taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B0E4279E0BFFF4FFA7FD5BFBB49FE6.taxon	materials_examined	Type species. Zodariellum surprisum Andreeva & Tyshchenko, 1968 from Tajikistan, by original designation.	en	Esyunin, Sergei L., Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M. (2023): Redescriptions of two poorly known species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1968 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Uzbekistan. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (4): 703-709, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.9.4.703, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.9.4.703
03B0E4279E0BFFF4FFA7FD5BFBB49FE6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis, description and composition. See Zamani & Marusik (2022).	en	Esyunin, Sergei L., Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M. (2023): Redescriptions of two poorly known species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1968 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Uzbekistan. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (4): 703-709, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.9.4.703, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.9.4.703
03B0E4279E0BFFF4FFA7FBE7FA099445.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Lectotype ♀ (PSU, designated here), UZBEKISTAN: Samarqand Region: Urgut District, near 39 ° 18 ' N 66 ° 55 ' E, 1200 ‒ 1900 m; labelled as “ Zodarion spasskyi n. sp. D. Charitonov det., Aman-Kutap [mountain area], 40 km SE from Samarqand, 23. V. 1942, D. M. Fedotov ”. Paralectotype: 1 ♀ (PSU; epigyne mounted on a slide), collected with the lectotype.	en	Esyunin, Sergei L., Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M. (2023): Redescriptions of two poorly known species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1968 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Uzbekistan. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (4): 703-709, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.9.4.703, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.9.4.703
03B0E4279E0BFFF4FFA7FBE7FA099445.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Zodariellum spasskyi differs from all its congeners by its unique abdominal pattern: light coloured with a wide dark median band spanning from the anterior to the posterior part (vs. a longitudinal dark band absent in other species). The shape of its epigyne is very similar to that of Z. nenilini (Eskov, 1995) and is almost indistinguishable. Nevertheless, there are slight differences in the anterior hood (cf. Figs 4, 8).	en	Esyunin, Sergei L., Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M. (2023): Redescriptions of two poorly known species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1968 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Uzbekistan. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (4): 703-709, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.9.4.703, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.9.4.703
03B0E4279E0BFFF4FFA7FBE7FA099445.taxon	description	Description. Female. Habitus as in Figs 1 – 2. Total length 4.85 (LT), 5.01 (PLT). Carapace length 2.25 (LT), 2.38 (PLT), width 1.05 (LT), 1.70 (PLT). Eye sizes (LT): ALE: 0.10, AME: 0.14, PLE: 0.10, PME: 0.08. Coloration (sensu Charitonov, 1946, 1969): body light yellow; ocular region black; sternum with narrow reddish brown margin; abdomen dorsally with longitudinal dark brown band. Measurements of legs (LT): I: 7.08 (1.90, 0.68, 1.50, 1.93, 1.08), II: 7.18 (1.90, 0.75, 1.38, 2.05, 1.10), III: 7.23 (2.00, 0.75, 1.38, 2.13, 0.98), IV: 9.65 (2.63, 0.83, 2.25, 2.75, 1.20). Epigyne as in Figs 4 – 5; plate twice wider than long, with triangular anterior hood, its anterior margin forming angle of 120 º; receptacles oval, spaced by ca. 4 times their width; copulatory ducts long, twisted 5 times around their axes, converging and forming angle of ca. 105 º. Male. Unknown.	en	Esyunin, Sergei L., Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M. (2023): Redescriptions of two poorly known species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1968 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Uzbekistan. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (4): 703-709, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.9.4.703, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.9.4.703
03B0E4279E0BFFF4FFA7FBE7FA099445.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Confidently known only from the type locality in eastern Uzbekistan. Although Logunov & Gromov (2012) included this species in their list of spiders of Kazakhstan, the original record for Z. spasskyi in this country could not be located. According to Zamani & Marusik (2022), it is likely that this record belongs to a different species. Considering that the epigyne of Z. spasskyi is almost indistinguishable from that of Z. nenilini, it is possible that their record in fact refers to the latter species.	en	Esyunin, Sergei L., Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M. (2023): Redescriptions of two poorly known species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1968 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Uzbekistan. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (4): 703-709, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.9.4.703, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.9.4.703
