Zaitunia kunti, 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 kunti

description: Zaitunia kunti sp. nov.
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Figs 10–11, 43 C
Diagnosis
Zaitunia kunti sp. nov. differs from related species by having the embolus more sharply curved in the subapical part and receptacles subequal in size and clearly separated from each other (in Z. annulipes, the embolus is clearly shorter and more gently curved, and the median receptacles are considerably larger than the outer ones; whereas in Z. minoica sp. nov., a longer embolus is noticeably less sharply curved in the subapical part, and the receptacles, although subequal in size, almost touch each other (cf. Figs 9, 12 G–I, 13C–D).
Etymology
The specific epithet is given after our good friend and colleague, Turkish arachnologist Kadir Boğaç Kunt.
Material examined
Holotype
TURKEY: ♂, “ Taurus ” (no other data), O. Kraus (SMF 12991).
Paratypes (2 ♀♀)
TURKEY: 1 ♀, Antalya Province, Alanya District, near Elikesik, 36º33'55.6" N, 31º55'30.3" E, alt. 24 m, 8 Jan. 2013, Y.M. Marusik (ZMMU).
CYPRUS: 1 ♀, Troodos Mts, 1 km S of Troodos, 34º55' N, 35º53' E, 1700 m, 11. Apr. 1997, P.T. Lehtinen (ZMUT).
Description
Male
HABITUS. See Fig. 10 J.
BODY LENGTH. 3.05.
COLOUR. Carapace dark yellow with brown wide margins, clypeus and postocular area; eye tubercle blackish-brown; chelicerae, all femora and abdomen uniformly yellowish-brown; other parts of body and legs pale brownish-yellow.
CARAPACE. 1.47 long, 1.28 wide.
EYES. AME 0.12, ALE 0.22, PLE 0.19, PME 0.18, AME–AME 0.10.
PALP (Figs 10 I, 43C). All segments with dark pigmentation; femur slightly longer than tibia; tibia 1.1 wider than femur. Cymbium with small dorsal hump, longer than bulb. Tegular part conical; embolic part cylindrical (in lateral view), spermophore meandering in embolic part; tip of embolus screw-shaped.
LEG MEASUREMENTS. ♂(♀)
FemurPatellaTibiaMetatarsusTarsusTotalPalp0.90 (0.55)0.42 (0.27)0.85 (0.36)―0.32 (0.50)2.49 (1.68)I2.23 (1.17)0.72 (0.41)1.54 (1.14)1.65 (0.95)0.90 (0.80)7.04 (4.47)II1.86 (0.91)0.65 (0.39)1.32 (0,69)1.51 (0.65)0.68 (0.58)6.02 (3.22)III1.78 (0.76)0.67 (0.32)1.32 (0.54)1.30 (0.56)0.53 (0.46)5.60 (2.64)IV2.13 (1.03)0.75 (0.38)1.29 (0.81)1.53 (0.79)0.61 (0.54)6.31 (3.55)
Female (from Elikesik)
HABITUS. See Fig. 10 A–B, D–E.
BODY LENGTH. 2.54.
COLOUR. Carapace, chelicerae and legs mostly medium brownish-yellow; abdomen dorsally, diffuse leg fasciae, cephalic area and reticulate clypeal pattern medium violet-brown; eye tubercle and carapace margins dark violet-brown; sternum light yellow with brownish margins; abdomen ventrally and spinnerets light violet-brown.
CARAPACE (Fig. 10 C). 1.13 long, 0.94 wide.
EYES. AME 0.06, ALE 0.11, PLE 0.09, PME 0.07, AME–AME 0.03.
ENDOGYNE (Fig. 10 F–G). Median receptacles oval, lateral receptacles globular, both pairs without goffering. Heads covered with pores. Median receptacles separated by about 1.5 diameters.
Variation
Carapace length in female paratype from Cyprus 1.68; this specimen has body and leg pattern slightly more contrast than those in female paratype from Turkey (Fig. 11 A–C), but the relative size and arrangement of darker marks do not differ sufficiently.
Ecology
The type locality in Turkey belongs to the coastal maquis zone; the female paratype from Cyprus was collected in the highlands (1700 m).
Distribution
South Turkey and Cyprus (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 23-26, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.214, http://zenodo.org/record/269335