Trichothyse hamipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875)

Zamani, Alireza, Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Mirshekar, Ali, Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz, Kováč, Ľubomír & Marusik, Yuri M., 2025, New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part XII, Zootaxa 5601 (1), pp. 1-45 : 20

Trichothyse hamipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875) *

Figs 11A‒B , 12A‒D

Poecilochroa hamipalpis : Fomichev & Marusik 2021: 448 , figs 22‒29 (♂).

For a list of six taxonomic references, see WSC (2025).

Material. IRAN: South Khorasan Prov.: 1♂ ( ZMUT), Birjand, Chahkandan , 32°44'04"N 59°06'26"E, 1540 m, 1.06.2021 (F. Minab) ; 1♀ ( ZMUT), Birjand, Nehbandan , 31°32'35.7"N 60°02'12.3"E, 480 m, 25.06.2021 (M. Enayatnia) .

Diagnosis. The endogyne of T. hamipalpis is most similar to those of T. poonaensis (Tikader, 1982) and T. senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) in having similarly shaped receptacles, ~ 2.6x longer than wide. However, it differs from both species by having larger globular structures (Gs), which are ~ 3.5x thinner than the receptacles (vs.> 4x) (cf. Fig. 12 D , Sankaran et al. 2020: fig. 3C and Kovblyuk & Tuneva 2009: fig. 5). For the male, see Fomichev & Marusik (2021).

Description. Female. Habitus as in Fig. 11B . Total length 10.40. Carapace 3.70 long, 2.55 wide. Eye sizes: AME: 0.19, ALE: 0.18, PME: 0.14, PLE: 0.15. Carapace, sternum, chelicerae, labium and maxillae reddish brown. Chelicerae with slightly raised prolateral keel. Palps and legs reddish brown, darker distally. Abdomen beige, with faint median band. Spinnerets light brown. Measurements of legs: I: 7.32 (2.14, 1.38, 1.54, 1.42, 0.84), II: 7.34 (2.06, 1.38, 1.57, 1.36, 0.97), III: 6.92 (1.88, 1.17, 1.36, 1.59, 0.92), IV: 8.94 (2.37, 1.39, 1.82, 2.41, 0.95).

Epigyne as in Fig. 12C‒D ; plate 1.2x longer than wide, with small, posteriorly located fovea; anterior hood absent; receptacles long and almost straight, ~ 2.6x longer than wide, posteriorly contiguous, mesally with globular structures (Gs) almost contiguous.

Male. Habitus as in Fig. 11A . See Fomichev & Marusik (2021) and CoŞar et al. (2024).

Comment. The female of this species is described here for the first time.

Distribution. Previously known from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. New to Iran (the southeasternmost record).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Habitus of Trichothyse hamipalpis (A, B), Berlandina charitonovi (C), and Talanites sakastanicus sp. nov. (D), dorsal view. A—male; B‒D—females.

FIGURE 12. Copulatory organs of Trichothyse hamipalpis (A‒D), Berlandina charitonovi (E‒G), and Talanites sakastanicus sp. nov. (H, I). A, B—male palp, ventral and retrolateral views; C, G, H—macerated epigyne, ventral view; D, F, I—endogyne, dorsal view; E—intact epigyne, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: Gs—globular structure; Rb—base of the receptacle; Rh—head of the receptacle.