03B0E4279E08FFF6FF57FC28FC489D15.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype ♀ (PSU; epigyne mounted on a slide), UZBEKISTAN: Samarqand Region: Urgut District, near 39 ° 18 ' N 66 ° 55 ' E, 1200 ‒ 1900 m; labelled as “ Zodarion zebra n. sp., D. Charitonov det., Aman-Kutap [mountain area], 40 km SE from Samarqand, 21. V. 1942, D. M. Fedotov ”.	en	Esyunin, Sergei L., Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M. (2023): Redescriptions of two poorly known species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1968 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Uzbekistan. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (4): 703-709, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.9.4.703, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.9.4.703
03B0E4279E08FFF6FF57FC28FC489D15.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The epigyne of Z. zebra is very similar to that of Z. proszynskii (Nenilin & Fet, 1895). However, it can be distinguished by its large and well-delimited bell-shaped atrium and wider coils of copulatory ducts. Additionally, the anterior part of the copulatory ducts are contiguous (cf. Figs 6, 9). Regarding abdominal patterning, Z. zebra is similar to Z. testaceofasciatum (Spassky, 1941). Nevertheless, it can be distinguished from the latter by its smaller size (carapace length of 1.05, vs. 1.7).	en	Esyunin, Sergei L., Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M. (2023): Redescriptions of two poorly known species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1968 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Uzbekistan. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (4): 703-709, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.9.4.703, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.9.4.703
03B0E4279E08FFF6FF57FC28FC489D15.taxon	description	Description. Female. Habitus as in Fig. 3. Total length 2.45. Carapace length 1.05, width 0.43. Eye sizes: ALE: 0.07, AME: 0.08, PLE: 0.07, PME: 0.07. Coloration (sensu Charitonov 1946, 1969): carapace yellow, with a brown transverse spot on border of cephalic and thoracic parts; eye field black; abdomen light yellow, with 3 transverse brown bands in anterior half and a herringbone-shaped spot in posterior half. Measurements of legs (unlisted segments missing): I: 2.55 (0.67, 0.27, 0.53, 0.60, 0.48), II: 2.56 (0.70, 0.31, 0.49, 0.63, 0.43), Fe III: 0.77, IV: 3.57 (1.01, 0.35, 0.74, 0.92, 0.55). Epigyne as in Figs 6 – 7; plate ca. 1.9 times wider than long; with large, bell-shaped fovea having well delimited margins, ca. as long as wide; receptacles round, spaced by ca. 4 diameters; copulatory ducts converging, touching anteriorly, and forming an angle of 100 º; each copulatory duct forming 4 complete coils. Male. Unknown.	en	Esyunin, Sergei L., Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M. (2023): Redescriptions of two poorly known species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1968 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Uzbekistan. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (4): 703-709, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.9.4.703, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.9.4.703
03B0E4279E08FFF6FF57FC28FC489D15.taxon	discussion	Comments. According to Zamani & Marusik (2022), there is a possibility that Z. zebra is a junior synonym of Z. testaceofasciatum. The latter species is known solely by a female and a juvenile specimen from western Tajikistan, with no accompanying illustrations of the epigyne (Spassky, 1941). These two species exhibit a similar abdominal pattern, and their respective type localities are approximately 200 km apart. Zodariellum turanicum Zamani & Marusik, 2022 is another species with a similar abdominal pattern, known only by the male holotype. Its type locality is situated in Lebap, Turkmenistan, about 155 km away from the type locality of Z. zebra and approximately 300 km from the type locality of Z. testaceofasciatum. Until the discovery of the currently unknown sexes of these species and a redescription of the female of Z. testaceofasciatum is provided, the three species can tentatively be differentiated from one another by their size and coloration (Table 1).	en	Esyunin, Sergei L., Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M. (2023): Redescriptions of two poorly known species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1968 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Uzbekistan. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (4): 703-709, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.9.4.703, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.9.4.703
