Hersiliola turcica Marusik &amp; Kunt &amp; Yagmur 2010, sp. n.
Creators: name: Marusik, Yuri
name: Kunt, Kadir
name: Yagmur, Ersen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Hersiliidae
Hersiliola
Hersiliola turcica

description: <i>Hersiliola turcica</i> sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 005B2FD9-F68C-4EDF-BF44-CAB9F973B76F <i>H. macullulata</i>: Ya&amp;gbreve;mur et al., 2008: 63, f. 2a–b (figures belong to <i>H. macullulata</i>). <b>Material:</b> Holotype ♁ (SMF) <b>Kahramanmara&amp;scedil; Province</b>, Nurhak District, Ye&amp;Scedil;ilkent (Kullar) Town [37°58'54.39"N; 37°30'56.01"E], 9.07.2006 (E.A. Ya&amp;gbreve;mur &amp; S. Anla&amp;Scedil;). Paratypes: 1&amp;female; 1juv. (SMF), <b>Kahramanmara&amp;scedil; Province</b>, Türko&amp;gbreve;lu District [37°30'10.51"N; 36°51'07.60"E], 4.06.2006 (E.A. Ya&amp;gbreve;mur &amp; M. Özkörük); <b>Figures Ι–3.</b> Habitus and pattern of <i>Hersiliola turcica</i> sp. n. <b>Ι</b> holotype male, dorsal <b>2</b> female from Nizip District <b>3</b> female abdomen from Harran Town. 1&amp;female; 1juv. (SMF), <b>Kahramanmara&amp;scedil; Province</b>, Elbistan District, Ta&amp;Scedil;burun Village [38°10'03.68"N; 37°12'06.07"E], 17.06.2006 (E.A. Ya&amp;gbreve;mur &amp; M. YalçIn); 1&amp;female; (ZMMU), <b>Gaziantep Province</b>, Nizip District, Türkyurdu Village [37°00'05.21"N; 37°38'44.54"E], 20.01.2008 (E.A.Ya&amp;gbreve;mur &amp; Gökhan KatIrcI); 1♁ (ZMMU), <b>&amp;Scedil;anlIurfa Province</b>, Birecik District, Birecik (Kelaynak) Valley [37°02'49.72"N; 37°59'28.88"E], 5.06.2004 (E.A. Ya&amp;gbreve;mur &amp; A. Akkaya); 1♁ (without embolus) (ZMMU), &amp;Scedil;anlIurfa Province, Birecik District, Birecik (Kelaynak) Valley [37°02'49.72"N; 37°59'28.88"E], 5.06.2004 (E.A. Ya&amp;gbreve;mur &amp; A. Akkaya); 1&amp;female; (ZMMU), <b>&amp;Scedil;anlIurfa Province</b>, Harran Town [36°51'51.62"N; 39°01'54.54"E], 6.04.2006 (E.A. Ya&amp;gbreve;mur &amp; M.Z. YIldIz); 1&amp;female; (ZMMU), <b>Kilis Province</b>, Musabeyli District, Kürtüncü Village [36°55'37.83"N; 36°58'41.30"E], 17.05.2006 (E.A. Ya&amp;gbreve;mur &amp; M. Özkörük); 3♁♁ 2&amp;female;&amp;female; (MTAS), <b>Hatay Province</b> , Yaylada&amp;gbreve;I District, Güveççi Village [(35°53'36.63"N, 36°09'38.10"E], 29.04.2007 (E.A. Ya&amp;gbreve;mur &amp; H.Koç). <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name refers to the area of distribution. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Males of the new species differ from all other congeners by the extremely long embolus with 3.5 coils, the position of embolic base, and the long tegular apophysis. Females of <i>H. turcica</i> sp. n. are similar to those of <i>H. macullulata</i>, <i>H. afghanica</i> and <i>H. sternbergsi</i> in the shape of epigynal plate, but can be distinguished by its proportions (height/width ratio). The vulva of new species is similar to that in <i>H. afghanica</i> in having numerous coils, but the two species can be easily separated by the shape of the epigynal plate (which has no transverse part in <i>H. afghanica</i>) and the smaller receptacula in the new species. <b>Description.</b> <i>Male</i> (holotype). Total length 5.65. Carapace 2.13 long, 2.25 wide, femur I 4.8, femur I/carapace length ratio 2.25. Pattern distinct, carapace with dark marginal bands, four pairs of dots and thin median stripe, cephalic area dark. Abdomen with rhomboidal cardiac spot and four pairs of transverse bands. The upper transverse band originates from the cardiac spot. Sides of abdomen with dark band. Legs with wide annulations. <b>Figures 4–9.