Zodarion
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Zodariidae
Name
Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type species
Enyo nitida Audouin, 1826 from Egypt.
Comments
With 177 named species, this is the largest genus within Zodariinae (WSC 2021[1]). Based on the copulatory organs of the species currently considered in this genus, Zodarion does not appear to be monophyletic. There are only two species that are morphologically similar to the generotype: Z. luctuosum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) and Z. lutipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), from the eastern Mediterranean (east of Tunisia to Iran).
Comparative material
Zodarion expers (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876), 1♂ from Israel (Figs 19D–F, 25D–F) and Zodarion nitidum (Audouin, 1826): 1♂ from Israel (Fig. 28A–C)
Comments
Until recently, Z. expers was placed in Ranops Jocqué, 1991, but now it is placed in Zodarion. It differs from the generotype of Ranops, but the copulatory organs are also very different from those of Z. nitidum, and most likely it represents a separate genus. Although it is absent in Iran or Turkmenistan, we have provided figures of this species to illustrate the differences with the generotype of Zodarion. Furthermore, although Z. nitidum has not been recorded in the current study area, because it is the type species of the genus, we have provided illustartions for this species as well, to demonstrate its differences with other Zodariinae genera in Iran and Turkmenistan, as well as with other species currently placed in Zodarion.
Taxon Treatment
- 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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Other References
- ↑ WSC (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.5. Natural History Museum Bern, http://wsc.nmbe.ch [accessed on 6.03.2021]