Raveniola turcica Zonstein & Kunt & Yağmur 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zonstein, Sergei
name: Kunt, Kadir B.
name: Yağmur, Ersen A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Nemesiidae
Raveniola
Raveniola turcica

description: Raveniola turcica sp. nov.
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Figs 77, 90, 110, 123, 138, 158, 185–186, 205, 221, 238
Diagnosis
In the structure of its palpal organ this species resembles Raveniola anadolu sp. nov., but differs from it by the absence of any traces of the embolic keel, and in having the basal bend confined to the subapical part of a longer embolus (Figs 185–186; cf. Fig. 183). Females of R. turcica sp. nov. have the spermathecae somewhat similar to those of the only known female of R. nana sp. nov., but both are well-distinguishable from each other: in R. turcica sp. nov. the median and lateral receptacles are wide apart, whereas in R. nana sp. nov. they are close to each other (cf. Figs 204–205).
Etymology
The specific epithet is a Latinized adjective of “turcia”, the Medieval Latin name for Turkey.
Material examined
Holotype TURKEY: ♂, Diyarbakır Province, Silvan District, environs of Boyunlu Village (38°13.7′ N, 40°59.2′ E, 1000–1200 m), 15 Apr. 2010, under stones, E.A. Yağmur and M. Özkörük leg. (AUZM).
Paratype TURKEY: 1 ♀, collection data as for holotype (AUZM).
Description
Male (holotype)
MEASUREMENTS. TBL 12.40, CL 4.17, CW 3.48, LL 0.24, LW 0.61, SL 2.14, SW 1.86.
COLOUR. Prosoma light brownish orange, with darkened caput, thoracic grooves and leg I; eye tubercle dark brown; chelicerae medium cherry-red; sternum, labium, maxillae, palps and legs ventrally light yellowish brown; abdomen dorsally light yellowish grey with diffuse slightly darker brownish dorsal pattern consisting of few irregular transverse fasciae, ventral abdominal surface and spinnerets pale yellowish grey.
PROSOMA. Carapace and chelicerae as shown in Fig. 77. Clypeus and eye group as in Fig. 110. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.12(0.15), ALE 0.19, PLE 0.12, PME 0.10, AME–AME 0.10(0.07), ALE–AME 0.07(0.06), ALE–PLE 0.05, PLE–PME 0.02, PME–PME 0.35. Each cheliceral furrow with 8–9 promarginal teeth and 5–6 mesobasal denticles. Maxillae with 6–7 cuspules each.
LEGS. Tibia and metatarsus I as shown in Fig. 138. Scopula: distal and entire on metatarsi I–II, entire on tarsi I–II; absent on tarsi III–IV. Trichobothria: 2 rows of 9–10 each on tibiae, 10–12 on metatarsi, 10–11 on tarsi, 7 on cymbium. Paired tarsal claws with 6–7 teeth on each margin.
SPINATION. Femora I–IV with 1–2 basodorsal spines and 2–3 distal bristles; patellae I–II and metatarsus I aspinose. Palp: femur d1–1–1–1(2), pd0–0–1; patella p1; tibia d1–1–0, p1–1–1, r0–0–1, pv1–1–1, rv0–1–0; cymbium d4(5). Leg I: femur pd0–1–1; tibia p1–1–0–0, rv0–1–0–m–m, v1–1–0. Leg II: femur pd0–0–1; tibia p1–1–0–1, v2–2–3; metatarsus p0–1–1, v2–2–2. Leg III: femur pd1–1–1, rd0–1–1; patella p1, r1; tibia d1–1–0, p0–1–1, r1–1–1, v2–2–3; metatarsus d0–1–0, p1–1–1, r1–1–1, v2–2–3. Leg IV: femur pd0–0–1, rd0–1(0)–1; patella p1, r1; tibia d1–0–1–0, p0–1–1, r0–1–1, v2–2–3; metatarsus d0–1–1–0, p1–1–1–1, r1(0)–1–1–1, v1 p1–2–2–3.
PALP. Tibia, cymbium and palpal organ as shown in Fig. 158. Embolus moderately long, narrow and curved subapically (Figs 185–186).
