Zodarion mostafai Benhalima & Bosmans, 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 : 104-105

Zodarion mostafai Benhalima & Bosmans sp. nov.

Figures 64–65 , 82–85 , 102–105

Etymology. The species is with pleasure and great love dedicated to Mostafa Bounouar (Rabat, Morocco), husband of the first author of this paper.

Diagnosis. For males, see Z. jeanclaudeledouxi sp. nov.. Females can be distinghuished from the other species of this group by the presence and the shape of a trapezoid knob in the anterior part of the epigyne, which is absent in the other species.

Description. Measurements: Male (n=3): total length 3.5–5.6; carapace 1.86–3.00 long, 1.2–2.2 wide. Female (n=2): total length 4.2–5.3; carapace 1.95–2.30 long, 1.25–1.55 wide. Colour ( Figs 64–65 ): as in Z. ericorum sp. nov., but in males the tibiae are completely black and the pale part of legs more yellowish, and in the female only Ti IV with proximal part white. Eyes AM=1 (0.12); AL=PL=0.89; PM=0.63; a=0.63; b=0.2; c=0.16; d=0.32; MOQ: AW=0.93PW; L=0.96PW.

Male palp ( Figs 82–85 ): tibial apophysis elongated, proximal part relatively wide compared to other species, nearly rectangular, distal part a short knob curved in retrolateral direction; median apophysis with trapezoid proximal part and small, pointed distal part; tip of embolus short, curved in antero-prolateral direction.

Epigyne ( Figs 102–105 ): with anteromedian trapezoid structure; posterior margin of epigyne deeply incised; trapezoid structure covering 2 median pockets; spermathecae small, separated by 5 diameters.

Type material. Holotype Ƌ and 1♀ paratypes from MOROCCO: Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Forêt de Maâmora , Sidi Amira, 34°03’06’’N, 06°43’11’’W, leg. S. Benhalima, 6.XI.1989 (litter in Quercus suber forest) ( ISRM).

Paratypes: Same data as holotype, 1Ƌ 1♀ ( MNHN) .

Other material examined. MOROCCO: Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Forêt de Maâmora , Sidi Allal-El Bahraoui, 34°07’36”N, 06°33’22”W, leg. S. Benhalima, 12.II.1988 (under bark of Quercus suber ), 1Ƌ 1♀ ( CSB); Forêt de Maâmora, 2 km N Sidi Allal-El Bahraoui, 34°02’41’’N, 06°35’25’’W, leg. S. Benhalima, 3.II.1989, 1Ƌ ( CSB); idem, leg. R. Bosmans, 8.II.1996 (litter in Q. suber forest), 1♀ ( CRB).

Distribution. Only known from the Maâmora forest (Map 3).

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.

FIGURES 94–109. Genitalic morphology of Zodarion azrouense sp. nov. (94–97), Z. ericorum sp. nov. (98–101), Z. mostafai sp. nov. (102–105) and Z. trianguliferum Denis, 1952 (106–109). 94, 95, 98, 99, 102, 103, 106, 107 Epigyne, ventral view; 96, 97, 100, 101, 104, 105, 108, 109 Vulva, dorsal view.