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Issue: Vol. 5419 No. 1: 5 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.1.4
Page range: 112-120
Abstract views: 7
PDF downloaded: 2

On the taxonomy of the Zodarion thoni species-group (Araneae, Zodariidae), with description of a new species with an unmodified embolus

National Museum of Natural History; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd.; 1000 Sofia; Bulgaria
Araneae Ant-eating spiders Asia Minor new synonymy revalidation taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of Zodarion, belonging to Z. thoni-group, is described from the Taurus Mountains, Turkey. By now, it is the only known species with an unmodified embolic tip in this group. The syntypes of Z. rhodiense Caporiacco, 1948, Z. nigrifemur Caporiacco, 1948, and the holotype of Z. granulatum Kulczyński, 1908 are revised. Zodarion rhodiense sp. reval. is revalidated and Z. nigrifemur syn. n. is assigned as its junior synonym.

 

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