SPINNERETS. PMS: length 0.22; diameter 0.07. PLS: maximal diameter 0.28; length of basal, medial and apical segments 0.63, 0.36, 0.31; total length 1.30; apical segment triangular.
LEG MEASUREMENTS. ♂(♀) Female (paratype)
FemurPatellaTibiaMetatarsusTarsusTotalPalp2.08 (2.05)1.28 (1.23)1.48 (1.27)–1.03 (1.19)5.87 (5.74)Leg I3.27 (3.02)2.05 (1.86)2.52 (2.01)2.29 (1.46)2.03 (1.09)12.16 (9.44)Leg II2.83 (2.50)1.74 (1.59)2.31 (1.61)2.17 (1.40)1.93 (1.05)10.98 (8.15)Leg III2.53 (2.26)1.29 (1.30)1.78 (1.42)2.56 (1.91)1.93 (1.23)10.09 (8.12)Leg IV3.22 (3.05)1.75 (1.62)2.82 (2.34)3.73 (2.98)2.27 (1.54)13.79 (11.53)
MEASUREMENTS. TBL 14.00–16.00? (abdomen absent in this female; prosoma including chelicerae 5.90 long), CL 4.15, CW 3.32, LL 0.39, LW 0.76, SL 2.08, SW 1.88.
COLOUR. Carapace and legs dorsally uniformly medium foxy brown; maxillae, labium and sternum paler in colour; chelicerae light brownish red; eye tubercle dark brown; dorsal abdominal pattern unknown.
PROSOMA. Carapace and chelicerae as shown in Fig. 90. Clypeus and eye group as in Fig. 123. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.10(0.14), ALE 0.22, PLE 0.14, PME 0.13, AME–AME 0.12(0.08), ALE–AME 0.08(0.06), ALE–PLE 0.04, PLE–PME 0.04, PME–PME 0.30. Each cheliceral furrow with 8 promarginal teeth and 7–8 mesobasal denticles. Maxillae with 8–9 cuspules each.
LEGS. Scopula: entire on metatarsus I, distal on metatarsus II, narrowly divided on tarsus I and palpal tarsus, widely divided by setae on tarsus II, elsewhere absent. Trichobothria: 2 rows of 7–9 each on tibiae, 9–10 on metatarsi, 9–11 on tarsi, 6–7 on palpal tarsus. Paired claws: outer and inner margins with 6–7 teeth each on tarsi I and II, with 7–8 teeth each on tarsi III and IV. Palpal claw with 4 teeth on promargin.
SPINATION. All femora with one thin basodorsal spine and 3–4 long bristles arranged in dorsal row. Palp: femur pd1; patella p1; tibia v2(0)–2(3)–3. Leg I: femur pd1; tibia v1–1–2; metatarsus v2–2(1)–2. Leg II: femur pd1; tibia v1–1–2; metatarsus v2–2–2. Leg III: femur pd0–0–1, rd0–1–1; patella p1, r1; tibia p1–1, r1(0)–1, v2–2–3; metatarsus pd0–1–1, p1–1–1, r1–1–1, v2(1)–2–3. Leg IV: femur rd0–0–1; patella p1, r1; tibia d1–0–0, p1(0)–1–1, r1–1–1, v2–2–3; metatarsus d0–1–1–0, p1–1–1–1, r1–1–1–1, v2–1–2–3. Patellae I–II and palpal tarsus aspinose.
SPERMATHECAE. Moderately broad, with receptacles widely spaced (Fig. 205).
SPINNERETS. Distal portion of abdomen lost, shape of spinnerets thus unknown.
Ecology
The male holotype and female paratype were collected together in an open biotope covered with low shrubs (Fig. 238); the spiders were found hiding under stones.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality. See Fig. 221.
description: Published as part of Zonstein, Sergei, Kunt, Kadir B. & Yağmur, Ersen A., 2018, A revision of the spider genus Raveniola (Araneae, Nemesiidae). I. Species from Western Asia, pp. 1-93 in European Journal of Taxonomy 399 on pages 27-29, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.399, http://zenodo.org/record/1163422