Persiscape Zamani &amp; Marusik 2020, gen. n.
Creators: name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Marusik, Yuri M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Agelenidae
Persiscape

description: <i>Persiscape</i> gen. n. <i>Type species</i>: <i>Agelescape levyi</i> Guseinov, Marusik &amp; Koponen, 2005 from Azerbaijan. <i>Etymology</i>: A combination of Persia and scape, referring to the similarity with <i>Agelescape</i>. The gender is feminine. <i>Diagnosis</i>: <i>Persiscape</i> gen. n. differ from <i>Agelescape</i> by the number of the teeth on the promargin of the chelicera, 2 in the new genus and 3–4 in <i>Agelescape</i>. Males of this genus differ from those of <i>Agelescape</i> by having a complex embolus with a thumb-like base, a short embolus proper (stick- like portion) (not longer than tegular apophysis), an embolar lamellar process (Pe), conductor twisted around its axis with a thumb-like base and rounded tip (<i>v</i>. embolus unmodified, filamentous, longer than tegular apophysis, conductor gradually tapering, untwisted, with a sharp tip) and by the shape of the tegular apophysis in lateral view: apophysis straight, longer than wide, with parallel lateral margins and an abrupt tip (<i>v.</i> apophysis with diverging margins and rounded tip) (Figs. 6 A–C, E, I, 7B–C, 9A–F, 10A–F, 11A–F). Females of the two genera differ by the presence of wide and straight copulatory ducts and the receptacles subdivided into 2–3 globular chambers in the new genus (<i>v.</i> tube-like, bent, true copulatory ducts and an undivided receptacle in <i>Agelescape</i>) (Figs. 12 A–O). <i>Persiscape</i> gen. n. differs from <i>Asiascape</i> gen. n. by the presence of an embolar process (Pe) (<i>v.</i> absent) and globular receptacles subdivided into 2–3 chambers (<i>v.</i> tubular receptacles). <i>Description</i>: Total length: male 5.30–8.55, female 6.78– 11.20. Carapace length: male 2.50–4.25, female 2.30–4.30, width: male 1.60–3.00, female 1.90–3.00. Chelicera with 2 prolateral and 3 retrolateral teeth. Carapace and abdomen with distinct pattern (Figs. 1 A–B, 2A–C, 3C–D). Yellowish to reddish-brown, with two wide submarginal bands and a thin gray margin. Sternum grayish with yellow median stripe. Legs usually the same color as carapace, with obscure annulations in some species. Abdomen dark gray with a pattern of lighter spots dorsally, ventrally light gray. Spinnerets yellowish. Male palp (Figs. 6 A–C, E, I, 7B–C, 9A–F, 10A–F, 11A– F) with one patellar and one tibial apophysis. Tegular apophysis strongly sclerotized, broad, with abrupt or rounded tip in lateral view; conductor complex, with thumblike base and roundly bent lamellate terminal part (Ct); embolus complex, with thumb-like base wider than base of conductor, with a lamellar process and short or stick-like embolus proper. Epigyne (Figs. 12 A–O) with distinct fovea (atrium) and subdivided scape that is wider than long; copulatory opening hidden, originating laterad of scape, anterior portion of copulatory duct membranous, as long as wide; other part of copulatory duct straight, broad; receptacle subdivided into several globular chambers. <i>Included species</i>: <i>Persiscape caspica</i> sp. n., <i>P. caucasica</i> (Guseinov, Marusik &amp; Koponen, 2005), <i>P. ecbatana</i> sp. n., <i>P. gideoni</i> (Levy, 1996), <i>P. nassirkhanii</i> sp. n., <i>P. levyi</i>, and <i>P. zagrosensis</i> sp. n. Based on the shape of the embolus, we consider two species groups in this genus: the <i>levyi</i> -group and the <i>gideoni</i> -group. Members of the former have a short spine- or claw-like embolus and include <i>P</i>. <i>levyi</i>, <i>P</i>. <i>ecbatana</i> sp. n., and <i>P</i>. <i>caspica</i> sp. n., and the latter have a stick-like embolus and include <i>P. gideoni</i>, <i>P. nassirkhanii</i> sp. n., and <i>P. zagrosensis</i> sp. n. <i>Distribution</i>: The genus is known from Lesbos, Central Anatolia, and Israel to Iran (western, northern, and southeastern) (Fig. 15).
description: Published as part of <i>Zamani, Alireza &amp; Marusik, Yuri M., 2020, A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) of Iran and Tajikistan, with descriptions of four new genera, pp. 368-386 in Arachnology 18 (4)</i> on pages 372-373, DOI: 10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.368, http://zenodo.org/record/3925217
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