Filistata lehtineni Marusik & Zonstein, 2014

Zarikian, Noushig A., Propistsova, Evgenia A. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2021, On spider families (Arachnida: Araneae) new to Armenia, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 51 (1), pp. 103-117 : 106-107

Filistata lehtineni Marusik & Zonstein, 2014

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Filistata lehtineni Zonstein & Marusik, 2019: 74 , figs 16A–H, 17A–C, 27B (♂ ♀).

Material examined: Ararat Province: 1♀ or juv., Garni Gorge, Azat River , 40°06'32"N 44°43'57"E, 1240 m, 5.v.2021 ; 7♀ or juv., 2 juv., env. of Urtsadzor , 39°55'26"N 44°48'53"E, 1040 m, clay canyons, 6.v.2021 . Vayot Dzor Province: 1♂ 2 juv., Gnishik River canyon, road to Noravank Monastery , 39°41'14"N 45°13'21"E, 1400 m, 10.v.2021 .

Comments: The species was described from Nakhchivan and later reported from the adjacent Iran ( Marusik & Zamani 2015). This species well differs from other congeners in the region by the screwed embolus ( Fig. 2). We illustrate the habitus (demonstrating the characteristic pattern of both male and female; Fig. 1), the male palp ( Fig. 2) and the webs ( Fig. 3) made among furrows in the stony cliffs. Bulb of this species has a characteristic slicing that has not been documented before ( Fig. 2A, B). Our current material represents the northwesternmost record of the species within its whole known range.