Arthropoda Selecta 13 (12): 5561 © ARTHROPODA SELECTA, 2004 New and interesting cribellate spiders from Abkhazia (Aranei: Amaurobiidae, Zoropsidae) Íîâûå è èíòåðåñíûå êðèáåëëÿòíûå ïàóêè èç Àáõàçèè (Aranei: Amaurobiidae, Zoropsidae) Yuri M. Marusik1 & Mykola M. Kovblyuk2 Þ.Ì. Ìàðóñèê1, Í.Ì. Êîâáëþê2 ¹ Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan, Russia. E-mail: [email protected] ¹ Èíñòèóò áèîëîãè÷åñêèõ ïðîáëåì Ñåâåðà ÄÂÎ ÐÀÍ, óë. Ïîðòîâàÿ 18, Ìàãàäàí 685000 Ðîññèÿ. ² Zoology Department, V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, Yaltinskaya str. 4, Simferopol, Crimea 95007 Ukraine. E-mail: [email protected] ² Òàâðè÷åñêèé íàöèîíàëüíûé óíèâåðñèòåò èì. Â.È. Âåðíàäñêîãî, êàôåäðà çîîëîãèè, óë. ßëòèíñêàÿ 4, Ñèìôåðîïîëü, Êðûì 95007 Óêðàèíà. KEY WORDS: Aranei, spiders, Abkhazia, new species, new record, Amaurobius, Zoropsis. ÊËÞ×ÅÂÛÅ ÑËÎÂÀ: Aranei, ïàóêè, Àáõàçèÿ, íîâûé âèä, íîâàÿ íàõîäêà, Amaurobius, Zoropsis. ABSTRACT. One new species, Amaurobius anti- AMAUROBIIDAE povae sp.n. (#$) is described, and one new family, Zoropsidae (Zorospsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) is Amaurobius C. L. Koch, 1837 reported from Abhazia, Caucasus. Two species are illustrated. Zorospsis spinimana was apparently recent- Sixty-nine species, found mainly in the Holarctic, ly introduced to Caucasus by UN observers. are considered to belong in Amaurobius [Petrunkevitch, 1958; Platnick, 2004]. Besides Holarctic Amaurobius is ÐÅÇÞÌÅ. Îïèñàí îäèí íîâûé âèä, Amaurobius known from Paraguay, Argentina, Ethiopia, India and antipovae sp.n. (#$) è îäíî íîâîå ñåìåéñòâî Micronesia. Most probably, species outside of the Hol- Zoropsidae (Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) îòìå- arctic are misplaced. Four Amaurobius species were ÷åíî èç Àáõàçèè. Îáà âèäà èëëþñòðèðîâàíû. described from Baltic amber. Of these, only A. succini Zorospsis spinimana, ïî âñåé âèäèìîñòè áûë íåäàâ- Petrunkevitch, 1942 is properly described, and most íî èíòðîäóöèðîâàí íàáëþäàòåëÿìè ÎÎÍ. probably congeneric with A. fenestralis (Strøm, 1768), the type species of the genus. Introduction The highest species diversity of Amaurobius is in the Mediterranean region. In December 2003 a short collecting trip was under- The fauna of the former Soviet Union includes 7 taken by the first author and Mrs. Galina N. Antipova to species of Amaurobius [Mikhailov, 1997; Kovblyuk, Sukhum, Abkhazia. During this trip several new and 2002], accounting the newest records and to modern interesting spiders were collected. The goal of this taxonomy. Two of these species have been reported paper to describe a new species of Amaurobius and to from Caucasus: Amaurobius fenestralis and A. similis report a new family for Caucasus, Zoropsidae. (Blackwall, 1859). All measurements are given in mm. In body mea- Although, Mkheidze [1997] reported two species surements the first figure refers to the specimen in which from Georgia (A. similis (Blackwall, 1859) and A. pal- legs were measured, the following figures in parenthe- lidus L. Koch, 1868), we are not accounting these ses correspond to variations in length or width. In the species. Figures [Mkheidze, 1997: tab. V, figs. 35, 37] description of Amaurobius spinal notation follows Ono provided by Mkheidze were taken from Tyshchenko [1988]. Because of the large number of spines in Zorop- [1971: