Maimuna cariae Brignoli 1978

Maimuna cariae Brignoli, 1978

Figs 7–9, 17–18, 26, 28

M. cariae Brignoli, 1978: 506, figs 80–83.

M. cariae: Demir & Seyyar, 2017: 434.

Material examined. 1♂ 6♀ paratypes, Turkey, Gökbel, 30.04.1973, A. Vigna leg. (MCSN)

Diagnosis. This species is morphologically close to M. anatolica sp. n. by having a similar shape of the conductor and especially the twisted lamellar terminal end of the ventral part of the conductor. The two species can be separated by (1) the shape of the median apophysis, being massive and with irregular shape in M. cariae (Figs 7, 26) vs. narrow and pointed apically in M. anatolica sp. n. (Figs 4, 21); and (2) females differ from those of M. anatolica sp. n. by the narrower receptacles (Fig 18).

Description. See Brignoli (1978: 506).

Distribution (Fig 28). Known only from eastern Anatolia, Turkey.

Remarks. When describing the species, Brignoli (1978) did not depict the most diagnostic ventral side of the palp, hence the identification of the male was problematic. The new photographs and drawings presented here help clarifying its identity.