Loureedia phoenixi Zamani and Marusik, 2020

Szűts, Tamás, Szabó, Krisztián, Zamani, Alireza, Forman, Martin, Miller, Jeremy, Oger, Pierre, Fabregat, Magali, Kovács, Gábor & Gál, János, 2023, A Study in Scarlet: Integrative Taxonomy of the Spider Genus Loureedia (Araneae: Eresidae), Diversity (238) 15 (2), pp. 1-26 : 18

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scientific name	Loureedia phoenixi Zamani and Marusik, 2020
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Loureedia phoenixi Zamani and Marusik, 2020 View in CoL .

Figures 1F View Figure 1 , 2F View Figure 2 , 6 View Figure 6 , 7 View Figure 7 and 8A View Figure 8 .

Loureedia sp. : Henriques et al. 2018: 7, Fig 2h View Figure 2 (♂) [3].

Loureedia phoenixi Zamani and Marusik, 2020: 240 View in CoL , Figs 1a–f View Figure 1 , 2a–d View Figure 2 and 3a–f View Figure 3 (♂) [6] (original description).

Loureedia phoenixi: Zamani et al. 2021: 282 View in CoL , Fig 2A–D View Figure 2 (♂) [22].

Type material. Holotype: male ( MHNG), IRAN: Alborz Province: Karaj, Chenarak , 8.XI.2019 (leg. A. Beigi) (examined) .

Other examined material. One male ( ZMUT), IRAN: Tehran Province: Shemiranat County, Lavasan, 35 ◦ 49 Į N, 51 ◦ 37 Į E, 25.XI.2020 (leg. S. Bisadi).

Diagnosis. The male of L. phoenixi ( Figures 4A View Figure 4 , 6A View Figure 6 , 7A View Figure 7 and 8A View Figure 8 ) is similar to that of L. jerbae ( Figures 4B View Figure 4 , 6B View Figure 6 , 7B View Figure 7 and 8B View Figure 8 ), in the prolateral arm of the conductor being (almost) as long as the retrolateral arm. It can be readily distinguished from it by the shorter stem of the conductor ( Figures 4A View Figure 4 and 7A View Figure 7 ), and by the abdominal pattern, which is consisted of numerous large white spots on both the lateral and anterior margins of the median reddish band ( Figures 1 View Figure 1 and 2F View Figure 2 ).

Description. Male. Habitus as in Figures 1 View Figure 1 and 2F View Figure 2 . Total length: 5.55. Carapace: 2.72 long and 2.26 wide. Abdomen: 3.08 long and 2.12 wide. Eye sizes and inter-eye distances: AME 0.18, PME 0.15, ALE 0.03, PLE 0.04, AME–AME 0.28, and ALE–AME 0.57. Carapace, sternum, labium, chelicerae, and maxillae dark brown with tones of red. The carapace mostly covered with long black setae and scattered short white setae, with localized patches of short red setae, mostly in the pars thoracica or the center of the pars cephalica. Legs covered with thin black hairs, with distinct regions of white hairs at the joints of all segments, forming distinct white annulations. Abdomen with a compact longitudinal median red stripe with lateral projections with compact white spots at their tips. The most anterior pair of white spots either contiguous or very close to each other, sometimes merging and forming a distinct white spot above the pedicel. Measurements of legs: I: 6.70 (2.11, 1.02, 1.28, 1.40, 0.88); II: 5.94 (1.87, 0.98, 1.09, 1.24, 0.75); III: 4.89 (1.79, 0.68, 0.89, 0.96, 0.55); IV: 6.95 (2.19, 1.00, 1.61, 1.43, 0.69).

Palp as in Figures 4A View Figure 4 , 6A View Figure 6 , 7A View Figure 7 and 8A View Figure 8 . The stem of the conductor ca. 1.2 times longer than it wide. The mesal margin of the conductor with a slight curvature. The ectal margin with a distinct apical invagination. The prolateral and retrolateral arms of the conductor subequal in length, and both with pointed tips.

Female. Unknown.

Variation. The extent of the white abdominal patches is variable: the lateral patches may be connected to each other in a few specimens ( Figure 1F View Figure 1 ), and the anterior patches are usually connected to each other and to the white plate above the pedicel ( Fig 1a,d and f View Figure 1 in Zamani and Marusik [6]), although exceptions have been recorded ( Fig 1c,e View Figure 1 in Zamani and Marusik [6]).

Natural history. Wandering males have primarily been collected in well-vegetated steppes but also in and around urban habitats ( Figure 9C View Figure 9 ).

Phenology. The males are active during October–November.

Distribution. Iran (Alborz, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Fars, Kerman, Qom, Semnan, Tehran, and Yazd provinces) (see Figure 5 View Figure 5 ).