A new species of Anatextrix Kaya, Zamani, Yagmur & Marusik, 2023 (Araneae, Agelenidae, Textricini) from southern Turkiye, with a remarkable morphology of the male palpal femur

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Anatextrix monstrabilis sp. nov. (Araneae: Agelenidae) is described and illustrated, based on male and female specimens collected from Adana Province, Turkiye. The new species has an L-shaped male palpal femur bearing multiple apophyses, which is a rare trait in spiders. Anatextrix monstrabilis sp. nov. is the second species of the recently described genus Anatextrix Kaya, Zamani, Yagmur & Marusik, 2023, currently known only from southern Turkiye.

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