figs. 80, 83]. Judging from distribution of the sis spination is shown in a different way: numbers refer pallidus-group and considering that females of this to total number of spines dorsally (d), prolaterally (p), group are difficult to distinguish, it seems that record of retrolaterally (r) and ventrally (v). A. pallidus from Georgia was based on a misidentifica- Material treated herein is deposited in Zoological Muse- tion. um of the Moscow State University (ZMMU), Zoological The taxonomy and faunistic of Mediterranean Amau- Museum, University of Turku (ZMUT) and Yu.M.Marusiks robius were recently surveyed by Thaler and Knoflach in temporary collection in ZMUT (YMT). several papers [1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998a, 2002]. 56 Yuri M. Marusik & Mykola M. Kovblyuk Figs. 16. Copulatory organs of Amaurobius antipovae sp.n. (14) and Zoropsis spinimana (56): 12 male palp, ventral and lateral, respectively; 3, 5 epigyne, ventral; 4, 6 epigyne, dorsal. Scale = 0.1 mm if not otherwise indicated. Abbreviations: co conductor; em embolus; ep epigynal plate; ma median apophysis; mp median plate; pc contraction of the median plate; so spine-like outgrowth; ta tegular apophysis; to triangle outgrowth. Ðèñ. 16. Êîïóëÿòèâíûå îðãàíû Amaurobius antipovae sp.n. (14) è Zoropsis spinimana (56): 12 ïàëüïà ñàìöà, ñíèçó è ñáîêó, ñîîòâåòñòâåííî; 3, 5 ýïèãèíà, ñíèçó; 4, 6 ýïèãèíà, ñâåðõó. Ìàñøòàá = 0,1 ìì åñëè íå óêàçàíî èíà÷å. Ñîêðàùåíèÿ: co êîíäóêòîð; em ýìáîëþñ; ep ïëàñòèíêà ýïèãèíû; ma ñðåäèííûé îòðîñòîê; mp ìåäèàëüíàÿ ïëàñòèíêà ýïèãèíû; pc ñóæåíèå ìåäèàëüíãîé ïëàñòèíêè; so øèïîâèäíûé âûðîñò; ta òåãóëÿðíûé îòðîñòîê; to òðåóãîëüíûé âûðîñò. Amaurobius antipovae sp.n. Length of legs segments: Figs. 14, 711, 1821, Map. femur patella tibia metatarsus tarsus I 2.6/2.0 0.9/0.9 2.5/1.7 2.4/1.6 1.2/0.9 MATERIAL: Holotype # (ZMMU) and paratypes 7 ## 6 II 2.2/1.7 0.8/0.7 1.8/1.3 1.7/1.3 0.9/0.7 $$ (ZMMU, ZMUT, YMT), [A-02], W. Caucasus, Abkhazia, III 2.0/1.6 0.8/0.8 1.4/1.0 1.6/1.2 0.8/0.6 Sukhum, Kelasur, University Campus and nearby, 42°58.4¢N IV 2.2/2.0 0.8/0.8 2.0/1.5 2.0/1.5 0.8/0.6 41°04.044¢E, mainly under Eucalyptus bark, 910.12.2003 (Yu.M. Legs spination as in Table 1.(male/female, if different): Marusik & G.N. Antipova). Coloration. General color yellow brown. Carapace yellow ETYMOLOGY. The specific name is a patronym in with dark margin of cephalic part and dark radial stripes (Fig. honour of Mrs. Galina N. Antipova who collected part of the 18). Median stripe distinct. Chelicera brown. Legs yellow, type series. femur, tibia and metatarsus with 3 gray rings. Abdomen with DESCRIPTION. Male/female (n = 5/5). Measurements: white band around heart mark and longitudinal and trans- total length 5.8 (5.35.8)/5.6 (5.66.8); carapace length 2.6 verse dark stripes (Figs. 1820). Venter of abdomen light (2.62.8)/2.8 (2.83.1); carapace width 2.0 (1.82.1)/2.0 with small dark-gray dots. Female lighter than male (Fig. 21). (1.72.0). Femur I length 2.6 (2.22.6)/2.0 (1.82.2). Cara- Palp as in Figs. 12, 711. Tibia with 5 distinct apophy- pace length/femur I ratio 1.001.13/1.381.49. ses (Figs. 12, 89): two ventral (va), two lateral (la) and one New and interesting cribellate spiders from Abkhazia (Aranei: Amaurobiidae, Zoropsidae) 57 58 Yuri M. Marusik & Mykola M. Kovblyuk Figs. 1821. General view of