In addition to the genus diagnosis, the following features characterize the species:FEMALECephalothorax brown, eye field blackish brown, dorsum of thorax lighter brown with sparse adpressed dark setae, median darker brown area separated by very indistinct, lighter streaks with a few short, whitish setae along dorso-lateral edge; sides of cephalothorax, brown, edge of carapace dark with sparse, minute, whitish setae ventral to it. Abdomen much damaged now, dark brownish grey, mottled with yellow, with remnants of two submedian rows of reddish brown spots; remnants of brown and whitish setae. Frontal aspect: eyes I surrounded by whitish setae, with an indistinct, dorsal, brownish spot; clypeus baldish, brown, with a few thin, very sparse and inconspicuous whitish, adpressed setae, not influencing its general coloration, and a few brown bristles. Chelicerae light brown; pedipalps with tarsi brown, patella and tibia yellow with brownish basal parts; legs I brown with remnants of inconspicuous, transverse rows of white, adpressed, thin setae across the prolateral edge of tibia and patella. Ventral aspect generally light brown; abdomen greyish brown. Legs I-IV similar to those of Ph. ferberorum, generally dark brown. Epigynum with two posterior grooves, longer than half epigynum length, pronouncedly expanded angularly, antero-laterally, opened posteriorly, divided by a septum, broad anteriorly but rapidly narrowing, posteriorly; copulatory opening narrower than in Ph. fulvastra and Ph. pori, with the roof cut diagonally, narrowing, funnel-like and passing into first convoluted chamber located at anterior end of the median chain of chambers and not much broader than them, the posterior end of the median chain at the level of the rim of the copulatory opening.© PRÓSZYŃSKI 2003 Body: Markings: dark or bright vertical stripes. Eyes: AER: dorsal edge procurve. Labium: Length: wider than long. Distribution: Geographical Distribution: Middle East. COMMENTSDiagnosis. Anterior half of epigynal partition broadly triangular, posterior narrow.Seasonal appearance of adult specimens. Females - III. Etymology. Named for Professor A. Shulov, founder of the Israel National Arachnid Collection. © PRÓSZYŃSKI 2003 |