Synaphosus syntheticus ( Chamberlin, 1924 )

Zamani, Alireza, Darvishnia, Hamid & Marusik, Yuri M., 2023, New data on cave spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iran, with new species and records, Zootaxa 5361 (3), pp. 345-366 : 355

Synaphosus syntheticus ( Chamberlin, 1924)

Figs 7A , 8D

Nodocion syntheticus Chamberlin, 1924: 614 , figs 50–51.

For a full list of references see the WSC (2023).

Material. IRAN: Fars Province: 1♀ ( ZMUT), Qaemiyeh, Tang-e Zendan Cave (= Zendan-e-Shahpour Cave ), 29°51'40.00"N, 51°39'36.80''E, 18.V.2016 (H. Darvishnia, Y. Bakhshi) ; Ilam Province: 1♀ ( ZMUT), Dehloran, Khoffash Cave , 32°43'N, 47°18'E, 8.IX.2014 (H. Darvishnia) ; 1♀ ( ZMUT), same locality, 12.VII.2014 (H. Darvishnia) .

Distribution. South Mediterranean (from Libya to Israel), Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Introduced to USA and Mexico ( WSC 2023). New record for Iran, with the material from Fars representing the easternmost record of the species across its known range.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Habitus of Synaphosus syntheticus (A) and Odontodrassus mundulus (B, C), dorsal view. A, B females; C male.

FIGURE 8. Copulatory organs of Odontodrassus mundulus (A–C) and Synaphosus syntheticus (D).A, B male palp, ventral and retrolateral views; C, D epigynes, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.