Amaurobius antipovae sp.n.: 18 male, dorsal; 1920 males abdomen, dorsal and lateral; 21 female, dorsal. Ðèñ. 1821. Âíåøíèé âèä Amaurobius antipovae sp.n.: 18 ñàìåö, ñâåðõó; 1920 áðþøêî ñàìöà, ñâåðõó è ñáîêó; 21 ñàìêà, ñâåðõó. dorsal (da). Tegulum rather long in lateral view (Fig. 2). By the shape of male palpal tibia, tegular and median apopy- Median apophysis (ma=tegular apophysis sensu Thaler & ses it can be easily separated from all Amaurobius species. Knoflach, 1990, 1991, etc.) straight, with triangle shaped Female epigyne of A. antipovae sp.n. differs from all other outgrowth (to) in basal part. Tegular apophysis (ta=tegular species by having median plate not separated from the rest of process sensu Thaler & Knoflach, 1991) bifurcate, with epigynal plate. spine-like outgrowth (so). Conductor (co) originates from the According to the classification of Lehtinen [1967] the base of embolus (em). Embolus with thick base and thin new species belongs to group III (pallidus). It appears that A. terminal part. antipovae is most closely related to A. hercegovinensis Kul- Epigyne as in Figs. 34. Median plate (mp) not separated from the rest of epigynal plate (ep). Median plate with czyñski, 1915, known from Bosnia [cf. Kulczyñski, 1915: contraction (pc) in mid part. Receptacula small and simple. 901903, pl. 66, f. 15], although they can be separated by DIAGNOSIS. The new species can be easily separated leaf-like dorsal tibial apophysis in the new species, and from the generotype, A. fenestralis (Figs. 1214), by its large, absence of median plate contraction in A. hercegovinensis. lanceolate dorsal tibial apophysis, shorter median apophysis, The two species can be also separated by the larger size of the bifurcate tegular apophysis and relatively smaller embolus. Balkan species (# 3.2, $ 3.7). Figs. 717. SEM micrographs of the male palp of Amaurobius antipovae sp.n. (711), A. fenestralis (1214) and Zoropsis spinimana (1517): 7, 12 ventral; 89 tibia, ventral and apical; 10, 16 bulbus, lateral; 11 terminal part of embolus and conductor, sublateral; 13, 15 bulbus, ventral; 14 bulbus, terminal part, apical; 17 tibia, ventral. Abbreviations: co conductor; da dorsal apophysis; em embolus; fu furrow; la lateral apophysis; ma median apophysis; so spine-like outgrowth; ta tegular apophysis; to triangle outgrowth; va ventral apophysis. Ðèñ. 717. Ñêàíèðóþùèå ôîòîãðàôèè ïàëüïû ñàìöîâ Amaurobius antipovae sp.n. (711), A. fenestralis (1214) è Zoropsis spinimana (1517): 7, 12 ñíèçó; 89 ãîëåíü, ñíèçó è ñáîêó; 10, 16 áóëüáóñ, ñáîêó; 11 âåðøèííàÿ ÷àñòü ýáìîëþñà è êîíäóêòîðà, ñáîêó; 13, 15 áóëüáóñ, ñíèçó; 14 áóëüáóñ, âåðøèííàÿ ÷àñòü, ñâåðõó; 17 ãîëåíü, ñíèçó. Ñîêðàùåíèÿ: co êîíäóêòîð; da äîðçàëüíûé îòðîñòîê; em ýìáîëþñ; fu ùåëü; la ëàòåðàëüíûé îòðîñòîê; ma ñðåäèííûé îòðîñòîê; so øèïîâèäíûé âûðîñò; ta òåãóëÿðíûé îòðîñòîê; to òðåóãîëüíûé âûðîñò; va âåíòðàëüíûé îòðîñòîê. New and interesting cribellate spiders from Abkhazia (Aranei: Amaurobiidae, Zoropsidae) 59 Map 1. Study area. Êàðòà 1. Ðàéîí èññëåäîâàíèé. Table 1. Legs spination in Amaurobius antipovae sp.n. (male/female, if different). Òàáëèöà 1. Âîîðóæåíèå íîã ó Amaurobius antipovae sp.n. (ñàìåö/ñàìêà, åñëè ïîêàçàòåëè ðàçíûå) spines Leg Segment dorsal prolateral retrolateral ventral femur 1-1a/1 1 1/0 0 patella 0 1 or 0/0 1/0 0 I tibia 0 1-1 1-1 or 1-1-1/1-1 2-2-2a metat.