Zaitunia inderensis Ponomarev, 2005
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.214 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5634888 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA5402-E440-FF9D-ED53-D489FD09FD0B |
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Zaitunia inderensis Ponomarev, 2005 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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Zaitunia inderensis Ponomarev, 2005
Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik 2016 |
Zaitunia inderensis
Fomichev A. A. & Marusik Y. M. 2013: 85 |
Zaitunia inderensis
Ponomarev A. V. 2005: 43 |