Zodarion yagmuri Coşar & Danişman 2021, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Coşar, Ilhan
name: Danişman, Tarik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Zodariidae
Zodarion
Zodarion yagmuri

description: Zodarion yagmuri spec. nov.
(Figs 11–16)
Type material: Holotype (KUAM-ZOD-2020/84) ♂, Turkey, Adıyaman Province, Tut District, Meryemuşağı Village, 37°46’39’’N, 37°50’02’’E, elev. 802 m, 17.V.2019, Ý. Coşar leg., stony field. Paratypes: 3♂♂, 1♀, same data as holotype (KUAM-ZOD-2020/85). 2♂♂, Adıyaman Province, Börkenek Village, 37°40’39’’N, 38°05’11’’E, elev. 497, 17.V.2019, I. Coşar leg., stony field (KUAM-ZOD-2020/86). 2♂♂, 5♀♀, Adýyaman Province, Tut District, Reşadiye neighborhood, 37°48’36”N, 37°54’59”E, elev. 1302 m, 22.VIII.2019, T. Danışman leg., stony field (KUAM-ZOD-2020/87).
Comparative material (Figs 17–18): Zodarion van Bosmans, 2009. 3♂♂, 5♀♀, Turkey, Kahramanmaraş Province, Andırın District, Akifiye neighborhood (37°41’35”N, 36°20’48”E), elev. 1189 m, 30.VI.2020, Ý. Coşar and T. Danışman leg. (KUAM-ZOD-2020/60).
Etymology. The species is named after Ersen Aydın Yağmur for his contributions to Turkish Arachnology.
Diagnosis. Zodarion yagmuri spec. nov. is included in the spinibarb e species group based on the median apophysis with a slender basal part and a toothed distal branch. It is closely related to Z. van Bosmans, 2009. The male of Z. yagmuri spec. nov. can be clearly distinguished from all other members of the spinibarbe group by the large median apophysis shaped like a pointed blade (Figs. 12-14). The distal part of the median apophysis with a triangular blade shaped, it bears a single large tooth with an oblique groove and a narrow subdistal triangular extension. Females are distinct from those of Z. van Bosmans, 2009 by the comparatively wide and dome-shaped (arched) posteromedian depression, relatively small and more distant spermathecae, and the strongly sclerotized pockets on both sides of the epigyne. In Z. van, there is a double incision along the posterior margin of the epigyne (Fig. 18) which is not found in in Z. yagmuri spec. nov.
Description. Male holotype (KUAM-ZOD-2020/84) (Figs 11A–D, 12).
Measurements: Total length 2.35. Prosoma 1.15 long, 0.85 wide. Abdomen 1.20 long, 0.80 wide. Sternum 0.65 long, 0.55 wide. Leg formula IV, I, II, III. Leg lengths: Leg I Fe: 0.95, Pa: 0.30, Ti: 0.90, Mt: 0.85, Ta: 0.65, Total: 3.65; Leg II:= Fe: 0.75, Pa: 0.25, Ti: 0.65, Mt: 0.75, Ta: 0.50, Total: 2.90; Leg III Fe: 0.80, Pa: 0.30, Ti: 0.70, Mt: 0.80, Ta: 0.50, Total: 3.10; Leg IVFe: 1.20, Pa: 0.30, Ti: 1.0, Mt: 1.25, Ta: 0.65, Total: 4.40.
Colour (Fig 11A–D). Prosoma yellow, with dispersed dark brown pattern. Area around AME black. Clypeus light yellow with dark pattern. Chelicerae yellow, with light coloured hairs. Abdomen sepia, without dorsal scutum. Sternum yellow. Legs yellow, covered with short, dark hairs.
Eyes: AME =1(0.10); ALE = 0.7; PME=PLE=0.5; a = 0.5; b = 0.2; c = 1.2; d = 0.5; MOQ: AW = 1.42PW; L = 0.71PW.
Palp (Figs 12–14). Tibial apophysis short, abruptly narrows into sharp, dorsal tooth. Median apophysis with thick basal part that curled and tapered distally. The distal part of the median apophysis with a triangular blade shaped (indicated by arrow in Fig. 12C), it bears a single large tooth with an oblique groove and a narrow subdistal triangular extension (indicated by the arrows in Fig. 13C). Tegulum without protrusion. Embolus arcuate, tapered distally.
Female paratype (KUAM-ZOD-2020/85) (Figs 11E–H, 15–16).
Measurements: Total length 3.0. Prosoma 1.30 long, 1.0 wide. Abdomen 1.70 long, 0.80 wide. Sternum 0.80 long, 0.70 wide. Leg formula IV, I, II, III. Leg lengths: Leg I Fe: 1.10, Pa: 0.40, Ti: 0.90, Mt: 0.95, Ta: 0.70, Total: 4.05; Leg II Fe: 0.85, Pa: 0.35, Ti: 0.75, Mt: 0.90, Ta: 0.50, Total: 3.35; Leg III Fe: 0.80, Pa: 0.30, Ti: 0.65, Mt: 0.80, Ta: 0.45, Total: 3.0; Leg IV Fe: 1.30, Pa: 0.45, Ti: 1.20, Mt: 1.40, Ta: 0.70, Total: 5.05.
Colour (Figs 11E–H). Prosoma dark yellow, with dispersed dark brown pattern. Area around AME black. Clypeus dark yellow with dark pattern. Chelicerae dark yellow, with dark hairs. Abdomen black, without dorsal scutum. Sternum yellow. Legs yellow, covered with short, dark hairs.
Eyes. AME =1(0.1); ALE = 1; PLE = PME = 0.7; a = 0.7; b = 0.2; c = 1.7; d = 0.5; MOQ: AW = 1.05 PW; L = 0.78 PW.
Epigyne (Figs 15–16). Median plate triangular, with large sclerotized protrusions on both sides, just above median plate. Spermathecae round, relatively small, located anteriorly, separated from each other by four times their diameter.
description: Published as part of Coşar, Ilhan & Danişman, Tarik, 2021, Three new Zodarion species (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Southeastern Turkey, pp. 415-428 in Zootaxa 5057 (3) on pages 422-424, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5057.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5591659