Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 (part IV). The species of Morocco (Araneae: Zodariidae)
Author
Benhalima, Souâd
0000-0002-7240-0914
Geo-Biodiversity and Natural Patrimony Laboratory (GEOPAC), Research Centre, Scientific Institute, Mohammed V University in Rabat, BP 703, Agdal, 10090, Rabat, Morocco & benhalima. souad @ gmail. com; souad. benhalima @ um 5. ac. ma; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7240 - 0914
benhalima.souad@gmail.com
Author
Bosmans, Robert
0000-0003-4705-8587
rop _ bosmans @ telenet. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4705 - 8587
rop_bosmans@telenet.be
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Zootaxa
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Zodarion maghrebense
Bosmans & Benhalima
sp. nov.
Figures 27–28
,
39–43
,
54–58
Etymology.
The name is derived from the Maghreb region, which includes
Algeria
and
Morocco
, the two countries in which the species occurs.
Diagnosis.
Males are recognised by the elongated tibial apophysis, terminally with anterior and posterior blunt tooth of equal length, females by the epigyne with deep postero-median incision.
Description.
Measurements: male (n=4): Total length 2.8–3.8; carapace 1.34–1.96 long, 1.04–1.38 wide. Female (n=4): total length 4.0–5.0; carapace 1.86–2.48 long, 1.25–1.58 wide. Colour (
Figs 27–28
): carapace dark blackish brown, posterior margin partly yellowish brown; legs of male with black femora, contrasting with pale yellowish patellae, tibiae brown, metarsi and tarsi yellowish brown; femora of females only with distal third darkened; abdomen dark sepia, venter and postero-median dorsal spot whitish. Eyes (
holotype
): AM=1 (0.1); AL=0.6; PM=0.5; PL=0.65; a=0.6; b=0.3; c=2; d=0.25; MOQ: AW=0.8PW; L=0.8PW.
Male palp (
Figs 39–43
): tibial apophysis twice as long as wide, proximal part straight, distal part curving upwards in an angle of 60°, tip split into 2 blunt teeth of about equal length, one directed anteriorly, the other posteriorly; tegular base protruding in posterior direction; median apophysis U-shaped, distal part truncate; embolus with 2 teeth, ventral tooth rounded, dorsal tooth truncate.
Epigyne (
Figs 54–55
): with large, oval, transverse pit; twice as wide as high, postero-laterally with large, paired pockets; with deep postero-median incision in antero-ventral view, as shown in
Fig. 57
Vulva (
Figs 56–58
): spermathecae small, separated by almost 5 diameters.
Type material.
Holotype
Ƌ and 2ƋƋ
paratypes
from
ALGERIA
:
SE
Tlemcen
, Forêt d’Hafir,
34°46’56”N
,
01°30’50’’W
),
1350 m
a.s.l., leg.
R
. Bosmans,
6.
V
.1984
(stones in mixed
Quercus ilex
and
Q. suber
forest) (
RBINS
).
Other material examined.
ALGERIA
:
Tlemcen
, S
Tlemcen
, Col de Zarifète,
34°50’21’’N
,
01°22’37’’W
,
1150 m
a.s.l., leg.
R
. Bosmans,
24.IV.1984
(stones in
Quercus ilex
forest), 3ƋƋ (
CRB
); S
Tlemcen
, forêt de Tal Terny,
34°47’00’’N
,
01°22’00’’W
,
1300 m
a.s.l., leg.
R
. Bosmans,
6–24.
V
.1990
(pitfalls in
Quercus ilex
forest), 1Ƌ (
CRB
).
MOROCCO
:
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
, between Azilal and Béni Mellal,
47 km
from Azilal,
32°13’33’’N
,
06°32’59’’W
, leg.
R
. Bosmans,
19.
VI
.1984
(in herbs),
1♀
(
CRB
); Kasba Tadla E, SW Aït Rouadi,
32°36’03’’N
,
06°09’14’’W
,
500 m
a.s.l., leg. J. Van Keer,
17.IV.2013
,
1♀
(
CJVK
);
Casablanca-Settat
, Mechra-Benabbou,
32°41’26’’N
,
07°49’14’’W
,
400 m
a.s.l., leg.
R
. Bosmans & J. Van Keer,
9.II.1996
(recent mixed forest plantation in steppe), 1Ƌ
3♀♀
(
CJVK
,
CRB
);
Marrakech-Safi
, Ben Guerir
10 km
N, 32°14’32’N,
07°56’46’’W
,
500 m
a.s.l., leg. J. Van Keer,
9.II.1996
(
Ampelosma
grassland),
2♀♀
(
CJVK
); Chichaoua
10 km
S,
31°15’49’’N
,
08°50’38’’W
,
400 m
a.s.l., leg. J. Van Keer,
9.II.1996
(stones in steppe),
1♀
(
CJVK
);
Oriental
, Debdou S, Aïn Tafrant,
33°57’59’’N
,
03°02’14’’W
,
1550 m
a.s.l., leg. J. Van Keer,
31.
V
.2018
(stones in mixed
Pinus-Thuya
forest), 1Ƌ (
CJVK
); Debdou S,
33°57’35’’N
,
03°02’57’’W
,
1550 m
a.s.l., leg. J. Van Keer,
31.
V
.2018
(litter in
Quercus ilex
forest),
1♀
(
CJVK
);
Tanger-Tétouan-Al Houceima
, Tétouan,
10 km
E Chefchaouen,
35°10’02’’N
,
05°16’17’’W
,
500 m
a.s.l., leg.
R
. Bosmans,
15.
V
.1984
(litter in
Quercus suber
forest),
2♀♀
(
CRB
);
4 km
E Bab Bered,
34°59’40’’N
,
04°50’43’’W
,
1400 m
a.s.l., leg.
R
. Bosmans,
15.
V
.1984
(stones in mixed
Quercus ilex
and
Q. suber
forest),
1♀
(
CRB
).
Distribution.
North and Central
Morocco
, NW
Algeria
(Map 2).