Zodarion wesolowskae Bosmans & Benhalima, 2020

Benhalima, Souâd & Bosmans, Robert, 2020, Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 (part IV). The species of Morocco (Araneae: Zodariidae), Zootaxa 4899 (1), pp. 93-114 : 105

Zodarion wesolowskae Bosmans & Benhalima sp. nov.

Figures 67 , 90–93

Etymology. The species is dedicated to Wanda Wesołowska (Wrocław, Poland), in honour of her systematic and taxonomic work on Salticidae .

Diagnosis. Males of the species can be distinguished from all other Moroccan species of the mostafai group by the well-developed, sinuous distal part of the tibial apophysis, which is half as long as the proximal part, and much shorter in all other species of the group.

Description. Measurements: total length 3.4; carapace 1.83 long, 1.30 wide. Colour ( Fig. 67 ): carapace brown to dark brown; femora black, base of femora III–IV white, other segments white to pale yellowish, tibiae laterally striked with brown; abdomen black, with postero-dorsal spot and oblique lateral whitish stripes. Eyes:AM=1 (0.14); AL=PL=0.64; PM=0.55; a=d=0.36; b=0.32; c=1; MOQ: AW=0.89PW; AW=0.89L.

Male palp ( Figs 90–93 ): proximal part of tibial apophysis elongated, 4 times longer than distal part; distal part gently curved, first bent into retrolateral direction, than in antero-dorsal direction, terminally pointed; proximal part of median apophysis gradually narrowing, distal part a strong, pointed tooth; tip of embolus small, terminally curved in anterior direction.

Female: Unknown. It is possible that Z. trianguliferum is the unknown female of this species.

Type material. Holotype Ƌ from MOROCCO: Béni Mellal-Khénifra, N Khénifra, Source d’Oum Er Rbia, 33°03’04’’N, 05°24’44’’W, 1450 m a.s.l., leg. R. Bosmans, 13.V.1984 (among stones and grasses) ( RBINS).

Distribution. Only known from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 59–69. Dorsal habitus of Zodarion azrouense sp. nov. male (59) and female (60), Z. ericorum sp. nov. male (61) and female (62), Z. jeanclaudeledouxi sp. nov. male (63), Z. mostafai sp. nov. male (64) and female (65), Z. ogeri sp. nov. male (66), Z. wesolowskae sp. nov. male (67), and Zodarion trianguliferum Denis, 1952 female (68); 69 Idem, ventral view.

FIGURES 82–93. Genitalic morphology of Zodarion mostafai sp. nov. (82–85), Z. ogeri sp. nov. (86–89) and Z. wesolowskae sp. nov. (90–93). 82, 83, 86, 87. 90, 91 Male palp, ventral view; 84, 85, 88, 89, 92, 93 Idem, retrolateral view.