Zodarion dispar Denis

Shafaie, Sepideh, Pekár, Stano, Korba, Jan, Doumandji, Salaheddine & Berretima, Wahiba, 2025, Contribution to the zodariid spider fauna (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Algeria, Journal of Natural History 59 (25 - 28), pp. 1895-1916 : 1905-1910

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2501589

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scientific name

Zodarion dispar Denis
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Zodarion dispar Denis View in CoL

( Figures 1 View Figure 1 (D), 2 (D), 3 (D), (J), 4 (E), 5 (E), 6 (G–I), 7(A–D))

Zodarion dispar Denis 1935c, p. 70 View in CoL , fig. 8 (♀).

Type material examined

Holotype ♀, ALGERIA: Ouarsenis Mountain Range, without further data . Paratypes: 3♀ ( MNHN-AR 1554), collected together with the holotype.

Other material examined

2♂, 2 juveniles, ALGERIA: Tissemsilt, Théniet El Had Town , without further data ( MNHN-AR1546 ) . 8♂, 3♀, 2 juveniles ( CMU), Tissemsilt Province, Boucaid Town, Aïn Antar hiking area, 35.8916°N, 1.6749°W, 15 April 2023 (J. Korba) GoogleMaps .

Comment

The male of Z. dispar is described here for the first time. Moreover, as the females of this species have previously been documented in French, we present a redescription. Diagnosis

The male of Z. dispar can be distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: the ventral tooth of the embolus with a rounded tip, accompanied by a shorter, broad and truncate dorsal tooth with its tip irregularly elongated on one side and extending asymmetrically ( Figures 6 View Figure 6 (H), 7(A), (C)), and the tibial apophysis bent distally, ending in a large anterior tooth directed anteriorly and a small posterior tooth directed posteriorly ( Figures 6 View Figure 6 (I), 7(B), (D)). For female, see Z. algiricum .

Description

Male (from Aïn Antar). Total length 3.61, carapace 1.83 long, 1.33 wide. Habitus ( Figures 4 View Figure 4 (E), 5(E)): Prosoma. Carapace black with longitudinal pale median band (Mb), trifurcated behind eyes, gradually narrowing posteriorly. Lateral bands (Lb) pale, broken, broader than median band. Clypeus and chelicerae dark brown; mouthparts dark brown with pale base; sternum dark brown with pale marginal areas. Eyes. AME 0.1, ALE 0.8, PME = PLE 0.07. Abdomen dorsum black with white marks, posterior marks fused. Venter white-yellow with dark brown areas; spinnerets brown at base, pale at tip. Legs. Coxae pale, femora black, patellae and tarsi yellow, tibiae and metatarsi light grey. Leg lengths: I 6.81 (1.34, 0.78, 1.71, 1.88, 1.1), II 6.42 (1.22, 0.69, 1.75, 1.84, 0.92), III 5.45 (1.04, 0.57, 1.42, 1.57, 0.85), IV 8.57 (2.21, 0.9, 2.04, 2.22, 1.2). Palp ( Figure 6 View Figure 6 (G–I), 7(A–D)): Tibial apophysis elongated, with a prominent bulge at base, tip split into two blunt teeth: anterior tooth longer, directed anteriorly, and posterior tooth shorter, directed posteriorly. Median apophysis U-shaped, blunt distally. Embolus with two teeth: longer ventral tooth with rounded tip and a broad truncate dorsal tooth with irregularly elongated tip on one side.

Redescription

Female (from Aïn Antar). Total length 5.1, carapace 2.03 long, 1.43 wide. Habitus ( Figures 1 View Figure 1 (D), 2(D)): Prosoma, abdomen, eyes and legs: same as those in males except for grey patellae and darker tibiae and metatarsi. Leg lengths: I 6.82 (1.8, 0.69, 1.5, 1.81, 1.02), II 6.44 (1.71, 0.46,

1.32, 1.85, 1.1), III 5.96 (1.65, 0.6, 1.08, 1.81, 0.82), IV 7.9 (2.01, 0.77, 1.79, 2.21, 1.12). Copulatory organ ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 (D), (J)): Epigyne with central semicircular cavity, sclerotised exteriorly. Cavity posteriorly flanked by a pair of epigynal wings, roughly rounded triangular. Vulva 3.6 times wider than long, with structures at similar levels; spermathecae small, separated by more than four diameters, each connected anteromesally to bladder-like structure.

Variation

Total length: males (n = 10) 2.56–3.62, females (n = 7) 3.91–5.1.

CMU

Chiang Mai University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Zodariidae

Genus

Zodarion

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Zodarion dispar Denis

Shafaie, Sepideh, Pekár, Stano, Korba, Jan, Doumandji, Salaheddine & Berretima, Wahiba 2025
2025
Loc

Zodarion dispar

Denis J 1935: 70
1935
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