Zaitunia minoica, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Sergei Zonstein
name: Yuri M. Marusik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Filistatidae
Zaitunia
Zaitunia minoica

description: Zaitunia minoica sp. nov.
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Figs 12–13, 43 D
Diagnosis
Zaitunia minoica sp. nov. differs from other species of its group by having a longer embolus gradually curved in the subapical part, and by the receptacles subequal in size with widely spaced (more than 2 diameters) median pair (in Z. annulipes, the embolus is noticeably shorter and more gently curved, and the median receptacles are considerably larger than the outer ones; whereas in Z. kunti sp. nov., the slightly shorter embolus is more sharply curved subapically, and the receptacles are close together (about 1.5 of their diameter) – cf. Figs 9, 10 F–G, I).
Etymology
The specific epithet is given after the Minoan civilisation, which flourished during the Bronze Age in Crete.
Material examined
Holotype
GREECE: ♂, Crete Isl., Gouves 16 km E of Iraklion, 1 May 2008, H. Eikamp & U. Kluge (SMF).
Paratypes (5 ♂♂, 16 ♀♀)
GREECE: 2 ♂♂, Crete Isl., same locality as holotype, 4 May 2009, K. Eckl (SMF); 3 ♀♀, SW of Zaros, 5 Apr. 1958, H. Kahmann (SMF); 1 ♀, W of Camaris, 600–800 m, 6 Apr. 1958, H. Kahmann (SMF); 2 ♀♀, Gortys near Ajil Deka, 85–100 m, 9 Apr. 1958, H. Kahmann (SMF); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, same, 11 Apr. 1958, H. Kahmann (SMF); 4 ♀♀, E of Agios Fotia (Hagia Photia), 35°11.9' N, 26°10.3' E, 29 m, 20 Apr. 2007, A. Schönhofer (SMF); 1 ♂, Analipsi, 5 May 2008, H. Eikamp & U. Kluge (SMF); 1 ♂, 20 May 2009, K. Eckl (SMF); 1 ♀, Kastri-Arvi, 3 May 2009, K. Eskl (SMF); 1 ♀, Kavousi, 10 May 2009, H. Eikamp & U. Kluge (SMF); 1 ♀, Arvi, Keratokampos, 11 May 2009, K. Eskl & U. Kluge (SMF); 1 ♀, Anogia, 30 km SW of Iraklion, 17 May 2010, K. Eskl & H. Eikamp (SMF).
Description
Male (holotype)
HABITUS. See Figs 12 C, 13A–B.
BODY LENGTH. 2.97.
COLOUR. Carapace dark ochre-yellow, with brownish clypeus, narrow marginal bands, postocular area and radial grooves; eye tubercle brownish-black; labium, sternum and maxillae yellow; chelicerae, palps and legs yellow with diffuse brownish spots and fasciae; abdomen uniformly dark brown.
CARAPACE (Fig. 12 F). 1.35 long, 1.08 wide.
EYES. AME 0.09, ALE 0.13, PLE 0.12, PME 0.10, AME–AME 0.06.
PALP (Figs 13 C–D, 43D). Femur as long as tibia; tibia 1.5 times thicker than femur. Cymbium moderately long and slightly curved, without dorsal hump. Tegulum globular. Embolus long, gradually tapering near base and with parallel margins in mid-part, spermophore in embolus straight, tip of embolus screwshaped.
LEG MEASUREMENTS. ♂ (♀)
FemurPatellaTibiaMetatarsusTarsusTotalPalp0.86 (0.73)0.25 (0.34)0.67 (0.55)―0.29 (0.63)2.07 (2.25)I2.02 (1.85)0.57 (0.58)2.20 (1.87)2.11 (1.51)1.38 (1.08)8.28 (6.89)II1.59 (1.38)0.46 (0.54)1.53 (1.22)1.52 (1.03)1.03 (0.78)6.13 (4.95)III1.37 (1.22)0.44 (0.51)1.29 (0.83)1.53 (0.97)0.72 (0.61)5.35 (4.14)IV1.95 (1.57)0.51 (0.57)1.94 (1.28)2.07 (1.28)1.10 (0.76)7.57 (5.46)
Female (paratype from Gortys)
HABITUS. See Fig. 12 A.
BODY LENGTH. 3.87.
COLOUR. As in male, but abdomen dorsally, carapace margins and fasciae on palps and legs are somewhat darker.
CARAPACE. 1.63 long, 1.31 wide.
EYES. AME 0.09, ALE 0.15, PLE 0.14, PME 0.10, AME–AME 0.05.
ENDOGYNE (Fig. 12 G–I). Both pairs of receptacles subglobular, median pair slightly elongate. Median and lateral receptacles close together. Median receptacles separated by more than 2 diameters.
Variation
Carapace length in males varies from 1.25 to 1.47, in females from 1.40 to 1.65. Some specimens have less contrast, with a darker and more diffuse coloration (Fig. 12 B, D–E).
Ecology
According to the label data, the species inhabits rocky slopes from seashore to 800 m, covered by shrubs and steppe vegetation, where spiders occur under the stones.
Distribution
Known only from Crete (Fig. 46).
description: Published as part of Sergei Zonstein & Yuri M. Marusik, 2016, A revision of the spider genus Zaitunia (Araneae, Filistatidae), pp. 1-97 in European Journal of Taxonomy 214 on pages 26-30, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.214, http://zenodo.org/record/269335