Evippa sjostedti Schenkel, 1936

Seropian, Armen, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Krammer, Hans-Joachim, Thormann, Jana, Hein, Nils, Karalashvili, Elisabeth, Kachlishvili, Nino & Datunashvili, Anastasia, 2024, Picking pearls from the Silk Road: Insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL) project. Part III, Caucasiana 3, pp. 89-118 : 89

** Evippa sjostedti Schenkel, 1936

Figs 23-26

Evippa sjostedti Marusik, Guseinov & Koponen, 2003: 50, figs 30-34 (♂♀).

Evippa sjostedti Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 130, figs 94A-H (♂♀).

Evippa sjostedti Esyunin & Kabdrakhimov, 2023: 22, fig. 2A (♀).

Material examined.

GEORGIA - Kakheti • 1♀; Dedoplistskaro mun., Vashlovani NP, Pantishara Gorge ; N41.2400°, E46.3847°; 459 m a.s.l.; semidesert, rocks; leg. Seropian A.; 16 Apr. 2021; CaBOL-ID 1010010 . • 3♂♂; Mijniskure ; N41.1127°, E46.6460°; 101 m a.s.l.; semidesert, light trap; leg. Kaitila J.-P. & Junnilainen J.; 22 May 2023; CaBOL-IDs 1035789, 1035813, 1035814 • 1♀; Chachuna Managed Reserve ; N41.213086°, E46.015515°; 648 m a.s.l.; semidesert; leg. Seropian A.; 16 Jul. 2023; CaBOL-ID 1035907 .

Barcoding.

Two barcodes were obtained from the specimens CaBOL-IDs 1010010 and 1035907 (BOLD:AFK2385, p -distance 1.06%), with the nearest neighbor in BOLD Systems being an Asian species, Evippa onager Simon, 1895 from Israel (BOLD:AEK4432, p -distance 7.62%). There are currently no barcodes for E. sjostedti in BOLD Systems; we are submitting the first ones.

Remarks.

Evippa sjostedti is distributed in western Kazakhstan, southern Mongolia, and central China (WSC 2023). It is the first record of this species in the Caucasus. Along with E. turkmenica Sternbergs, 1979 (description based only on females), it belongs to the Evippa sjostedti -group. The females of E. sjostedti can be distinguished from those of E. turkmenica by the angled anterior hood (almost straight in E. turkmenica ).

Family Miturgidae Simon, 1886

Genus Zora C.L. Koch, 1847

Figures

Figures 23 - 26. Evippa sjostedti (23: female, epigyne, ventral view, in situ; 24: endogyne, dorsal view; 25: male, left palpus, ventral view; 26: same, retrolateral view). Scale bars = 0.2 mm.