Limnesia (Halolimnesia) diversipes, Pešić & Smit & Saboori, 2012

Pešić, Vladimir, Smit, Harry & Saboori, Alireza, 2012, 3330, Zootaxa 3330, pp. 1-67 : 30-33

Limnesia (Halolimnesia) diversipes sp. nov.

( Figs. 21A – E, 22A – E)

Material examined. Holotype male, dissected and slide mounted, Iran, Hormozgan Province, IR15-2011, Khorgoo village N of Bandar Abbass, upstream hot water spring, small saline pool near IR14-2011, 27º 29.155 N, 56º 27.531 E, 113 m asl, 16.vii.2011 . Paratypes: 14/16/0 (0/1/0 mounted), same data as holotype.

Description. Male (holotype) — Idiosoma L/W 488/352; integument very thin; dorsum with a circular postero-medial platelet. Coxal field corresponding to other species of the genus, L 228, Cx-III W 239; Cx-I medially separated, subcutaneous projections at caudal margin of Cx-I, medial margin of Cx-III and posterior part of medial margin of Cx-IV; Glandulae Limnesiae at centre of the medial margin of Cx-III; Cx-IV with one seta in area of insertion of IV-L. Genital field nearly circular, L/W 103/102, genital plates separated, Ac relatively small, Ac-2 smaller than Ac-1 and Ac-3, distance between Ac-1 and Ac-2 four to five times larger than between Ac-2 and Ac- 3, each genital plate with 5-6 setae, pre- and postgenital sclerite moderately developed, postgenital sclerite caudally not extending beyond genital plates. Palp ( Fig. 21C): total L, 241; P-1, 14; P-2, 66; P-3, 45; P-4, 91; P-5, 25; L P-2/ P-4 ratio, 0.73; ventral seta of P-2 heavy, peg-shaped, inserting slightly laterally, ventral margin of P-4 with a long seta accompanied by a flat tubercle. Gnathosoma vL 92; chelicera total L 147. Legs: dL of I-L-3-6: 65, 66, 74, 92; dL of II-L-2-6: 55, 81, 87, 102, 112; II-L-6 dL/H ratio 3.1; sixth segment of I- and II-L sligtly modified ( Figs. 22B and -D), distally tapering, ventral margin with multiple irregular constrictions; dL of IV-L: 85, 71, 91, 120, 129, 128; IV-L-6 ( Fig. 21B) with a strong sub-terminal seta, L 73.

Female — Idiosoma L/W 553/442. Coxal field more slender than in male, L 273, Cx-III W 238. Genital field ( Fig. 22A) L/W 139/108, genital flap L 123, Ac-2 close to Ac-3, distance between Ac-1 and Ac-2 five to six times larger than between Ac-2 and Ac-3, each genital flap bearing three setae. Palp ( Fig. 21D): dL: P-2, 77; P-3, 48; P- 4, 108; P-5, 28; L P-2/P-4 ratio, 0.71; palp as in male, but P-4 longer. Gnathosoma vL 124; chelicera ( Fig. 19E) total L 179. Legs: dL of I-L-3-6: 62, 69, 77, 91; dL of II-L-2-6: 59, 69, 87, 108, 109; II-L-6 dL/H ratio 3.8; distal segments of I- and II-L unmodified, more slender than in male ( Figs. 22C and -E); dL of IV-L: 92, 75, 96, 121, 140, 129; IV-L-6 subterminal seta L 76.

Etymology. Named for the modified legs of the male.

Habitat. Remnant pool of a saline summer-dry stream ( Fig. 8B).

Distribution. Iran; only known from the type locality in Hormozgan Province.