Zaitunia inderensis Ponomarev, 2005

Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik, 2016, A revision of the spider genus Zaitunia (Araneae, Filistatidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 214, pp. 1-97 : 46-48

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.214

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CA243C98-9461-441A-BBD9-ECBDEC103DD9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5634888

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA5402-E440-FF9D-ED53-D489FD09FD0B

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Zaitunia inderensis Ponomarev, 2005
status

 

Zaitunia inderensis Ponomarev, 2005 View in CoL

Figs 22 View Fig. 22 , 42 View Fig. 42 C

Zaitunia inderensis Ponomarev, 2005: 43 View in CoL , fig. 1a–b (♀).

Zaitunia inderensis View in CoL – Fomichev & Marusik 2013: 85, figs 10–11, 15 (♀).

Diagnosis

By the structure of the vulva, females of Z. inderensis resemble Z. spinimana sp. nov., but differ from it and all other congeners by the enlarged lateral receptacles which are considerably larger and more robust than the median pair ( Fig. 22 View Fig. 22 E).

Material examined

Holotype

KAZAKHSTAN: ♀, Atyrau Province, Inder plateau, karst sinkhole 20 km E of Inderborskiy (=Inderbor) town, 48º33' N, 52º01' E, 29 Sept. 1986, A.V. Ponomarev ( ZMMU). GoogleMaps

Paratypes (5 ♀♀)

KAZAKHSTAN: 2 ♀♀, same data as holotype ; 3 ♀♀, same data, but 25 May 1987 ( ZMMU) .

Description

Female (holotype) HABITUS. See Fig. 22 View Fig. 22 A.

BODY LENGTH. 3.66.

COLOUR. Whole spider pale yellowish-grey; eye tubercle brownish; abdomen lacking dorsal pattern.

CARAPACE ( Fig. 42 View Fig. 42 C). 1.34 long, 1.02 wide.

EYES. AME 0.07, ALE 0.13, PLE 0.10, PME 0.09, AME–AME 0.04.

ENDOGYNE ( Fig. 22 View Fig. 22 B–C, E). Median and lateral receptacles closely spaced and arranged almost in one longitudinal line (median receptacles partly hide lateral ones). Median receptacles very short; lateral receptacles diverging, clublike, with corrugated stems, head of receptacles separated by about 2.5 of their diameter; median receptacles separated by less than 1.5 diameters.

LEG MEASUREMENTS.

  Femur Patella Tibia Metatarsus Tarsus Total
Palp 0.62 0.30 0.46 0.51 1.89
I 1.32 0.48 1.16 0.99 0.84 4.79
II 1.01 0.43 0.78 0.70 0.58 3.50
III 0.87 0.41 0.63 0.79 0.55 3.25
IV 1.18 0.45 0.91 0.90 0.73 4.17

Male

Unknown.

Variation

Carapace length in female paratypes varies from 1.19 to 1.40; no distinction in the colouration is evident.

Ecology

According to label data and the original description ( Ponomarev 2005), the species was found in a low, semi-desert karst plateau.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 48 View Fig. 48 ).

ZMMU

Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Filistatidae

Genus

Zaitunia

Loc

Zaitunia inderensis Ponomarev, 2005

Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik 2016
2016
Loc

Zaitunia inderensis

Fomichev A. A. & Marusik Y. M. 2013: 85
2013
Loc

Zaitunia inderensis

Ponomarev A. V. 2005: 43
2005
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