</b> Male palp of <i>Hersiliola turcica</i> sp. n. <b>4–5, 8–9</b> ventral <b>6</b> retrolateral <b>7</b> prolateral. <b>4– 7</b> holotype <b>8–9</b> from Birecik. <b>8</b> palp with broken embolus. Abbreviations: <i>Be</i> base of embolus <i>Ef</i> tegular furrow for embolus <i>Em</i> embolus <i>Ta</i> tegular apophysis. Palp as in Figs 4–9. Cymbium 1.43 long; tegulum round, its diameter 0.74; tegular apophysis (<i>Ta</i>) long, claw like, its length almost equal to tegular radius; base of embolus (<i>Be</i>) located at 4 o’clock, embolus (<i>Em</i>) very long and thin, with approximately 3.5 coils, in resting position located in furrow (<i>Ef</i>) running around edge of tegulum. Number of coils is unclear because in all specimens examined, embolus either broken or removed from the tegular furrow. <i>Female</i>. Total length 5.75–6.75. Carapace 2.25–2.38 long, 2.18–2.43 wide, femur I 30.8–3.75, femur I/carapace length ratio 1.37–1.58. Coloration variable from light to dark. Dark specimens with indistinct abdominal pattern. Epigyne as in Figs 10–13, size slightly variable; with a distinct median plate (<i>Mp</i>) and windows, proportions of median plate and atria slightly variable; septum (<i>Se</i>) as wide as height of epigynal plate, insemination duct (<i>Id</i>) very long, with seven coils around fertilization duct (<i>Fd</i>); receptacula (<i>Re</i>) small and round, diameter equal to that of insemination duct. <b>Note.</b> One male from Birecik District has totally broken embolus (Fig. 8) and a rotated tegulum that caused translocation of the position of embolic base. <b>Distribution.</b> The specimens were collected from several provinces in Southeastern Turkey (Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmara&amp;Scedil;, Kilis and &amp;Scedil;anlIurfa) (Fig.14). <b>Figures Ι0–Ι3.</b> Epigyne of <i>Hersiliola turcica</i> sp. n. <b>Ι0, Ι2–Ι3</b> ventral <b>ΙΙ</b> dorsal. <b>ΙΙ, Ι2</b> after maceration in lactic acid. <b>Ι0–Ι2</b> from Kahramanmara&amp;Scedil; Province <b>Ι3</b> from Nizip District. Scale = 0.1 mm. Abbreviations: <i>Fd</i> fertilisation duct <i>Id</i> insemination duct <i>Mp</i> median plate <i>Re</i> receptaculum <i>Se</i> septum <i>Wi</i> window. <b>42</b> ° <b>36</b> ° <b>28</b> ° <b>36</b> ° <b>38</b> ° <b>40</b> ° <b>42</b> ° <b>44</b> ° <b>Figure Ι4.</b> Distribution of <i>Hersiliola turcica</i> sp. n. Numbers correspond to localities on the map: <b>Ι</b> Kahramanmara&amp;Scedil; Province, Nurhak District <b>2</b> Kahramanmara&amp;Scedil; Province, Türko&amp;gbreve;lu District <b>3</b> Kahramanmara&amp;Scedil; Province <b>4</b> Gaziantep Province <b>5</b> &amp;Scedil;anlIurfa Province, Birecik District <b>6</b> &amp;Scedil;anlIurfa Province, Harran Town <b>7</b> Kilis Province <b>8</b> Hatay Province. During the field trips, we observed that the new species was common between the west of the FIrat (=Euphrates) River and the Mediterranean region. However, the new species was also collected from the east side of the FIrat River. This suggests that the distribution range of the new species extends to eastern Turkey which has a Mediterranean climate.
description: Published as part of <i>Marusik, Yuri, Kunt, Kadir &amp; Yagmur, Ersen, 2010, A new species of Hersiliola Thorell, 1870 (Araneae, Hersiliidae) from Turkey, pp. 27-34 in ZooKeys 37 (37)</i> on pages 28-32, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.37.398, http://zenodo.org/record/576623
description: {"references": ["Yagmur EA, Kunt KB, YalcIn M (2008) The first record of family Hersiliidae from Turkey. Serket 11: 62 - 64."]}