Zodarion varoli Akpınar, 2016

Coşar, İlhan, Danişman, Tarik & Elverici, Mert, 2022, First description of the females of two species of Zodarion (Araneae: Zodariidae), Zootaxa 5178 (1), pp. 92-100 : 96-97

Zodarion varoli Akpınar, 2016

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Zodarion varoli Akpinar, 2016: 390 , f. 1A-E (Dm).

Material: 2♀♀, Turkey, İzmir Province, Ödemiş, Bozdağ (38°19’57”N 28°06’04”E), elev. 1542 m, 29.VII.2017, E. A. Yağmur leg ; 3♂♂, 2♀♀, Turkey, İzmir Province, Ödemiş, Bozdağ (38°11’58”N 28°06’49”E), 1500 m, 29.VII.2017, E. A. Yağmur leg.

Diagnosis. Males can be differentiated from all other Zodarion species known from Turkey by the trapezoid shaped tegulum and crescent shaped median apophysis ( Figs 25–28 ). Females are similar to those of Z. abantense Wunderlich, 1980 by the small posterio-median incision vs. larger in Z. abantense (as long as 1.5 times the diameter of the spermatheca vs. 1), and also by the two lobes of the spermathecae separated by 4 times diameters vs. 2.5 ( Figs 29–33 ).

Description. Male. Measurements: Total length 3.30. Carapace 1.6 long, 1.15 wide. Abdomen 1.7 long, 1.1 wide. Ocular area 0.4 long. Chelicerae 0.45 long, 0.25 wide. Sternum 0.95 long, 0.75 wide. Clypeus 0.20 high. Eye diameters and inter-distances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.10, PME 0.07, PLE 0.07, AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.02, AME–PLE 0.07, AME–PME 0.10, PME–PME 0.17, PME–PLE 0.05, PLE–ALE 0.02, PLE–PLE 0.30. Leg formula 4123. Leg lengths: Leg I 4.90 (1.40, 0.40, 1.10, 1.15, 0.85), Leg II 4.35 (1.10, 0.40, 1.0, 1.10, 0,75), Leg III 4.0 (1.10, 0.40, 0.90, 0.95, 0.65), Leg IV 5.95 (1.55, 0.45, 1.40, 1.65, 0.90). Prosoma yellowish brown, with dark brown fovea, with two oblique lighter oval shapes delimited by dark margins in front of fovea; thoracic part with striae color pattern, reticulate behind eye region and with triangular spot on clypeus. Chelicerae light yellow, darker medially to anterior. Sternum dark brown, without setae ( Fig. 18 ). Abdomen blackish, covered with short, light setae ( Fig. 17 ), ventrally light brown. Spinnerets white, with a row of tightly packed, dark setae ( Fig. 18 ). All leg’s femora and only coxae of Leg I with brown, other segments light yellow. Palp. Retrolateral tibial apophysis finger shaped, longer than wide, gradually narrowing, its tip gently curved. Tegulum trapezoid shaped, strongly protruding in lateral view. Median apophysis crescent shaped ( Figs 25–28 ).

Female. Measurements: Total length 3.90. Prosoma 1.80 long, 1.20 wide.Abdomen 2.10 long, 1.60 wide. Ocular area 0.50 long. Chelicerae 0.50 long, 0.35 wide. Sternum 1.0 long, 0.90 wide. Clypeus 0.25 high. Eye diameters and inter-distances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.10, PME 0.07, PLE 0.07, AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.05, AME–PLE 0.07, AME–PME 0.12, PME–PME 0.20, PME–PLE 0.05, PLE–ALE 0.02, PLE–PLE 0.35. Leg formula 4123. Leg lengths: Leg I 4.80 (1.20, 0.45, 1.10, 1.25, 0.80), Leg II 4.50 (1.15, 0.40, 1.0, 1.20, 0.75), Leg III 4.35 (1.10, 0.40, 1.0, 1.20, 0.65), Leg IV 6.30 (1.60, 0.50, 1.50, 1.80, 0.90). Prosoma yellowish brown, with dispersed blackish pattern, edges brown, with two lighter elliptic, oblique shapes anterior to fovea; anterior part higher than posterior ( Fig. 21 ). AME ringed with black ( Fig. 24 ). Clypeus high, light brown, with large, roughly triangular dark pattern medially ( Fig. 23 ). Chelicerae light yellow, darker medially to anterior. Sternum yellowish brown, without setae, ventrally yellowish brown, anteriorly darker ( Fig. 22 ). Abdomen dorsally with reticulated dark brown and yellow pattern, with short, dark setae, ventrally light yellow. Spinnerets white, anteriorly with a row of tightly packed dark setae. All leg’s femora and coxae of Leg I brown, other segments light yellow. Epigyne with small, postero- median incision, incision length approximately 1.5 times the diameter of the spermatheca. Anteromedian hood triangular shaped. Fertilisation duct extends downwards approximately as long as the diameter of the spermatheca. Spermathecae with two lobes, separated by 4 times their diameter ( Figs 29–33 ).

Distribution. Western Turkey, in Manisa province ( Akpınar 2016) and İzmir Province (present study) ( Fig. 34 ).

Figures

FIGURE 34. Records of Zodarion samos (red circles: first records, black circle: new record) and Z. varoli (red star: first record, black stars: new records).

FIGURES 17-24. Zodarion varoli Akpınar, 2016. 17 habitus, male, dorsal, 18 idem, ventral 19 idem, frontal, 20 ocular area, dorsal, 21 habitus, female, dorsal, 22 idem, ventral, 23 idem, frontal, 24 ocular area, dorsal. (Scale lines: 17–18, 21–22 = 0.5 mm; 19–20, 23–24 = 0.2 mm).

FIGURES 25-28. Zodarion varoli Akpınar, 2016. 25–26 male, palp, lateral, 27 idem, retrolateral, 28 idem, ventral (Scale lines = 0.2 mm).

FIGURES 29-31. Zodarion varoli Akpınar, 2016. 29–30 epigyne, ventral, 31 idem, dorsal (30 and 31, after maceration) (Scale lines = 0.2 mm).

FIGURES 32-33. Zodarion varoli Akpınar, 2016. 32 Epigyne, ventral, 33 idem, dorsal.Abbreviations:AH–anteromedian hood, FD–fertilization duct, S–spermatheca (Scale lines = 0.1 mm).