Devade miniatura Zamani & Enayatnia & Mirshekar & Mayvan & Kováč & Marusik 2025, sp. nov.

Devade miniatura Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. Fig. 10A‒C Type Material. Holotype ♀ (ZMUT), IRAN: Razavi Khorasan Prov.: Mashhad, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 36°18'N 59°31'E, 11.07.2023 (M. Mehrafrooz Mayvan). Etymology. The specific epithet refers to this species being one of the smallest known spiders from Iran. Diagnosis. The new species differs from the congeners by its minute size (length of carapace 0.47 vs.>1). Description. Female. Habitus as in Fig. 10A. Total length 1.20. Carapace 0.47 long, 0.50 wide. Eye sizes: AME: 0.05, ALE: 0.05, PME: 0.04, PLE: 0.05. Carapace, chelicerae, sternum, labium and maxillae faint yellow. Palps and legs very pale beige. Abdomen beige. Spinnerets pale beige. Measurements of legs: I: missing, II: 1.33 (0.40, 0.13, 0.32, 0.26, 0.22), III: 1.00 (0.28, 0.11, 0.30, 0.20, 0.11), IV: 1.70 (0.47, 0.20, 0.42, 0.35, 0.26). Epigyne as in Fig. 10B‒C; plate ~ 2x wider than long, receptacles visible through tegument; receptacles (Re) transversal, oval, spaced by almost 2 lengths; insemination ducts (Id) short and broad. Male. Unknown. Comment. This species almost certainly does not belong to Devade Simon, 1885; it is tentatively placed in this genus until the collection of males clarifies its generic position. Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Razavi Khorasan, northeastern Iran.

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Devade miniatura Zamani & Enayatnia & Mirshekar & Mayvan & Kováč & Marusik 2025, sp. nov.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
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Devade miniatura Zamani & Enayatnia & Mirshekar & Mayvan & Kováč & Marusik 2025, sp. nov.

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Devade miniatura Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. Fig. 10A‒C Type Material. Holotype ♀ (ZMUT), IRAN: Razavi Khorasan Prov.: Mashhad, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 36°18'N 59°31'E, 11.07.2023 (M. Mehrafrooz Mayvan). Etymology. The specific epithet refers to this species being one of the smallest known spiders from Iran. Diagnosis. The new species differs from the congeners by its minute size (length of carapace 0.47 vs.>1). Description. Female. Habitus as in Fig. 10A. Total length 1.20. Carapace 0.47 long, 0.50 wide. Eye sizes: AME: 0.05, ALE: 0.05, PME: 0.04, PLE: 0.05. Carapace, chelicerae, sternum, labium and maxillae faint yellow. Palps and legs very pale beige. Abdomen beige. Spinnerets pale beige. Measurements of legs: I: missing, II: 1.33 (0.40, 0.13, 0.32, 0.26, 0.22), III: 1.00 (0.28, 0.11, 0.30, 0.20, 0.11), IV: 1.70 (0.47, 0.20, 0.42, 0.35, 0.26). Epigyne as in Fig. 10B‒C; plate ~ 2x wider than long, receptacles visible through tegument; receptacles (Re) transversal, oval, spaced by almost 2 lengths; insemination ducts (Id) short and broad. Male. Unknown. Comment. This species almost certainly does not belong to Devade Simon, 1885; it is tentatively placed in this genus until the collection of males clarifies its generic position. Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Razavi Khorasan, northeastern Iran.

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Zabol University (IR), University of Turku (FI), Altai State University (RU), University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik (SK), University of the Free State (ZA)
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