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<mods:titleid="4832258AF34082CAFEC8A4C58483D58E">New taxonomic and faunistic data on the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae: Zodariidae) in the Balkans, with the descriptions of two new species</mods:title>
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, 17–19,
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. Males are distinguishable by the following traits: the proximal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum (PPR) 2 times longer than wide in
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<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF6FFE2C086B861FC16F8CD"box="[926,1008,1841,1867]"captionStart="FIGURES 17–28"captionStartId="4.[151,264,1847,1871]"captionTargetBox="[268,1333,189,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-26@4.[223,1364,181,1823]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURES 17–28. Drawings of the male palps: Z. emilijae sp. n. (17–19), Z. blagoevi (20–22), Z. epirense (23–25), Z.zorba (26– 28); ventral (17, 20, 23, 26), retrolateral (19, 22, 25, 28) views and detail: retinaculum (18, 21, 24, 27). Scales: 0.2 mm. DPT— distal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, E—embolus, PPT—proximal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, Rt—retinaculum, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, RtI—incision of the retinaculum, TgB—tegular bulge; a—PPT length, b—PPT width at its base, c—width at the RtI opening."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986271"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986271/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="248">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF6FFE2C23CB805FE93F8E9"box="[292,373,1877,1903]"captionStart="FIGURES 17–28"captionStartId="4.[151,264,1847,1871]"captionTargetBox="[268,1333,189,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-26@4.[223,1364,181,1823]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURES 17–28. Drawings of the male palps: Z. emilijae sp. n. (17–19), Z. blagoevi (20–22), Z. epirense (23–25), Z.zorba (26– 28); ventral (17, 20, 23, 26), retrolateral (19, 22, 25, 28) views and detail: retinaculum (18, 21, 24, 27). Scales: 0.2 mm. DPT— distal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, E—embolus, PPT—proximal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, Rt—retinaculum, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, RtI—incision of the retinaculum, TgB—tegular bulge; a—PPT length, b—PPT width at its base, c—width at the RtI opening."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986271"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986271/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="248">Fig. 21</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF6FFE2C125B805FD69F8E9"box="[573,655,1877,1903]"captionStart="FIGURES 17–28"captionStartId="4.[151,264,1847,1871]"captionTargetBox="[268,1333,189,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-26@4.[223,1364,181,1823]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURES 17–28. Drawings of the male palps: Z. emilijae sp. n. (17–19), Z. blagoevi (20–22), Z. epirense (23–25), Z.zorba (26– 28); ventral (17, 20, 23, 26), retrolateral (19, 22, 25, 28) views and detail: retinaculum (18, 21, 24, 27). Scales: 0.2 mm. DPT— distal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, E—embolus, PPT—proximal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, Rt—retinaculum, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, RtI—incision of the retinaculum, TgB—tegular bulge; a—PPT length, b—PPT width at its base, c—width at the RtI opening."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986271"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986271/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="248">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF6FFE2C7A6B805FAF4F8E9"box="[1214,1298,1877,1903]"captionStart="FIGURES 17–28"captionStartId="4.[151,264,1847,1871]"captionTargetBox="[268,1333,189,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-26@4.[223,1364,181,1823]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURES 17–28. Drawings of the male palps: Z. emilijae sp. n. (17–19), Z. blagoevi (20–22), Z. epirense (23–25), Z.zorba (26– 28); ventral (17, 20, 23, 26), retrolateral (19, 22, 25, 28) views and detail: retinaculum (18, 21, 24, 27). Scales: 0.2 mm. DPT— distal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, E—embolus, PPT—proximal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, Rt—retinaculum, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, RtI—incision of the retinaculum, TgB—tegular bulge; a—PPT length, b—PPT width at its base, c—width at the RtI opening."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986271"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986271/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="248">Fig. 27</figureCitation>
