Zagrotes Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021

Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2021, A new genus and ten new species of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iran, ZooKeys 1054, pp. 95-126 : 95

Genus Zagrotes Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021

Comments.

This genus was recently described as monotypic from southwestern and southern Iran, with Zagrotes apophysalis Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021 as the type species. In the same paper, Zamani et al. (2021a) described another similar species in another genus, namely Berinda bifurcata Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021. The two new species described here are closely related to B. bifurcata , and to a lesser degree to Z. apophysalis . All species possess a bifurcated RTA and similar conformation of the bulb. For this reason, we propose a new combination, Zagrotes bifurcatus (Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021), comb. nov., despite the fact that this species and the two new ones described here lack modifications on palpal patella and swollen tibia that are present in the type species.

Composition.

Four species: Z. apophysalis , Z. borna sp. nov., Z. bifurcatus comb. nov., and Z. parla sp. nov.

Distribution.

Endemic to Iran, distributed along the southwestern and southern slopes of Zagros Mountains, from Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad to Hormozgan.