Spariolenus zagros Moradmand & Jäger, 2011, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Moradmand, Majid
name: Jäger, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sparassidae
Spariolenus
Spariolenus zagros

description: Spariolenus zagros spec. nov.
Figs 27–38
Type material. Holotype: male, IRAN: Kermanshah Province: Kermanshah, Kenesht cave, Kenesht valley, North of Kermanshah plain, central western Zagros Mountains, Iran. N 34˚29', E 47˚09', altitude 1900 m, 3 August 1973, A. Senglet (MHNG).
Paratypes: 13, 4Ƥ, IRAN: Kermanshah Province: with same data as for holotype (3 Ƥ MHNG, 1 3 1 Ƥ SMF).
Etymology. The species name refers to Zagros, the great mountain chain in western and central Iran, which orogeny might be associated with the speciation of the current Spariolenus species in Iran; noun in opposition.
Diagnosis. Males can be easily recognised by bifurcated embolus tip (Figs 28, 30). Embolus and conductor longer than in S. tigris but shorter than in S. iranomaximus spec. nov. Female epigyne similar to those of S. manesht spec. nov. (Fig. 20) but differing from it by two separate eyebrow-like ridges at anterior side of each copulatory openings (Fig. 31).
Description. Male (n=2) [holotype first, with measurements of paratype in parentheses]
Males medium sized. Prosoma length 7.7(7.3), prosoma width 6.5(6.4), anterior width of prosoma 3.8(3.0), opisthosoma length 8.3(7.8), opisthosoma width 4.8(4.6). Eyes: AME 0.36, ALE 0.67, PME 0.48, PLE 0.80, AME- AME 0.23, AME-ALE 0.06, PME-PME 0.29, PME-PLE 0.50, AME-PME 0.41, ALE-PLE 0.42, clypeus height at AME 0.72, clypeus height at ALE 0.42.
Chelicerae with 3 anterior and 5–6 posterior teeth, cheliceral furrow with denticles scattered, most of them close to the three anterior teeth. Leg formula: 2 1 4 3. Measurements of palp and legs (holotype): Palp 9.0 [4.4, 1.8, 2.8], I 53.8 [14.6, 5.1, 15.2, 15.5, 3.4], II 58.6 [15.8, 5.3, 17.4, 16.6, 3.5], III 43.6 [12.1, 4.1, 13.0, 11.6, 2.8], IV 47.3 [13.4, 4.1, 13.5, 13.2, 3.1].
Spination. Palp 131, 101, 2111; Legs: Femur I–III 323, IV 321; Patella I–IV 101; Tibia I–II 231(10), III 1218 - 3218, IV 2226; Metatarsus I–II 1014, III 2024, IV 3036.
Palp. Pedipalp as in diagnosis with embolus strong and bent, conductor medium sized, embolus not reaching the tip of conductor (Figs 27–30).
Female (n=4): Prosoma length 9.3–10.3, prosoma width 7.8–9.2, anterior width of prosoma 4.1–5.2, opisthosoma length 12.5–18.3, opisthosoma width 7.2–13.4. Eyes of one female paratype: AME 0.45, ALE 0.73, PME 0.51, PLE 0.80, AME-AME 0.24, AME-ALE 0.07, PME-PME 0.36, PME-PLE 0.74, AME-PME 0.55, ALE-PLE 0.67, clypeus height at AME 0.98, clypeus height at ALE 0.87.
Chelicerae with 3 anterior and 5 posterior teeth, cheliceral furrow with denticles scattered, most of them close to the three anterior teeth (Fig. 37). Legs formula: 2 1 4 3. Measurements of palp and legs: Palp 14.9 [4.5, 2.3, 3.3, 4.8], I 45.6 [12.8, 5.4, 13.2, 11.4, 2.8], II 49.7 [14.5, 5.9, 14.0, 12.1, 3.2], III 41.6 [12.4, 5.0, 11.4, 10.3, 2.5], IV 44.4 [12.7, 4.8, 12.1, 12.0, 2.8]. Female palpal claw with first tooth longer than five secondary teeth (Fig. 35).
Spination. Palp 131, 101, 2111; Legs: Femur I–III 323, IV 321; Patella I–IV 101; Tibia I–II 231(10), III 1218 – 3218, IV 2226; Metatarsus I–II 1014, III 2024, IV 3036.
Epigyne/vulva. Female copulatory organ as in diagnosis with epigynal field slightly longer than wide, anterior bands of epigynal field present but not attached to epigynal field, posterior margin of epigyne with a distinct median slit, central epigynal rims extend laterally beyond copulatory openings (Fig. 31); windings of internal duct system wide and compact, first coil connected to second at middle of first coil, second coil straight and less twisty (Figs 32–34, 38).
Colouration [inferred from specimens in ethanol]. Pale yellowish brown with indistinct marking dorsally.
Distribution. Only known from the type locality
Life history and habitat preferences. The specimens were collected from a dry cave system, adults were recorded in August.
description: Published as part of Moradmand, Majid & Jäger, Peter, 2011, A review on the huntsman spider genus Spariolenus Simon, 1880 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae) in Iran with description of four new species, pp. 46-62 in Zootaxa 2910 on pages 55-56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277803