa 5541 (2), pp. 215-226 : 219

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5541.2.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BD9AB41C-245E-4B76-B477-EB92DE6FA63C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14248373
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987B6-FFCC-FF89-2BF5-FC9FFE87B47E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Brignoliolus nenilini ( Ovchinnikov, 1999 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Brignoliolus nenilini ( Ovchinnikov, 1999) comb. nov.

Figs 10, 11, 13, 14 View FIGURES 9–14 , 31 View FIGURE 31

Coelotes ( Brignoliolus) nenilini Ovchinnikov, 1999: 78 View in CoL , figs 40–44 ( ♂ ♀).

Coelotes nenilini View in CoL : Wang & Zhu 2009: 280.

Material. UZBEKISTAN: Tashkent Region : 2♀ ( SMNH), Karzhantau Mt. Ridge, Kansai Canyon 2 km W Khumsan, 41°41′N, 69°55′E, 1050 m a.s.l., 6.05.2022 ( S. Zonstein) GoogleMaps ; 4♀ ( SMNH), same collection data as preceding but Opshitasai Canyon 1 km N Handailyk Vill., 41°38′N, 69°43′E, 1100 m a.s.l., 23.04.2023 ( S. Zonstein) GoogleMaps ; 2♀ ( SMNH), same region, Ugam Mt. Ridge, 4 km SSW Sidjak Vill., 41°41′N, 69°55′E, ca. 1000 m a.s.l., 9.05.2023 ( S. Zonstein) GoogleMaps ; 4♀ ( SMNH), same region, Chimgan Mts. , Gulikamsai Canyon, 41°33′N, 70°04′E, 1300 m a.s.l., 8.05.2023 ( S. Zonstein) GoogleMaps .

Comments. In the structure of the epigyne (with tightly clustered epigynal teeth), females of B. nenilini resemble those of B. turkestanicus . They differ by the shape of the epigynal fovea ( Fo) with wide ( vs. narrow) median constriction, as well as by the shape and arrangement of the receptacles which are narrower and more widely spaced in the middle part vs. narrowly spaced ( Figs 10, 11 View FIGURES 9–14 cf. Fomichev 2021, fig. 1D–F). Males of B. nenilini differ from other known male congeners, except for B. juglandicola , in possessing the bifurcated ( vs. undivided) retrolateral patellar apophysis of the male palp; they can be distinguished from the latter species by the different shape of the conductor and median apophysis of the tegulum (Ovtchinnikov 1984, fig. 1; 1999, figs 35, 37, 40–42; Wang & Zhu 2009, figs 10, 22,30; Dimitrov & Jager 2021, figs 1, 2).

Distribution. The species is known from several localities in the forested midlands of Western Tien-Shan ( Uzbekistan).