Raveniola sp. aff. concolor Zonstein, 2000

Anemesia tubifex – Denis 1958: 82 (♀). Misidentified.

Material examined

AFGHANISTAN: 1 ♀, Koh-i-Baba Mts, Tarapas, 3200 m, 23 Jul. 1948, N. Haarløv leg. (NHMD); 6 ♀♀, same ridge, Puistangoli, 3000–3400 m, 1 Aug. 1948, N. Haarløv leg. (NHMD); 5 ♀♀, same ridge, Sar-i-Djedjaghana, 3000–3400 m, 8 Aug. 1948, N. Haarløv leg. (NHMD).

Notes

The re-examination of these specimens, identified by Denis (1958) as Anemesia tubifex, shows that they actually represent an undescribed alpine species of the nemesiid Raveniola Zonstein, 1987, closely related to R. concolor from the highlands of northern India. The characters missed by Denis (a short and wide labium, a broadly rounded sternum, a fairly rounded and submarginal posterior pair of the sternal sigilla, the characteristic divided spermathecae, as well as many less significant features) contradict his identification and confirm the given re-assignment. The species is planned to be described in a revision of Central Asian Raveniola spp. (Zonstein, in prep.).