Acanthinozodium armita
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Zodariidae
Genus: Acanthinozodium
Name
Acanthinozodium armita Zamani & Marusik, 2021 sp. nov. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type material
Holotype ♂ (MMUE), Iran: Tehran Province: northwest of Tehran, Sardor area, 35°50'N, 51°05'E, 13.06.2000 (Y.M. Marusik). Paratype ♂ (NHMW), Iran: Haji Abad, 06.1972 (G. Pretzman & A. Konetschnig).
Etymology
The specific epithet is a Persian feminine name meaning “righteous”, “virtuous”, and “good”. Noun in apposition.
Diagnosis
The new species differs from all congeners in the region by the short RTA having 2 claw-like outgrowths on the tip (vs. tip tapering and lacking 2 claws) and also by the modified embolus, widening near the tip (vs. unmodified).
Description
Male (holotype). Habitus as in Fig. 18A. Total length 4.70. Carapace 2.18 long, 0.92 wide at pars cephalica, 1.52 wide at pars thoracica. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME: 0.19, ALE: 0.12, PME: 0.10, PLE: 0.12, PME–PME: 0.25. Carapace dark brown, with irregular dark patches and lines. Sternum, labium and maxillae light brown. Chelicera dark brown, with one tooth. Legs light brown, without annulations. Abdomen black, without any pattern; slightly lighter ventrally. Spinnerets pale, uniform in color. Measurements of legs: I: 9.49 (2.38, 0.71, 2.16, 2.76, 1.48), II: 8.76 (2.10, 0.78, 1.98, 2.50, 1.40), III: 8.36 (2.11, 0.70, 1.69, 2.73, 1.13), IV: 11.42 (3.00, 0.81, 2.60, 3.59, 1.42). Palp as in Figs 20A–C, 22A–C, F. RTA short and stout, with 2 claw-like outgrowths on the tip; ventral apophysis absent; tegulum longer than wide; median apophysis (Ma) longer than wide, with outgrowths on all four sides; embolus with a distinct ridge (Er); embolus proper twisted basally and widened near the tip.
Female. Unknown.
Distribution
Known from the type locality in Tehran Province, northern Iran, and another locality (Haji Abad) which cannot be georeferenced because there are many places with this name in Iran (Fig. 33).
Original Description
- Zamani, A; Marusik, Y; 2021: Revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Iran and Turkmenistan, with seventeen new species ZooKeys, 1035: 145-193. doi
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