Brignoliolus turkestanicus (Ovchinnikov, 1999) comb. nov.

Figs 29, 30, 31

Coelotes bucharensis: Ovchinnikov 1988: 141. Misidentification, according to Ovchinnikov (1999: 76, 77).

Coelotes (Brignoliolus) turkestanicus Ovchinnikov, 1999: 75, figs 36–39 (♂ ♀).

Coelotes turkestanicus: Wang & Zhu 2009: 280, figs 26–33 (♂ ♀). Fomichev 2021: 693, fig. 1 (♀).

Material. UZBEKISTAN: Qashqadaryo Region: 3♀ (SMNH), Zeravshan Mt. Ridge, Khodzhakurgan Canyon, Kitab Reserve, 39°10′N, 67°18′E, 1550 m a.s.l., 28.04.2023 (S. Zonstein) .

Comments. In the structure of the epigyne (with tightly clustered epigynal teeth), B. turkestanicus resembles B. nenilini; it differs from the latter species by the shape of the epigynal fovea with a narrow (vs. wide) median constriction as well as by the shape and arrangement of the receptacles (wider and more narrowly spaced in the middle part vs. narrower receptacles that are more widely spaced) (Figs 10, 11, 29; Ovchinnikov 1999, figs 38, 39, 43, 44; Wang & Zhu 2009, figs 26, 27; Fomichev 2021, fig. 1D–F). Based on the structure of the male palp, males of B. turkestanicus resembles those of B. charitonovi (mostly due to a similar shape of the conductor, and of the tegular and retrolateral tibial apophyses); they can be distinguished from the latter species by a more massive dorsal part of the conductor, as well as by a broader (vs. narrower) retrolateral patellar apophysis of the male palp (Ovchinnikov 1999, figs 36, 37, 40–42; Wang & Zhu 2009, figs 28–31).

Distribution. According to Ovchinnikov (1999), the species range known to that date included the lowland zone adjoining the Western Hissar Mountains, Ferghana Valley, and Western and Northern Tien-Shan (within the territory of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan). Later, the species was found in the Orenburg Region of Russia (Esyunin et al. 2007), in the Tarbagatai Mountains, and in eastern Kazakhstan (Fomichev 2021).