Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Filistatidae

Filistata lehtineni Marusik & Zonstein, 2014 Figs 1 a–b, 7

Filistata lehtineni Marusik and Zonstein 2014: 202, f. 4-6, 9-10, 13-14, 17-18, 23-24, 28-30 (♂♀); Filistata lehtineni: Moradi et al. in press (♂).

Diagnosis.

This species differs from Filistata insidiatrix by smaller size, shorter and thicker male palp with screw-shaped embolus, and smaller receptacles (cf. Fig. 1 c–d).

Description.

Both sexes of this species are described in detail in Marusik and Zonstein (2014).

Record in Iran.

Zanjan.

Global distribution.

Known only from southern Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran.