Zodarion maculatum (Simon)

Shafaie, Sepideh, Pekár, Stano & Ortiz, David, 2025, Zodarion spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae): morphology, molecular characterisation and reassessment of the elegans, italicum, and pusio groups from Iberia and the Canary Islands, Journal of Natural History 59 (25 - 28), pp. 1825-1875 : 1833-1837

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2498047

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17006783

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1533B37E-FFAE-E146-D8CA-FAC98085FB53

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Zodarion maculatum (Simon)
status

 

Zodarion maculatum (Simon) View in CoL

( Figures 6 View Figure 6 , 7 View Figure 7 , 21G–I View Figure 21 , 22 View Figure 22 , 25H View Figure 25 , 26H View Figure 26 , 27F View Figure 27 )

Enyo maculata Simon, 1870: 146 (♀).

Zodarion maculatum View in CoL – Denis 1935c: 66, 69; fig. 7 (♀). – Bosmans 1994: 127; figs 39–41, 103–104 (♂ ♀). – Bosmans 1997: 270; figs 6–7, 79–80 (♂ ♀). – Pekár et al. 2011: 29 View Cited Treatment (♂ ♀). – Oger and Melotti 2015: 2; figs 1–5 (♀). – Benhalima and Bosmans 2020: 99 View Cited Treatment ; figs 25–26, 34– 38, 49–53 (♂ ♀). – Wunderlich 2024: 25.

Zodarion variegatum View in CoL – Denis 1956: 201; figs 12–14 (♀).

Zodarion tuber View in CoL – Wunderlich 2022: 35; figs 69–71 (♂).

Examined type material

Lectotype (♀) and paralectotype (♀): ITALY: Sicily; MNHN-AR1512 . Holotype (♂) of Z. tuber : PORTUGAL: Fuzeta Islands near Fuzeta (Ria Formosa Natural Park), Olhão; 24 May 2016; J. Wunderlich leg.; ZMH A0014217 , figures examined .

Other material examined

PORTUGAL: 1 ♀; Monte Gordo, Vila Real de Santo António; 10 m a .s .l.; 5 April 1971; J . Murphy and F . Murphy leg.; garrigue; CJFM-2498, G7572.1871. 1 ♀; Herdade da Mitra , Évora; 38.53°N, 8.015°W; 26 April 2015, S GoogleMaps . Korenko leg GoogleMaps .; CMU. 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 1 juv . GoogleMaps ; close to road N379-1 ( Serra da Arrábida Natural Park   GoogleMaps ), Setúbal; 38.46°N, 9.01°W; 240 m a .s GoogleMaps .l.; 29 May 2018; S . Pekár and D GoogleMaps . Ortiz leg.; CMU. 1 ♂; Bordeira, Aljezur ; 30 May 2018; S . Pekár and D . Ortiz leg.; CMU. 1 ♂, 2 ♀; 13 km South of Serpa, Serpa ; 37.822°N, 7.622°W; 1 June 2018; S GoogleMaps . Pekár and D GoogleMaps . Ortiz leg.; CMU. SPAIN: 1 ♂; Málaga : Canillas de Albaida, 500 m a .s.l.; 29 March 1987; J . Murphy and F . Murphy leg.; stones, litter; CJFM-18594, G7572.12832. 2 ♂, 1 ♀; Pinus forest at Parc Natural del Garraf , Barcelona; 17 May 2006; W . Nentwig leg .; CMU. 5 ♂; idem; 14 June 2006; W . Nentwig leg .; CMU. 1 ♂; Sitges ; 9 September 2006; S . Pekár leg .; CMU. 3 ♂, 3 ♀; outside Nerja Caves, Málaga ; 36.762°N, 3.845°W; 2 October 2012; S GoogleMaps . Pekár leg GoogleMaps .; CMU. 1 ♀; Zaidín , Huesca; 150 m a .s .l.; 14 June 2018; D . Ortiz and E . Líznarová leg.; CMU. 1 ♀; Castellón de la Plana, Castellón ; 39.983°N, 0.09°W; 70 m a GoogleMaps .s GoogleMaps .l.; 16 June 2018; D . Ortiz and E GoogleMaps . Líznarová leg.; CMU. 4 ♂, 16 ♀, 2 juv . GoogleMaps ; Torrecera, Cádiz   GoogleMaps ; 36.607°N, 5.941°W; 16 October 2022; S . Pekár leg GoogleMaps .; CMU. 2 ♀, 3 juv . GoogleMaps ; Matalascañas, Huelva   GoogleMaps ; 36.985°N, 6.526°W; 18 November 2022; S . Pekár leg GoogleMaps .; CMU. 1 ♀; Casares, Málaga ; 36.446°N, 5.279°W; 2 May 2024, S GoogleMaps . Pekár and S GoogleMaps . Shafaie leg.; CMU.

Diagnosis

Zodarion maculatum can be distinguished from other members within the elegans group by the presence of a long terminal apophysis in males ( Figures 21H, 21I View Figure 21 , 22A, 22B View Figure 22 ), and a short, protruding septum with a transverse, bean-shaped cavity in females ( Figures 25H View Figure 25 , 27F View Figure 27 ).

Description

For a detailed description of the habitus and male palp, refer to Bosmans (1994). Epigyne. ( Figure 27F View Figure 27 ) Epigyne comprising a short, protruding septum with a transverse, bean-shaped cavity located behind the septum. Copulatory openings on sides of the septum.

Molecular data

COI mitochondrial barcodes (GenBank accession): MF919374, MT370075, MW760718 , PQ119978.

Maximum intraspecific COI divergence (4): 1.1%. Minimum interspecific divergence (to Z. machadoi ): 7.1%. Consensus COI distance to the closest species ( Z. styliferum ): 3.6%.

Distribution

Algeria, France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain.

ZMH

Zoologisches Museum Hamburg

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Zodariidae

Genus

Zodarion

Loc

Zodarion maculatum (Simon)

Shafaie, Sepideh, Pekár, Stano & Ortiz, David 2025
2025
Loc

Zodarion tuber

Wunderlich J 2022: 35
2022
Loc

Zodarion variegatum

Denis J 1956: 201
1956
Loc

Zodarion maculatum

Wunderlich J 2024: 25
Benhalima S & Bosmans R 2020: 99
Oger P & Melotti G 2015: 2
Pekar S & Cardoso P & Barriga JC & Carvalho JC 2011: 29
Bosmans R 1997: 270
Bosmans R 1994: 127
Denis J 1935: 66
1935
Loc

Enyo maculata

Simon E 1870: 146
1870
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