Pacifantistea ovtchinnikovi Marusik, 2011, sp. n.

• Main Author: Marusik, Yuri M.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Araneae; Hahniidae; Pacifantistea; Pacifantistea ovtchinnikovi; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6192997; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/DC0A3E129B2BFF9FFF07F9BFFDFB5410

Pacifantistea ovtchinnikovi sp. n. Figs 1–6, 11–18, 23 Neoantistea sp.: Marusik & Koponen 2000: 61. Neoantistea sp.: Marusik & Crawford 2006: 180. Type material : Holotype 3 (ZMMU) from RUSSIA, Sakhalin Area , Moneron Island, SE shore near Vostochnyye Isles, 46°14.387’N, 141°15.101'E, seashore ‘herbs’, 23.08.2001 (Y.M. Marusik). Paratypes: 1173Ƥ and juv. (shared between AMNH, ISEA, IZCAS, NSMT, SMF, ZMMU, ZMUT), together with the holotype; 43, 5Ƥ, 6 juv. (ZMMU), Shikotan Island, E coast, small bay opposite to Island of Greag, 43°45.80’N, 146°47.19’E, seashore, 16.07.1997 (Y.M. Marusik); 13 (ZMMU), Shikotan Island, SW shore, Delfin Bay, 43°44.90’N, 146°36.41’E, seashore, 13.09.1997 (Y.M. Marusik); 1Ƥ 2 juv. (ZMMU), Shikotan Island, N coast of Krabovaya Bay, 43°50’N, 146°44’E, shore cliffs, 11.09.1997 (Y.M. Marusik); 153, 14Ƥ, 2 juv. (ZMMU), Ketoi Island N part, Storozheva Cape W of Kaskad Waterfall, 47°22.60’N, 152°27.48’E, 15.08.1995 (Y.M. Marusik); 1 juv. (ZMMU), Kunashir Island, Goryachiy Plyazh Village, 43°59.30’N, 145°47.30’E, on shore, 9.09.1997 (Y.M. Marusik). Maritime Province : 2Ƥ, 1 juv. (ZMMU), Khasan District, environs of Andreevka Village, 42°35–36'N, 131°13'E, 11.– 15.08.1998 (Y.M. Marusik); 3Ƥ (ZMUT), same locality and dates (S. Koponen); 1 juv. (ZMMU), Khasan District, Far Eastern Marine Reserve, Matveev Island, 2.07.1997 (T.S. Vshivkova). JAPAN, Hokkaido : 11 juv. including subadult 3 and subadult Ƥ (TRPM), Rumoi City, Ôgon-misaki Point, 6.07.1984 (N. Tsurusaki). Etymology . The specific name is a patronym in honour of my late friend and colleague Sergei Ovtchinnikov from Kyrgyzstan, who made a huge contribution to the study of spiders in Central Asia. He alerted me to the difference between the new genus and Neoantistea (cf. Figs 1–2, 9, 26–27). Diagnosis . The new species can be easily distinguished from other East Palaearctic Hahniidae by its large size, lack of stridulatory files and in having the carapace lighter in colour than the abdomen. Description . Measurements (male/female). ...