Zagrotes borna
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Zagrotes
Name
Zagrotes borna Zamani & Marusik, 2021 sp. nov. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type material
Holotype ♂ (NHMW), Iran: Hormozgan Province: 40 km NW of Bandar Abbas, 7.4.1972 (G. Pretzmann).
Etymology
The specific epithet is a Persian masculine given name meaning “young”.
Diagnosis
The new species is most similar to Z. parla sp. nov. and can be distinguished by the RTA longer than ½ of the cymbium’s length (vs shorter) and less deeply bifurcated (cf. Fig. 6B and D), and the relatively shorter palpal tibia (4 times shorter than cymbium vs 2 times shorter), and by the shape of the bulb. The two species differ also by the shape of the sperm duct and tegular apophysis (cf. Fig. 5A and C).
Description
Male. Habitus as in Figure 4A. Total length 4.85. Carapace 2.20 long, 1.43 wide. Eye sizes: AME: 0.11, ALE: 0.09, PME: 0.10, PLE: 0.09. Carapace, labium, chelicera, maxilla and sternum light brown, without any pattern. Legs yellowish-brown, without annulations. Abdomen cream-colored, with a tuft of dark brown long setae anteriorly and sparse lighter setae; ventrally with distinct tracheal marks. Spinnerets unicolourous. Measurements of legs: I: missing, II: 5.35 (1.45, 0.90, 1.12, 1.10, 0.78), III: 4.36 (1.20, 0.63, 0.87, 1.01, 0.65), IV: 7.06 (1.80, 1.00, 1.52, 1.81, 0.93). Palp as in Figures 5A, B, 6A, B, 7A, B; tibia as long as wide, RTA almost twice longer than tibia, bifurcated in anterior 1/3, ventral arm rounded and dorsal one sharply pointed; cymbium 2 times longer than wide, and 4 times longer than tibia; tegular apophysis claw-like, directed laterally, with abrupt tip in lateral view; sperm duct with characteristic coil prolaterally. Female. Unknown.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in Hormozgan Province, southern Iran.
Original Description
- Zamani, A; Marusik, Y; 2021: A new genus and ten new species of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iran ZooKeys, 1054: 95-126. doi
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