Spariolenus baluchistanicus, Moradmand & Wesal & Kulkarni, 2023
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.1.6 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10249173 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D33C87F9-E324-C65B-FF47-F9F96A348B57 |
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Spariolenus baluchistanicus |
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sp. nov. |
Spariolenus baluchistanicus sp. n.
Figs 6A–E View FIGURES 6 , 9C View FIGURES 9
Spariolenus tigris Simon. Gravely 1931: 256 View in CoL (in part, one female from Quetta, used as holotype here, see below).
Type material: Holotype: female, Pakistan: Baluchistan: Quetta , 30.19 N, 67.01 E, 1685 m ( NHM); [label: 1♀, 2 imm., Quetta, A.F. Pocock, Spariolenus? tigris Simon, F.H. Gravely det. 1930 ( NHM 1900.8.12.6-8)]. GoogleMaps
Etymology. The species name refers to the type locality, Baluchistan region, adjective.
Diagnosis. This new species is similar to S. arrata Moradmand & Jäger, 2011 , S. omidvarbrothers sp. n. and S. mansourii in its small-sized CO ( Fig. 6A View FIGURES 6 ) which its diameter is less than 1/3 of EP area (vs. CO much larger in others; e.g., S. tigris and S. bakasura sp. n.). Spariolenus baluchistanicus sp. n. can be distinguished from S. arrata by presence of AB (vs. absence in S. omidvarbrothers sp. n., and S. arrata ) and from S. mansourii by vulva lacking glandular pores (vs. presence on SC and SC in S. mansourii ) ( Figs 6B, C View FIGURES 6 ).
Female (holotype): Measurements. TL 23.1, PL 9.1, PW 8.5, AW 4.4, OL 14.0, OW 11.0. Eyes. AME 0.37, ALE 0.82, PME 0.54, PLE 0.93, AME-AME 0.26, AME-ALE 0.03, PME-PME 0.35, PME-PLE 0.81, AME-PME 0.71, ALE-PLE 0.86, clypeus-AME 0.65, clypeus-ALE 0.48. Chelicerae with 3 promarginal and 5 retromarginal teeth, cheliceral furrow with 20 intermarginal denticles. Measurements of palp and legs. Palp 13.5 [4.0, 2.1, 2.9, 4.5], I 43.4 [12.0, 5.2, 12.2, 10.8, 3.2], II [13.6, 5.3, 12.7, miss., miss.], III 40.7 [11.8, 4.5, 10.9, 10.5, 3.1], IV [12.0, 4.3, 11.2, miss., miss.]. Spination. Palp 131, 101, 2111; Legs: Femur I–III 323, IV 321; Patella I–IV 101; Tibia I–II 231(10), III 1218 -3218, IV 2226; Metatarsus I–II 1014, III 2024, IV 3036.
Female copulatory organ. As in diagnosis with EF as wide as long, EP expanded, AB present and extended longitudinally, MS narrow ( Fig. 6A View FIGURES 6 ); vulva with FC extended longitudinally, SC and TC extended beyond FC laterally ( Figs 6B, C View FIGURES 6 ).
Colouration (preserved specimens in ethanol). Reddish brown with darker bands on legs and body ( Fig. 9C View FIGURES 9 ).
Male: Unknown.
Distribution. Known only from its type locality in Baluchistan region, Pakistan ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 ).
Remarks. On the original label, in 1930, Gravely noted this species as Spariolenus tigris using a question mark which means that he was uncertain about its generic and actual species identity. However, in the following publication, Gravely (1930) listed it under S. tigris and recorded this species from Pakistan. It is obvious now that the majority of reported species as S. tigris are misidentifications and the distribution range of Spariolenus tigris is most likely restricted to eastern India.
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Spariolenus baluchistanicus
Moradmand, Majid, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil & Kulkarni, Siddharth 2023 |
Spariolenus tigris Simon. Gravely 1931: 256
Gravely, F. H. 1931: 256 |