Dysdera iranica sp. nov.

Figs 7A-F, 8A-D, 9A, B

Type material.

Holotype ♂ (ZMUT), Iran: Hormozgan Province: Siahu, 27°45'N, 56°20'E, 02.2018 (A. Zamani). Paratypes: 1♀ (ZMUT), same data as the holotype; 1♂ (MMUE), Fars Province: Shiraz, inside house, 29°37'N, 52°30'E, 6.05.1982 (P. Hassanzadeh); 1♂ (MMUE), Shiraz, garden, 29°37'N, 52°30'E, 04.1982 (P. Hassanzadeh); 1♂1♀ (MMUE), Shiraz, inside house, 29°37'N, 52°30'E, 06.1982 (P. Hassanzadeh); 1♀ (ZMUT), Hormozgan Province: Siahu, 27°45'N, 56°20'E, 02.2020 (A. Zamani); 1♀ (ZMUT), Siahu, palm orchards, 27°45'N, 56°20'E, 02.2020 (A. Zamani).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is an adjective and refers to the country from where the specimens of the new species were collected.

Diagnosis.

The male of the new species is somewhat similar to that of D. arabica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 from Oman (cf. Fig. 8A-D and Deeleman-Reinhold and Deeleman 1988: figs 309-310), but differs by the small, claw-like posterior apophysis (vs. broad and rounded) and keel-like median crest (vs. rounded). The male of D. iranica sp. nov. differs from those of its congeners occurring in Iran by the elongate keel-like median crest (vs. rounded or triangular). The female of D. iranica sp. nov. is most similar to that of D. tapuria sp. nov. by having a very wide receptacle (i.e.,> 2 × wider than the transverse bar), but differs by having a triangular extension (Te) in the anterior margin of the receptacle (vs. absent).

Description.

Male (Holotype). Habitus as in Fig. 7D-F. Total length 7.32. Carapace 3.35 long, 2.63 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.15, PME 0.15, PLE 0.15. Carapace, sternum, chelicerae, labium, and maxillae reddish. Legs yellowish orange. Abdomen cream-coloured, without any pattern. Spinnerets uniformly dark yellowish. Measurements of legs: I: 11.4 (3.14, 1.92, 2.86, 2.84, 0.63), II: 10.26 (2.72, 1.78, 2.46, 2.68, 0.62), III: 7.61 (2.14, 1.17, 1.54, 2.13, 0.63), IV: 9.75 (2.69, 1.53, 2.12, 2.74, 0.67). Spination: I: Fe: 3pl. II: Fe: 3pl. III: Fe: 3pl, 1rl; Pa: 1pl; Ti: 5pl, 3rl, 5v; Mt: 6pl, 2rl, 2v. IV: Fe: 7d, 2pl, 1rl; Pa: 1pl; Ti: 6pl, 2rl, 6v; Mt: 3pl, 2rl, 5v.

Palp as in Fig. 8A-D; bulb ca. 2.5 × longer than wide; tegulum bell-shaped, almost as long as wide; psembolus 1.4 × longer than tegulum; median crest rounded, ca. 2.5 × shorter than length of psembolus, ca. 2.5 × wider than high; posterior apophysis claw-shaped, 1.5 × longer than wide; incision between tegulum and psembolus absent; retrolateral crest gradually rounded.

Female. Habitus as in Fig. 7A-C. Total length 8.20. Carapace 3.03 long, 2.45 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.14, PME 0.13, PLE 0.14. Colouration as in male. Measurements of legs: I: 8.45 (2.48, 1.44, 1.94, 2.01, 0.58), II: 7.79 (2.17, 1.35, 1.88, 1.91, 0.48), III: 6.25 (1.77, 1.05, 1.16, 1.71, 0.56), IV: 7.88 (2.28, 1.29, 1.72, 2.01, 0.58). Spination: I: Fe: 3pl. II: Fe: 2pl. III: Fe: 2d, 3pl, 3rl; Ti: 4pl, 2rl, 5v; Mt: 5pl, 2rl, 3v. IV: Fe: 7d, 1rl; Ti: 3pl, 2rl, 6v; Mt: 3pl, 2rl, 3v.

Endogyne as in Fig. 9A, B; length/width ratio ca. 2.1; receptacle 4 × longer than wide, almost inverted trapezoidal; anterior angle large and triangular, with its base as wide as receptacle, directed antero-laterally; receptacle with median triangular extension (Te); dorsal arch trapezoidal, anterior corners rounded, posterior margin 1.6 × longer than anterior, anterior margin ca. 1.25 × longer than width of dorsal arch; transverse bar slightly arched, 1.5 × longer than receptacle; lateral edges with horizontal anterior margins; posterior diverticulum trapezoidal.

Distribution.

Known from the listed localities in Fars and Hormozgan provinces, south-central and southern Iran (Fig. 35).