Acanthinozodium parmida
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Zodariidae
Genus: Acanthinozodium
Name
Acanthinozodium parmida Zamani & Marusik, 2021 sp. nov. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type material
Holotype ♂ (MHNG), Iran: Isfahan Province: Qamsar and Barzok Protected Area, 55 km SW of Qamsar, 14 km NE Kamoo, near the road of Gargash observatory, 33°37'N, 51°19'E, 2710 m, 19.05.2016 (P. Ponel).
Etymology
The specific epithet refers to a Persian princess, the only daughter of Bardiya (Smerdis), son of Cyrus the Great. Noun in apposition.
Diagnosis
The new species differs from the congeners in the region by its smaller size, by having a dorsal scutum, and by the very short tip (free part) of embolus having a long furrow with a serrate ventral margin. It is closely related to A. ovtchinnikovi sp. nov. from southeastern Turkmenistan, from which it can be differentiated by having an almost as long as wide bulb (vs. longer than wide), shorter cymbium (length/width ratio 1.4 vs. 1.86), a different shape of median apophysis (posterior portion larger than anterior one, vs. opposite) and the different position of embolic base (6:30 o'clock, vs. 8:00 o'clock; cf. Figs 19B and 22G).
Description
Male. Habitus as in Fig. 19A. Total length 1.75. Carapace 0.83 long, 0.42 wide at pars cephalica, 0.60 wide at pars thoracica. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME: 0.10, ALE: 0.06, PME: 0.06, PLE: 0.05, PME–PME: 0.10. Carapace, sternum, labium, chelicerae and maxillae yellowish; carapace with irregular dark patterns. Chelicera with one tooth. Legs yellowish, without annulations. Abdomen dorsally black, covered with scutum, ventrally grayish. Spinnerets pale, uniform in color. Measurements of legs: I: 1.89 (0.42, 0.23, 0.41, 0.41, 0.42), II: 1.64 (0.40, 0.23, 0.31, 0.33, 0.37), III: 1.54 (0.41, 0.21, 0.32, 0.29, 0.31), IV: 2.35 (0.60, 0.26, 0.52, 0.59, 0.38).
Palp as in Figs 19B, C, 25A–C. Ventral tibial apophysis lacking, RTA (Ra) almost triangular, slightly longer than tibia; cymbium very broad; tegulum slightly wider than long; sperm duct tracking margin of tegulum, lacking any turns; median apophysis (Ma) relatively small, less than half of tegulum's height, posterior part larger than anterior; embolus very short, shorter than median apophysis and conductor (Co), embolus originating at about 6:30 o'clock position with its terminal 2/3 having a longitudinal furrow (Er) with a finely serrated ventral margin. Female. Unknown.
Distribution
Known from the type locality in Isfahan Province, central 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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