Platnick sanglok, Marusik & Fomichev, 2020

Platnick sanglok View in CoL sp. n.

Figs 14 View Figures 14–26 , 16 View Figures 14–26 , 18 View Figures 14–26 , 20 View Figures 14–26 , 29-34 View Figures 27–34

Type.

Holotype ♀ (ZMMU), TAJIKISTAN, Khatlon Region, Dangara Distr., SW slope of Sanglogh (= Sanglok ) Mt. Range , 38°13.091'N, 69°14.282'E, clay-sand cliffs along road and among litter under Artemisia , 1362 m, 30.04.2015 ( Y.M. Marusik) GoogleMaps .

Etymology.

The species epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis.

The new species differs from those of P. astana sp. n. by the indistinct fovea and unconcealed copulatory openings ( Co) (vs. fovea distinct, copulatory openings concealed by hoods), as well as by the copulatory ducts ( Cd) directed posteriorly and the short glands of the receptacles ( Rg) not extended anteriorly as much as the receptacles ( vs. copulatory ducts directed anteriorly, and glands of receptacles located anterior to receptacles). The two species differ by the spination of tibia II: P. sanglok sp. n. has 5 pairs of ventral spines, whereas P. astana sp. n. has 4 pairs.

Description.

Female. Total length 2.18. Prosoma 0.5 high. Carapace: 1.03 long, 0.81 wide, 0.33 high. Prosoma and chelicerae brown. Legs and palps pale yellow, femora and coxae I darker than other segments. Abdomen and spinnerets white. Postgastral scuta elongate, ovoid, about 4 times longer than wide.

Epigyne as in Figs 29-32 View Figures 27–34 ; fovea indistinct, copulatory openings ( Co) unconcealed, hood absent; copulatory ducts directed posteriorly; glands of receptacles short, shorter than anterior extension of receptacles, diverging.

Distribution.

Known from the type locality only (Figs 33-34 View Figures 27–34 ).