Acanthinozodium diara, 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

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1035.65767
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scientific name	Acanthinozodium diara
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Acanthinozodium diara sp. nov. Figs 18B View Figure 18 , 20D-F View Figure 20 , 23D-F View Figure 23 , 33 View Figure 33

Type material.

Holotype ♂ (MHNG), Iran: Ilam Province: Dizgaran, 33°44'N, 46°59'E, 16.5.1974 (A. Senglet). Paratype ♂ (MMUE), IRAN: Lorestan Province: Dorood, 31.7.2011 (S. Zaruni).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a Persian feminine name meaning “motherland”. Noun in apposition.

Diagnosis.

Acanthinozodium diara sp. nov. is very similar to A. masa 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 View Figure 20 and 20J View Figure 20 ) and the conductor having a small retrolateral indentation apically (vs. without indentation).

Description.

Male (holotype). Habitus as in Fig. 18B View Figure 18 . Total length 4.70. Carapace 2.18 long, 0.92 wide at pars cephalica, 1.52 wide at pars thoracica. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME: 0.19, ALE: 0.12, PME: 0.10, PLE: 0.12, PME-PME: 0.25. Carapace dark brown, with irregular dark patches and lines. Sternum, labium and maxillae light brown. Chelicera dark brown, with one retromarginal tooth. Legs light brown, without annulations. Abdomen black, without any pattern; slightly lighter ventrally. Spinnerets pale, uniform in color. Measurements of legs: I: 9.49 (2.38, 0.71, 2.16, 2.76, 1.48), II: 8.76 (2.10, 0.78, 1.98, 2.50, 1.40), III: 8.36 (2.11, 0.70, 1.69, 2.73, 1.13), IV: 11.42 (3.00, 0.81, 2.60, 3.59, 1.42).

Palp as in Figs 20D-F View Figure 20 , 23D-F View Figure 23 . RTA long and conical, with a small projection apically (Fig. 20E View Figure 20 ); tegulum with posterior process; ventral apophysis small and conical; median apophysis almost as long as wide, with outgrowths on all four sides, posterior one largest; embolus broad basally, originating at about the 7 o’clock position; embolus proper thin and steadily curving.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known from the listed localities in Ilam and Lorestan provinces, western Iran (Fig. 33 View Figure 33 ).