Zaitunia brignoliana, Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik, 2016

Zaitunia brignoliana View in CoL sp. nov.

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Fig. 16 View Fig. 16 C–F

Diagnosis

Zaitunia brignoliana sp. nov. is easily distinguished from other species of the group, except Z. afghana , by having boomerang-shaped receptacles subdivided into two lobes and lacking a stem (undivided in most other members; whereas Z. afghana have a distinct stem and the receptacles are dumbbell-shaped – cf. Figs 16 View Fig. 16 D–F and 14G–K, respectively).

Etymology

The specific epithet is given after the prominent Italian arachnologist Paolo Marcello Brignoli ( 1942– 1986) who described three species of Zaitunia from Iran.

Material examined

Holotype

IRAN: ♀, Yazd Province, 10 km E of Ardakan , 32º19.9' N, 54º12.3' E, 1235 m, 11 Apr. 2004, V. Vignoli & P. Crucitti ( SMF). GoogleMaps

Description

Female

HABITUS. See Fig. 16 View Fig. 16 C.

BODY LENGTH. 2.54.

COLOUR. Carapace, chelicerae and legs mostly medium brownish-yellow; abdomen dorsally, diffuse leg fasciae, cephalic area and reticulate clypeal pattern medium violet-brown; eye tubercle and carapace margins dark violet-brown; sternum light yellow with brownish margins; abdomen ventrally and spinnerets light violet-brown.

CARAPACE. 1.13 long, 0.94 wide.

EYES. AME 0.06, ALE 0.11, PLE 0.09, PME 0.07, AME–AME 0.03.

ENDOGYNE ( Fig. 16 View Fig. 16 D–F). Receptacles without stems, boomerang-shaped, wider than high; whole receptacle densely covered by glandular pores; inner margins of receptacle bases separated by 4 diameters.

LEG MEASUREMENTS.

Male

Unknown.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 47 View Fig. 47 ).