); incision of retinaculum U-shaped in
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. Females are distinguishable as follows: posterior margin of epigynal plate trapezoid and deeply incised in
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; spermathecae separated by less than 2 diameters in
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<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF5FFE1C672BFEBFEECFF7F"captionStart="FIGURES 17–28"captionStartId="4.[151,264,1847,1871]"captionTargetBox="[268,1333,189,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-26@4.[223,1364,181,1823]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURES 17–28. Drawings of the male palps: Z. emilijae sp. n. (17–19), Z. blagoevi (20–22), Z. epirense (23–25), Z.zorba (26– 28); ventral (17, 20, 23, 26), retrolateral (19, 22, 25, 28) views and detail: retinaculum (18, 21, 24, 27). Scales: 0.2 mm. DPT— distal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, E—embolus, PPT—proximal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, Rt—retinaculum, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, RtI—incision of the retinaculum, TgB—tegular bulge; a—PPT length, b—PPT width at its base, c—width at the RtI opening."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986271"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986271/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="249">Figs 22, 25, 27</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF5FFE1C091BF8FFBD0FF7F"box="[905,1078,223,249]"captionStart="FIGURES 17–28"captionStartId="4.[151,264,1847,1871]"captionTargetBox="[268,1333,189,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-26@4.[223,1364,181,1823]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURES 17–28. Drawings of the male palps: Z. emilijae sp. n. (17–19), Z. blagoevi (20–22), Z. epirense (23–25), Z.zorba (26– 28); ventral (17, 20, 23, 26), retrolateral (19, 22, 25, 28) views and detail: retinaculum (18, 21, 24, 27). Scales: 0.2 mm. DPT— distal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, E—embolus, PPT—proximal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, Rt—retinaculum, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, RtI—incision of the retinaculum, TgB—tegular bulge; a—PPT length, b—PPT width at its base, c—width at the RtI opening."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986271"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986271/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="249">Figs 24, 26, 28</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF5FFE1C387BE53FF15FE9B"box="[159,243,259,285]"captionStart="FIGURES 17–28"captionStartId="4.[151,264,1847,1871]"captionTargetBox="[268,1333,189,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-26@4.[223,1364,181,1823]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURES 17–28. Drawings of the male palps: Z. emilijae sp. n. (17–19), Z. blagoevi (20–22), Z. epirense (23–25), Z.zorba (26– 28); ventral (17, 20, 23, 26), retrolateral (19, 22, 25, 28) views and detail: retinaculum (18, 21, 24, 27). Scales: 0.2 mm. DPT— distal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, E—embolus, PPT—proximal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, Rt—retinaculum, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, RtI—incision of the retinaculum, TgB—tegular bulge; a—PPT length, b—PPT width at its base, c—width at the RtI opening."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986271"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986271/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="249">Fig. 23</figureCitation>
); spermathecae large and almost spherical in
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. Snow-white coxae and abdominal spots present in both sexes in
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<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF5FFE1C29CBE1BFE2BFEE3"box="[388,461,331,357]"captionStart="FIGURES 1–8"captionStartId="2.[151,264,1962,1986]"captionTargetBox="[151,1423,921,1939]"captionTargetId="figure-391@2.[151,1435,921,1939]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURES 1–8. Habitus of males: Z. emilijae sp. n. (1, 5), Z. blagoevi (2, 6), Z. epirense (3, 7), Z. zorba (4, 8); dorsal (1–4) and ventral (5–8) views. Scales: 1.0 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986269"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986269/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="249">Figs 6</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF5FFE1C2C1BE1BFE1EFEE3"box="[473,504,331,357]"captionStart="FIGURES 29–36"captionStartId="5.