Integrative taxonomy of the Iberian Zodarion species of the rubidum and styliferum groups (Araneae: Zodariidae) Author Shafaie, Sepideh 0000-0003-1298-3801 Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic & sepideh. shafaie 87 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1298 - 3801 sepideh.shafaie87@gmail.com Author Pekár, Stano 0000-0002-0197-5040 Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic & pekar @ sci. muci. cz; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0197 - 5040 pekar@sci.muci.cz Author Ortiz, David 0000-0001-7904-6463 Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic & Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic & davidomartinez @ yahoo. es; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7904 - 6463 * Corresponding author davidomartinez@yahoo.es text Zootaxa 2025 2025-04-23 5624 1 1 69 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5624.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5624.1.1 1175-5334 15324823 95ACB59E-861D-4EEE-9386-988CBE127BA8 Zodarion costablancae Bosmans, 1994 Figs 5 , 14D–F , 15I , 16H , 17C Zodarion costablancae Bosmans 1994: 135 , figs 74–76, 127–128 ( ♂ ♀ ). Zodarion costablancae — Pekár et al . 2011: 24 ( ♂ ♀ ). Material examined. SPAIN : 1♀ , Muneras , Albacete , 39.021°N , 2.442°W , 970 m a.s.l. , 10.VI.2018 , D. Ortiz & O. Michálek leg., CMU ; 1♂ , Riópar , Albacete , 38.493°N , 2.41°W , 940 m a.s.l. , 17.VI.2018 , D. Ortiz & E. Líznarová leg., CMU ; 1♂ , 1♀ , Can Picafort , Santa Margalida , Mallorca , 39.775°N , 3.136°W , 2 m a.s.l. , 30.V.2019 , D. Ortiz leg., CMU . Diagnosis: Males of Z. costablancae can be distinguished from other species within the rubidum group by the embolus with an obliquely bent tip ( Fig. 14E ). Females of this species can be differentiated from the closely related Z. costapratae by the height of the epigyne, which is at least 1.3 times larger ( Figs 15I , 17C vs. Figs 15J , 17D ), and by the simple broadening of the antero-median chitinous structure of the epigyne (vs. with wedge-shaped ridge in Z. costapratae ; cf. Figs 15I , 17C and Figs 15J , 17D ). Description: For a detailed description of the habitus and male palp, refer to Bosmans (1994) . Epigyne ( Fig. 17C ): Epigynal plate sub-trapezoidal, anteriorly limited by a broadened, antero-median chitinous structure. Sides of the epigynal plate S-shaped. Epigyne with a longitudinal septum, reaching the posterior part of epigyne and accompanied by a pair of copulatory openings on antero-lateral sides of the septum; these copulatory openings connected to a pair of lateral pits by connecting grooves. Molecular data: COI mitochondrial barcodes (Genbank accession) : MT370080 , PP373361 . Maximum intraspecific COI divergence (n=2): 2.3 %. Minimum interspecific divergence (to Z. machadoi ): 7.1%. Consensus COI distance to the closest species (to Z. styliferum ): 3.1%. Distribution: Spain .