Zodarion varoli Akpınar, 2016

Coşar, İlhan, Danişman, Tarik & Elverici, Mert, 2022, First description of the females of two species of Zodarion (Araneae: Zodariidae), Zootaxa 5178 (1), pp. 92-100 : 96-97

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.1.6

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7267038

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Zodarion varoli Akpınar, 2016
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Zodarion varoli Akpınar, 2016 View in CoL

Figs 17-33 View FIGURES 17-24 View FIGURES 25-28 View FIGURES 29-31 View FIGURES 32-33

Zodarion varoli Akpinar, 2016: 390 View in CoL , f. 1A-E (Dm).

Material: 2♀♀, Turkey, İzmir Province, Ödemiş, Bozdağ (38°19’57”N 28°06’04”E), elev. 1542 m, 29.VII.2017, E. A. Yağmur leg GoogleMaps ; 3♂♂, 2♀♀, Turkey, İzmir Province, Ödemiş, Bozdağ (38°11’58”N 28°06’49”E), 1500 m, 29.VII.2017, E. A. Yağmur leg. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Males can be differentiated from all other Zodarion species known from Turkey by the trapezoid shaped tegulum and crescent shaped median apophysis ( Figs 25–28 View FIGURES 25-28 ). Females are similar to those of Z. abantense Wunderlich, 1980 by the small posterio-median incision vs. larger in Z. abantense (as long as 1.5 times the diameter of the spermatheca vs. 1), and also by the two lobes of the spermathecae separated by 4 times diameters vs. 2.5 ( Figs 29–33 View FIGURES 29-31 View FIGURES 32-33 ).

Description. Male. Measurements: Total length 3.30. Carapace 1.6 long, 1.15 wide. Abdomen 1.7 long, 1.1 wide. Ocular area 0.4 long. Chelicerae 0.45 long, 0.25 wide. Sternum 0.95 long, 0.75 wide. Clypeus 0.20 high. Eye diameters and inter-distances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.10, PME 0.07, PLE 0.07, AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.02, AME–PLE 0.07, AME–PME 0.10, PME–PME 0.17, PME–PLE 0.05, PLE–ALE 0.02, PLE–PLE 0.30. Leg formula 4123. Leg lengths: Leg I 4.90 (1.40, 0.40, 1.10, 1.15, 0.85), Leg II 4.35 (1.10, 0.40, 1.0, 1.10, 0,75), Leg III 4.0 (1.10, 0.40, 0.90, 0.95, 0.65), Leg IV 5.95 (1.55, 0.45, 1.40, 1.65, 0.90). Prosoma yellowish brown, with dark brown fovea, with two oblique lighter oval shapes delimited by dark margins in front of fovea; thoracic part with striae color pattern, reticulate behind eye region and with triangular spot on clypeus. Chelicerae light yellow, darker medially to anterior. Sternum dark brown, without setae ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 17-24 ). Abdomen blackish, covered with short, light setae ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 17-24 ), ventrally light brown. Spinnerets white, with a row of tightly packed, dark setae ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 17-24 ). All leg’s femora and only coxae of Leg I with brown, other segments light yellow. Palp. Retrolateral tibial apophysis finger shaped, longer than wide, gradually narrowing, its tip gently curved. Tegulum trapezoid shaped, strongly protruding in lateral view. Median apophysis crescent shaped ( Figs 25–28 View FIGURES 25-28 ).

Female. Measurements: Total length 3.90. Prosoma 1.80 long, 1.20 wide.Abdomen 2.10 long, 1.60 wide. Ocular area 0.50 long. Chelicerae 0.50 long, 0.35 wide. Sternum 1.0 long, 0.90 wide. Clypeus 0.25 high. Eye diameters and inter-distances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.10, PME 0.07, PLE 0.07, AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.05, AME–PLE 0.07, AME–PME 0.12, PME–PME 0.20, PME–PLE 0.05, PLE–ALE 0.02, PLE–PLE 0.35. Leg formula 4123. Leg lengths: Leg I 4.80 (1.20, 0.45, 1.10, 1.25, 0.80), Leg II 4.50 (1.15, 0.40, 1.0, 1.20, 0.75), Leg III 4.35 (1.10, 0.40, 1.0, 1.20, 0.65), Leg IV 6.30 (1.60, 0.50, 1.50, 1.80, 0.90). Prosoma yellowish brown, with dispersed blackish pattern, edges brown, with two lighter elliptic, oblique shapes anterior to fovea; anterior part higher than posterior ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 17-24 ). AME ringed with black ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 17-24 ). Clypeus high, light brown, with large, roughly triangular dark pattern medially ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 17-24 ). Chelicerae light yellow, darker medially to anterior. Sternum yellowish brown, without setae, ventrally yellowish brown, anteriorly darker ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 17-24 ). Abdomen dorsally with reticulated dark brown and yellow pattern, with short, dark setae, ventrally light yellow. Spinnerets white, anteriorly with a row of tightly packed dark setae. All leg’s femora and coxae of Leg I brown, other segments light yellow. Epigyne with small, postero- median incision, incision length approximately 1.5 times the diameter of the spermatheca. Anteromedian hood triangular shaped. Fertilisation duct extends downwards approximately as long as the diameter of the spermatheca. Spermathecae with two lobes, separated by 4 times their diameter ( Figs 29–33 View FIGURES 29-31 View FIGURES 32-33 ).

Distribution. Western Turkey, in Manisa province ( Akpınar 2016) and İzmir Province (present study) ( Fig. 34 View FIGURE 34 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Zodariidae

Genus

Zodarion

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Zodarion varoli Akpınar, 2016

Coşar, İlhan, Danişman, Tarik & Elverici, Mert 2022
2022
Loc

Zodarion varoli

Akpinar, A. 2016: 390
2016
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