[151,264,1269,1293]"captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1236]"captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1435,181,1245]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="FIGURES 29–36. Habitus of females: Z. emilijae sp. n. (29, 33), Z. blagoevi (30, 34), Z. epirense (31, 35), Z. zorba (32, 36); dorsal (29–32) and ventral (33–36) views. Scales: 1.0 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6989277"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6989277/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="249">34</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF5FFE1C18FBE1BFD39FEE3"box="[663,735,331,357]"captionStart="FIGURES 1–8"captionStartId="2.[151,264,1962,1986]"captionTargetBox="[151,1423,921,1939]"captionTargetId="figure-391@2.[151,1435,921,1939]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURES 1–8. Habitus of males: Z. emilijae sp. n. (1, 5), Z. blagoevi (2, 6), Z. epirense (3, 7), Z. zorba (4, 8); dorsal (1–4) and ventral (5–8) views. Scales: 1.0 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986269"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986269/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="249">Figs 7</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF5FFE1C1F3BE1AFCEEFEE3"box="[747,776,330,357]"captionStart="FIGURES 29–36"captionStartId="5.[151,264,1269,1293]"captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1236]"captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1435,181,1245]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="FIGURES 29–36. Habitus of females: Z. emilijae sp. n. (29, 33), Z. blagoevi (30, 34), Z. epirense (31, 35), Z. zorba (32, 36); dorsal (29–32) and ventral (33–36) views. Scales: 1.0 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6989277"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6989277/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="249">35</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF5FFE1C0ABBE1BFC1DFEE3"box="[947,1019,331,357]"captionStart="FIGURES 1–8"captionStartId="2.[151,264,1962,1986]"captionTargetBox="[151,1423,921,1939]"captionTargetId="figure-391@2.[151,1435,921,1939]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURES 1–8. Habitus of males: Z. emilijae sp. n. (1, 5), Z. blagoevi (2, 6), Z. epirense (3, 7), Z. zorba (4, 8); dorsal (1–4) and ventral (5–8) views. Scales: 1.0 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986269"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986269/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="249">Figs 8</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF5FFE1C710BE1BFBCEFEE3"box="[1032,1064,331,357]"captionStart="FIGURES 29–36"captionStartId="5.[151,264,1269,1293]"captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1236]"captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1435,181,1245]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="FIGURES 29–36. Habitus of females: Z. emilijae sp. n. (29, 33), Z. blagoevi (30, 34), Z. epirense (31, 35), Z. zorba (32, 36); dorsal (29–32) and ventral (33–36) views. Scales: 1.0 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6989277"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6989277/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="249">36</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF5FFE1C1ADBEE7FCF3FE57"box="[693,789,438,465]"captionStart="FIGURES 1–8"captionStartId="2.[151,264,1962,1986]"captionTargetBox="[151,1423,921,1939]"captionTargetId="figure-391@2.[151,1435,921,1939]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURES 1–8. Habitus of males: Z. emilijae sp. n. (1, 5), Z. blagoevi (2, 6), Z. epirense (3, 7), Z. zorba (4, 8); dorsal (1–4) and ventral (5–8) views. Scales: 1.0 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986269"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986269/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="249">Figs 1, 5</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF5FFE1C007BD17FC62FDE7"box="[799,900,582,609]"captionStart="FIGURES 1–8"captionStartId="2.[151,264,1962,1986]"captionTargetBox="[151,1423,921,1939]"captionTargetId="figure-391@2.[151,1435,921,1939]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURES 1–8. Habitus of males: Z. emilijae sp. n. (1, 5), Z. blagoevi (2, 6), Z. epirense (3, 7), Z. zorba (4, 8); dorsal (1–4) and ventral (5–8) views. Scales: 1.0 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986269"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986269/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="249">Figs 1, 5</figureCitation>
): carapace and sternum dark-brown. Chelicerae brown. Abdomen dark sepia-brown with white spot, extending a half of the venter. Spinnerets whitish, uniform in color. Legs: coxae snow white, other segments brown to brown-yellow, without annulations.
