Acanthinozodium elburzicum
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Zodariidae
Genus: Acanthinozodium
Name
Acanthinozodium elburzicum Zamani & Marusik, 2021 sp. nov. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type material
Holotype ♂ (MHNG), Iran: Tehran Province: Jamshidieh Mts., 35°49'N, 51°27'E, 05.2015 (A. Zamani). Paratypes: 1♀ (MHNG), Pardisan Park, 35°44'N, 51°21'E, 05.2015 (A. Zamani); 5♂2♀1j. (MMUE), Latian Dam, 35°48'N, 51°08'E, 06–19.06.2000 (Y.M. Marusik); 3♂1♀ (MMUE), Plant Protection Institute, 35°40'N, 51°24'E, 07–22.06.2000 (Y.M. Marusik).
Etymology
The specific epithet refers to the Elburz Mountain Range, in which the type locality of the new species is situated.
Diagnosis
The male of the new species is similar to A. diara sp. nov. by the similar shape of the RTA and they both have a small retrolateral indentation apically on the conductor, but differs by the shape of the median apophysis, which is with a distinctly larger prolateral outgrowth. The female of the new species is most similar to A. dorsa sp. nov. but differs by the epigynal hood being wider than long (vs. longer than wide) and receptacles separated by about 4 diameters (vs. ca. 2.5).
Description
Male (holotype). Habitus as in Fig. 18F–H (holotype: 18F). Total length 4.30. Carapace 2.08 long, 0.97 wide at pars cephalica, 1.49 wide at pars thoracica. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME: 0.14, ALE: 0.12, PME: 0.08, PLE: 0.09, PME–PME: 0.15. Carapace dark brown, lighter in pars cephalica, with irregular dark patches and lines. Sternum, labium and maxillae light brown. Chelicera (Fig. 26E) dark brown, with one retromarginal tooth. Legs slightly lighter than carapace, without annulations. Abdomen dorsally black and with large scutum; ventrally grayish, without any pattern. Spinnerets pale, uniform in color. Measurements of legs: I: 7.52 (1.79, 0.71, 1.75, 2.03, 1.24), II: 6.79 (1.87, 0.69, 1.40, 1.83, 1.00), III: 6.90 (1.78, 0.74, 1.40, 2.06, 0.92), IV: 9.19 (2.48, 0.83, 2.15, 2.84, 0.89).
Palp as in Figs 21D–F, 23A–C, 29A. RTA (Ra) long and conical, with a small projection apically; ventral apophysis (Va) small and conical; tegulum with posterior process; median apophysis (Ma) wider than long, with outgrowths on all four sides, the triangular prolateral one the largest; embolus (Em) originating at about the 7 o’clock position; embolus proper thin and steadily curving. Female. Habitus as in Fig. 18E, I, J. Total length 4.95. Carapace 1.95 long, 0.96 wide at pars cephalica, 1.40 wide at pars thoracica. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME: 0.15, ALE: 0.12, PME: 0.08, PLE: 0.11, PME–PME: 0.15. Coloration as in male, with paler abdomen lacking a scutum. Measurements of legs: I: 6.54 (1.50, 0.70, 1.44, 1.76, 1.14), II: 6.27 (1.59, 0.67, 1.33, 1.67, 1.01), III: 6.23 (1.60, 0.71, 1.21, 1.74, 0.97), IV: 8.11 (2.04, 0.78, 1.81, 2.46, 1.02).
Epigyne as in Fig. 30A–E. Epigynal plater over 3 times wider than long, lacking fovea; anterior hood wider than long; receptacles with rounded posterior parts, separated by about 4 diameters.
Distribution
Known from the listed localities in Tehran Province, northern 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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