Berlandina artaxerxes Zamani & Chatzaki & Esyunin & Marusik 2021, sp. nov.
- 1. Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, FI- 20014, Finland.
- 2. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
- 3. Perm State University, Bukireva Street 15, Perm, 614600, Russia.
- 4. Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan, 685000, Russia. & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.
Description
Berlandina artaxerxes sp. nov.
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Fig. 3A–D
DiagnosisThe new species is most similar to B. venatrix (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) and B. koponeni Marusik, Fomichev & Omelko, 2014 by having a broad embolar base (Eb) with a similar sclerotized apical outgrowth (Ao) parallel to a bent, long embolus and a basal process (Po). In the new species, the two
elements of the embolar base are pointed (vs shallowly divided with the process small and curved in B. koponeni; see Marusik et al. 2014: figs 32, 34, and the basal process bearing a very pointed sclerotized tooth in B. venatrix; see Levy 1995: fig. 57, not present in B. artaxerxes sp. nov.). Also, the median apophysis in B. artaxerxes sp. nov. is bent prolaterally and located under the apical outgrowth’s curve (vs straight and longer, reaching the height of the embolus in B. koponeni; see Marusik et al. 2014: figs 34–35).
EtymologyThe specific epithet is a noun in apposition and refers to Ardashir I (equivalent to Greek Artaxérxēs), the founder of the Sasanian Empire.
Type materialHolotype IRAN • ♂; Yazd Province, Abarqu; 31°13′ N, 53°25′ E; 1481 m a.s.l.; 15 Apr. 2004; V. Vignoli & P. Crucitti leg.; SMF.
DescriptionMale
Habitus as in Fig. 3A. Total length 5.55. Carapace 2.95 long, 2.15 wide. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs:AME = 0.13, ALE = 0.13, PME = 0.13, PLE = 0.15, PME–PME = 0.07. Carapace, sternum, labium, chelicerae and maxillae yellowish brown; carapace with small dark submarginal patches. Chelicera with a small tooth on promargin and a serrated, bifurcate keel on retromargin. Legs the same color as carapace, without annulations. Abdomen gray, without any clear pattern, although some brown markings are visible. Spinnerets light brown and uniform in color. Measurements of legs: I: 7.00 (1.95, 1.12, 1.54, 1.31, 1.08), II: 6.29 (1.68, 1.08, 1.24, 1.26, 1.03), III: 5.04 + missing Ta (1.62, 0.99, 0.94, 1.49, Ta missing), IV: 8.58 (2.25, 1.20, 1.49, 2.39, 1.25).
Palp as in Fig. 3B–D. Tibia with massive apophysis, as long as tibia, pointed tip directed dorso-anteriorly with angle about 45° to the axis of the palp; cymbium ovoid, 1.6 times as long as wide; median apophysis long, oblique, about as long as tibial apophysis; embolar base (Eb) complex, with 2 outgrowths: a basal pointed process (Po) weakly sclerotized, and a sclerotized apical outgrowth (Ao) [tip appears broken] parallel to a bent, long embolus; embolus proper gently curved and making a course of about 90°.
Female
Unknown.
DistributionKnown only from the type locality in Yazd Province, central Iran.
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Additional details
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- SMF
- Event date
- 2004-04-15
- Family
- Gnaphosidae
- Genus
- Berlandina
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Araneae
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Zamani & Chatzaki & Esyunin & Marusik
- Species
- artaxerxes
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 2004-04-15
- Taxonomic concept label
- Berlandina artaxerxes Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021
References
- Marusik Y. M., Fomichev A. A. & Omelko M. M. 2014. A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 1. On the Berlandina Dalmas, 1922 (Gnaphosinae) from Mongolia and adjacent regions. Zootaxa 3827 (2): 187 - 213. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3827.2.4
- Levy G. 1995. Revision of the spider subfamily Gnaphosinae in Israel (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Journal of Natural History 29 (4): 919 - 981. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939500770351
- Al-Khazali A. M. 2020. Berlandina mesopotamica sp. nov. (Araneae: Gnaphosidae): new record of the genus in Iraq. Arachnology 18 (5): 444 - 446. https: // doi. org / 10.13156 / arac. 2020.18.5.444