Zelotes anatolyi sp. n.

Figs 32, 36–38, 42–44, 46, 65–66.

Type. TAJIKISTAN, Khatlon Region: holotype ♂ (ISEA, 001.8556), E foothill of Aruktau Mt. Range, between Khumdon and Sambuli Villages, 37°50.210’N, 68°35.872’E, stony steppe, 420 m, 05.04.2019 (A.A. Fomichev) .

Etymology. The specific epithet is dedicated to Anatoly A. Fomichev (Novosibirsk, Russia), the father of the first author.

Diagnosis. The new species belongs to puritanus species group. Zelotes anatolyi sp. n. differs from all Central Asian species of this group, except for Z. gussakovskyi, by square-shaped intercalary sclerite (Is) (vs. triangular, circular, ovate or oblong). From Z. gussakovskyi it can be distinguished by ovate terminal apophysis (Ta) (vs. triangular) (cf. Figs 37, 43 and 54, 57, 60, 63).

Description. Male. Habitus as in Fig. 32. Total length 5.5. Carapace 2.33 long, 1.75 wide. Coloration.Chelicerae, labium, maxillae and sternum orange. Carapace orange with dark gray edges. Palps yellowish gray. Legs: I, II—Fe, Pt, Ti—gray, Mt, Ta—yellow; III—Fe, Pt—gray, Ti, Mt, Ta—yellow; IV—Fe, Pt, Ti, Mt—gray, Ta—yellow. Coxae yellowish gray. Abdomen dark gray dorsally, yellowish gray ventrally. Scutum brownish gray. Spinnerets dark gray. Leg spination: I: Fe d1-1-0, p0-0-1. II: Fe d1-1-0, p0-0-1. III: Fe d1-1-0, p0-1-1, r0-1-1; Pt r1; Ti p1-1-1, r0-1-1, v2- 2-2; Mt d0-1-0, p1-1-0, r1-1-0, v2-0-0; IV: Fe d1-1-0, r0-0-1; Ti p1-1-0, r1-1-1, v2-2-2; Mt d0-1-0, p0-1-0, r1-1-0, v2-0-2. Leg measurements. I: 6.33 (1.75, 1.05, 1.35, 1.2, 0.98); II: 5.62 (1.55, 0.93, 1.13, 1.08, 0.93); III: 4.86 (1.35, 0.73, 0.88, 1.05, 0.85); IV: 7.21 (1.93, 1.03, 1.45, 1.75, 1.05).

Palp as in Figs 36–38, 42–44, 46. Tibial apophysis straight and pointed, as long as tibia, about 3 times longer than wide; intercalary sclerite square-shaped; terminal apophysis lanceolate, as long as intercalary sclerite; embolar projection blunt, twice thicker than terminal apophysis, bearing a small tooth (Sm); median apophysis claw-like, directed upwards; embolus straight, shifted retrolaterally.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Comments. Zelotes anatolyi sp. n. has an unusually bright coloration: orange carapace, chelicerae and sternum and a partially yellowish legs.