Zodariellum proszynskii (Nenilin & Fet, 1985)

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

Zodariellum proszynskii (Nenilin & Fet, 1985) Figs 31A-C , 33

Zodarion proszynskii Nenilin & Fet, 1985: 618, f. 1-4, 9 (♂♀).

Material.

Iran: Razavi Khorasan Province: 1♀ (MHNG), Qouchan , 37°12'N, 58°29'E, 15.07.1974 (A. Senglet) .

Comparative material.

Zodariellum bactrianum (Kroneberg, 1875): 1♂ from Tajikistan (Fig. 28D-F ) .

Comments.

This species was previously known from the original description only. It differs from the similar Z. sytchevskajae by the shape of the male palpal tibia and the epigyne (see Nenilin and Fet 1985).

Records in Iran.

Razavi Khorasan (current data) (Fig. 33 ).

Records in Turkmenistan.

Balkan ( Nenilin and Fet 1985) (Fig. 33 ).

Distribution.

Previously known only from the type locality in Turkmenistan. This is a new record for Iran, representing the southernmost record in the known genus range.

Figures

Figure 28. SEM images of the male palps of Zodarion nitidum (A-C) and Z. bactrianum (D-F) A, D ventral B, E retrolateral C dorsal F retrodorsal. Abbreviations: Co - conductor, Eb - embolar base, Em - embolus, Ma - median apophysis, Mc - claw of median apophysis, Ra - retrolateral tibial apophysis, Tp - tegular process, Tu - tutaculum, Va - ventral apophysis. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Figure 31. Epigyne of Zodariellum proszynskii A intact, ventral B, C macerated, ventral and dorsal. Scale bar: 0.2 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.