Parazodarion raddei (Simon, 1889)

Figs 25–26, 106

Zodarion raddei Simon, 1889: 383 .

Zodarion vlasovi Sytshevskaja in Vlassov & Sytshevskaja, 1937: 249, figs 1–3.

Zodarion raddei – Denis 1958: 111, figs 42–44. — Fet 1985: 274. — Marusik & Koponen 2001: 46, fig. 27.

Parazodarion raddei – Ovtchinnikov et al. 2009: 471, fig. 1.1–6. — Zamani & Marusik 2021: 182, fig. 26a–c.

Diagnosis

Refer to Ovtchinnikov et al. (2009).

Material examined

AFGHANISTAN • 1 ♀; Badghis, Bala Murghab; 18 Jul.–4 Sep. 1964; O. Jakeš leg.; MMBC 7633 (5601/ Ent) .

IRAN • 5 ♀♀; Taybad, Dowqarun; 8 Nov. 2014; P. Rashidi leg.; ZMFUM-TA 1183 .

Description

For a detailed description, refer to Ovtchinnikov et al. (2009).

Remarks

The single female specimen from Afghanistan exhibits slight differences compared to the Iranian population, particularly in the height of the spermathecal bodies, which are arranged in descending order (vs more or less equally sized, cf. Fig. 26D and Fig. 26B), and in the lighter proximal parts of Fe I and II (vs entirely dark, cf. Fig. 25C and Fig. 25A). Given the unlikely prospect of obtaining additional material from Afghanistan in the near future, we treated this single specimen as P. raddei .

Distribution

Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates.