Acanthinozodium quercicola, Rudy Jocqué & Arnaud Henrard, 2015

Rudy Jocqué & Arnaud Henrard, 2015, Revalidation of Acanthinozodium Denis, 1966 with description of three new species and discovery of a remarkable male palpal character (Araneae, Zodariidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 114, pp. 1-23 : 15-17

Acanthinozodium quercicola sp. nov.

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Figs 10–11 , 13

Diagnosis

The male of this species is characterized by the shape of the sinuous, by dorsolaterally Fattened RTA and by the MA with dorsal bulge.

Etymology

The name refers to the habitat where the types were found: Quercus suber woodland.

Material examined

Holotype

MOROCCO: Ƌ, Oulmès , 33°26’’ N 6°1’0’’ W, 4 Nov. 2011, sieving leaf litter of Quercus suber , Brustel H. ( MRAC 243549 ) .

Paratype

1 Ƌ: same data as holotype ( MRAC 243549 ) .

Description

Male

TOTAL LENGTH. 3.91.

CARAPACE. ( Fig. 10 A). 1.92 long and 1.49 wide.

COLOUR. ( Fig. 10 A–B). Carapace and chelicerae brownish yellow; clypeus, around eyes and cephalic area with dark brown suffusion forming butterFy pattern in front of black fovea; thoracic area with darker striae; mouthparts pale yellow; sternum yellow with dark margin; legs brownish yellow. Abdomen: dorsum dark sepia, no pale spot in front of pale cream spinnerets; sides and venter pale sepia.

CLYPEUS. 0.20 high.

EYES. AME large, round; anterior eye row straight, posterior row strongly procurved; AME: 0.15: ALE: 0.10; PME: 0.08; PLE: 0.08; AME-AME: 0.08; AME-ALE: 0.02; PME-PME: 0.20; PME-PLE: 0.05. MOQ: width 0.34 in front, 0.46 at the back; 0.31 long.

STERNUM. 0.99 long, 0.85 wide.

LEGS. Spination: femora: I with 3 dorsal 1 prolateral, II with 2, III and IV with 1 dorsal spine; two rows of long ventral setae.

ABDOMEN. With row of modiFed Fat setae in front of spinnerets preceded by dense cover of Fattened setae.

LEG MEASUREMENTS:

PALP. ( Figs 10 C–F, 11). Tibia slightly produced forward dorsally; RTA short, dorsoventrally Fattened, sinuous in ventral view; cymbium with dorsal plug pit in front of tibial protrusion; embolus broad at base, tapered to rounded tip with dorsal and ventral lamellae; MA fairly long, sickle shaped, with strong dorsal boss; conductor membranous, rounded.

Female

Unknown.

Distribution

Only known from the type locality in Morocco ( Fig. 13 ).

Figures

Fig. 10. Acanthinozodium quercicola sp. nov., holotype Ƌ. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Idem, ventral view. C. Palp, dorsal view; arrow indicates the crater-like plug pit. D. Idem, prolateral view. E. Idem, ventral view. F. Idem, retrolateral view; arrow indicates the tooth at base of the RTA. Scale bars: A – B = 1 mm; C – F = 0.2 mm.

Fig. 11. Acanthinozodium quercicola sp. nov., holotype Ƌ, palp. A. Ventral view. B. Retrolateral view. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.

Fig. 13. Distribution map of A. crateriferum sp. nov. (●), A. sahelense sp. nov. (■) and A. quercicola sp. nov. (▲).