Zagrotes parla
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Zagrotes
Name
Zagrotes parla Zamani & Marusik, 2021 sp. nov. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type material
Holotype ♂ (NHMW), Iran: Kerman Province: SE of Sirjan, 6.1972 (G. Pretzmann).
Etymology
The specific epithet is a Persian feminine given name meaning “glowing”.
Diagnosis
The new species is most similar to Z. borna sp. nov. and can be distinguished by the RTA shorter than ½ of the cymbium’s length (vs longer), the more deeply bifurcated RTA (cf. Fig. 6D and B), relatively longer palpal tibia (2 times shorter than cymbium vs 4 times shorter), and the shape of the bulb. The two species differ also by the shape of the sperm duct and tegular apophysis (cf. Fig. 6C and A).
Description
Male. Habitus as in Figure 4B. Total length 4.93. Carapace 2.20 long, 1.63 wide. Eye sizes: AME: 0.10, ALE: 0.09, PME: 0.10, PLE: 0.08. 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: 6.83 (1.83, 1.17, 1.51, 1.32, 1.00), II: 5.29 (1.41, 0.93, 1.10, 1.05, 0.80), III: 4.47 (1.20, 0.70, 0.88, 1.04, 0.65), IV: 7.26 (1.84, 1.07, 1.57, 1.90, 0.88).
Palp as in Figures 5C, D, 6C, D, 7C, D; tibia 3 times shorter than cymbium; RTA as long as tibia, deeply bifurcated in middle part, ventral arm rounded on the tip and dorsal arm sharply pointed; cymbium 1.7 times longer than wide; tegular apophysis (Ta) with large base, about ½ of tegulum’s length, directed ventrally, sharply pointed in lateral view; sperm duct with characteristic loop originated in mesal part of tegulum.
Female. Unknown.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in Kerman Province, southern Iran.
Genus Micaria Westring, 1851
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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