Acanthinozodium masa, Zamani & Marusik, 2021

Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2021, Revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Iran and Turkmenistan, with seventeen new species, ZooKeys 1035, pp. 145-193 : 145

Acanthinozodium masa sp. nov. Figs 18L , 20I-K , 24A, B , 33

Type material.

Holotype ♂ and paratype ♂ (MHNG), Iran: Kermanshah Province: Mahi Dasht, 34°14'N, 46°42'E, 29.06.1974 (A. Senglet).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a Kurdish feminine name, meaning "bright like the moon". Noun in apposition.

Diagnosis.

The new species is very similar to A. diara sp. nov. by the shape of the RTA, the ventral tibial apophysis and the curvature of the embolus but differs by the shape of the median apophysis (cf. Fig. 20D and 20J ) and the conductor lacking a small retrolateral indentation apically (vs. present).

Description.

Male (holotype). Habitus as in Fig. 18L . Total length 3.05. Carapace 1.47 long, 0.66 wide at pars cephalica, 1.10 wide at pars thoracica. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME: 0.12, ALE: 0.10, PME: 0.07, PLE: 0.08, PME-PME: 0.12. Carapace, sternum, labium, chelicerae and maxillae brown; carapace with irregular patterns. Chelicera with one tooth. Legs yellowish brown. Abdomen dorsally black, grayish ventrally. Spinnerets pale, uniform in color. Measurements of legs: I: 5.52 (1.50, 0.47, 1.23, 1.42, 0.90), II: 4.91 (1.15, 0.50, 1.11, 1.30, 0.85), III: 4.62 (1.10, 0.45, 0.94, 1.43, 0.70), Fe IV: 1.80, rest of the segments missing.

Palp as in Figs 20I-K , 24A, B . RTA long and conical, with a small projection apically; tegulum with posterior process (Tp); ventral apophysis relatively large and conical; median apophysis wider than long, with a large bifurcated outgrowth prolaterally; embolus broad basally, originating at about the 7 o’clock position; embolus proper thin and steadily curving.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality in Kermanshah Province, western Iran (Fig. 33 ).

Figures

Figure 18. Habitus of Acanthinozodium armita sp. nov. (A), A. diara sp. nov. (B), A. dorsa sp. nov. (C, D), A. elburzicum sp. nov. (E-J), A. kiana sp. nov. (K) and A. masa sp. nov. (L) A-C, F, G, K, L males, dorsal H male, ventral D, E, I females, dorsal J female, ventral. Scale bars: 0.2 mm, unless stated otherwise.

Figure 20. Male palps of Acanthinozodium armita sp. nov. (A-C), A. diara sp. nov. (D-F), A. kiana sp. nov. (G, H) and A. masa sp. nov. (I-K) A, D, G, J ventral B, E, H, I retrolateral C, F, K dorsal. Scale bars: 0.2 mm, unless stated otherwise.

Figure 24. SEM images of the male palps of Acanthinozodium masa sp. nov. (A, B), A. dorsa sp. nov. (C, D) and A. kiana sp. nov. (E, F) A, C, E ventral B, F retroventral D retrolateral. Abbreviations: Co - conductor, Em - embolus, Ma - median apophysis, Ra - retrolateral tibial apophysis, Va - ventral apophysis, Tp - tegular process. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Figure 33. Distribution records of Acanthinozodium spp. (partim 1 - 3, 5, 6, 8, 9), Zodariellum spp. (10, 11) and Zodarion spp. (4, 7, 12) in Iran and Turkmenistan: 1 A. armita sp. nov. 2 A. diara sp. nov. 3 A. elburzicum sp. nov. 4 Z. buettikeri 5 A. dorsa sp. nov. 6 A. kiana sp. nov. 7 Z. lutipes 8 A. masa sp. nov. 9 A. parmida sp. nov. 10 Z. proszynskii 11 Z. sytchevskajae 12 Z. talyschicum.