Acanthinozodium kiana
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Zodariidae
Genus: Acanthinozodium
Name
Acanthinozodium kiana Zamani & Marusik, 2021 sp. nov. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type material
Holotype ♂ (MHNG), Iran: Kurdistan Province: south of Divandareh, 35°45'N, 47°05'E, 23.06.1975 (A. Senglet).
Etymology
The specific epithet is a Kurdish feminine name meaning “nature”. Noun in apposition.
Diagnosis
The new species is very similar to A. masa sp. nov. by the shape of the RTA and ventral tibial apophysis but differs by the shape of the prolateral outgrowth of the median apophysis which is finger-like and triangular, terminally with a small hook (vs. broad and bifurcated).
Description
Male. Habitus as in Fig. 18K. Total length 3.80. Carapace 2.08 long, 1.03 wide at pars cephalica, 1.85 wide at pars thoracica. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME: 0.17, ALE: 0.12, PME: 0.09, PLE: 0.10, PME–PME: 0.23. Carapace light brown, darker at pars cephalica. Sternum, labium, maxillae and chelicerae yellowish. Legs yellowish, with numerous macrosetae and without annulations. Abdomen grayish dorsally, lighter ventrally. Spinnerets pale, uniform in color. Measurements of legs: I: 7.57 (2.02, 0.75, 1.67, 1.97, 1.16), II: 7.06 (1.84, 0.74, 1.50, 1.95, 1.03), III: 7.24 (1.98, 0.71, 1.47, 2.08, 1.00), IV: 9.46 (2.63, 0.78, 2.26, 2.77, 1.02).
Palp as in Figs 20G, H, 24E, F. RTA long, with a small projection apically; ventral apophysis relatively small and conical; tegulum with posterior process; median apophysis (Ma) wider than long, with a distinct prolateral outgrowth which is triangular terminally and with a small hook; embolus broad basally, originating at about the 7 o’clock position; embolus proper relatively broad and distinctly curved over the median apophysis. Female. Unknown.
Distribution
Known from the type locality in Kurdistan Province, western 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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