<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF5FFE1C222BDE3FE4DFD4B"box="[314,427,691,717]"captionStart="FIGURES 9–16"captionStartId="3.[151,264,1343,1367]"captionTargetBox="[166,1423,184,1317]"captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1436,181,1319]"captionText="FIGURES 9–16. Male palps: Z. emilijae sp. n. (9, 13), Z. blagoevi (10, 14), Z. epirense (11, 15), Z. zorba (12, 16); ventral (9–12) and retrolateral (13–16) views. Scales: 1.0 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6989273"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6989273/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="249">Figs 9, 13</figureCitation>
, 17, 19. Femur 0.54 long, 0.18 wide, dark brown; patella 0.22 long, 0.18 wide, beige; tibia 0.11 long, 0,18 wide, brown; RTA 0.18 long, triangular, slightly curved ventrally, dark brown. Cymbium 0.54 long, 0.40 wide, dark brown with pale tip; with slightly concave bulge retro-basally; bulb 0.43 long, 0.36 wide. Tegulum oval, with distinct prolateral basal bulge; retinaculum 0.47 long, 0.16 wide, with U-shaped incision and 2 unequal teeth, proximal, longer than distal, claw-shaped. Embolus narrow, curved and pointed, originating at a 9 o’clock position and terminating at a 1 o’clock position.
<taxonomicNameid="4C324D16FFF5FFE1C2EFB8FBFD85F845"authority="Deltshev & Naumova & Matevski & Indzhov, 2022"authorityName="Deltshev & Naumova & Matevski & Indzhov"authorityYear="2022"box="[503,611,1963,1987]"class="Arachnida"family="Zodariidae"genus="Zodarion"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="2"pageNumber="249"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="emilijae"status="sp. nov.">
<taxonomicNameid="4C324D16FFF4FFE0C2CABA10FDA7FAD1"authority="Deltshev & Naumova & Matevski & Indzhov, 2022"authorityName="Deltshev & Naumova & Matevski & Indzhov"authorityYear="2022"box="[466,577,1343,1367]"class="Arachnida"family="Zodariidae"genus="Zodarion"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="3"pageNumber="250"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="emilijae"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF4FFE0C150BAF9FD2AFA42"box="[584,716,1449,1476]"captionStart="FIGURES 29–36"captionStartId="5.[151,264,1269,1293]"captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1236]"captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1435,181,1245]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="FIGURES 29–36. Habitus of females: Z. emilijae sp. n. (29, 33), Z. blagoevi (30, 34), Z. epirense (31, 35), Z. zorba (32, 36); dorsal (29–32) and ventral (33–36) views. Scales: 1.0 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6989277"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6989277/files/figure.png"pageId="3"pageNumber="250">Figs 29, 33</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF4FFE0C22BB90DFE07F9FE"box="[307,481,1629,1656]"captionStart="FIGURES 17–28"captionStartId="4.[151,264,1847,1871]"captionTargetBox="[268,1333,189,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-26@4.[223,1364,181,1823]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURES 17–28. Drawings of the male palps: Z. emilijae sp. n. (17–19), Z. blagoevi (20–22), Z. epirense (23–25), Z.zorba (26– 28); ventral (17, 20, 23, 26), retrolateral (19, 22, 25, 28) views and detail: retinaculum (18, 21, 24, 27). Scales: 0.2 mm. DPT— distal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, E—embolus, PPT—proximal prolateral tooth of the retinaculum, Rt—retinaculum, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, RtI—incision of the retinaculum, TgB—tegular bulge; a—PPT length, b—PPT width at its base, c—width at the RtI opening."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986271"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986271/files/figure.png"pageId="3"pageNumber="250">Figs 22, 25, 27</figureCitation>
): epigynal plate 2 times wider than long, with trapezoid sclerotized sutures. Posterior margin trapezoid, about 2 times wider than long, not reaching half the length of the spermathecae and with large median incision; spermathecae oval, slightly wider than long (0.11 long, 0.14 wide), separated by less than 2 diameters.
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<figureCitationid="13092A10FFF4FFE0C677B865FF51F8F5"captionStart="FIGURE 76"captionStartId="12.[151,250,1175,1199]"captionTargetBox="[160,1427,453,1152]"captionTargetId="figure-127@12.[160,1427,453,1152]"captionTargetPageId="12"captionText="FIGURE 76. Georeferenced locations of the new records of Zodarion species in the Balkans."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986289"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6986289/files/figure.png"pageId="3"pageNumber="250">Fig. 76</figureCitation>