Revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Iran and Turkmenistan, with seventeen new species Author Zamani, Alireza https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8084-9666 Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, FI- 20014, Finland zamani.alireza5@gmail.com Author Marusik, Yuri M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4499-5148 Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan, Russia & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa text ZooKeys 2021 2021-04-27 1035 145 193 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1035.65767 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1035.65767 1313-2970-1035-145 ADD73A162DB34873890B1E490C2C8841 55CAE096B4A451D88EA433175454DA3F Acanthinozodium kiana sp. nov. Figs 18K , 20G, H , 24E, F , 33 Type material. Holotype ♂ (MHNG), Iran: Kurdistan Province : south of Divandareh, 35°45'N , 47°05'E , 23.06.1975 (A. Senglet). Etymology. The specific epithet is a Kurdish feminine name meaning "nature" . Noun in apposition. Diagnosis. The new species is very similar to A. masa sp. nov. by the shape of the RTA and ventral tibial apophysis but differs by the shape of the prolateral outgrowth of the median apophysis which is finger-like and triangular, terminally with a small hook ( vs. broad and bifurcated). Description. Male. Habitus as in Fig. 18K . Total length 3.80. Carapace 2.08 long, 1.03 wide at pars cephalica, 1.85 wide at pars thoracica. Eye sizes and interdistance of PMEs: AME: 0.17, ALE: 0.12, PME: 0.09, PLE: 0.10, PME-PME: 0.23. Carapace light brown, darker at pars cephalica. Sternum, labium, maxillae and chelicerae yellowish. Legs yellowish, with numerous macrosetae and without annulations. Abdomen grayish dorsally, lighter ventrally. Spinnerets pale, uniform in color. Measurements of legs: I: 7.57 (2.02, 0.75, 1.67, 1.97, 1.16), II: 7.06 (1.84, 0.74, 1.50, 1.95, 1.03), III: 7.24 (1.98, 0.71, 1.47, 2.08, 1.00), IV: 9.46 (2.63, 0.78, 2.26, 2.77, 1.02). Palp as in Figs 20G, H , 24E, F . RTA long, with a small projection apically; ventral apophysis relatively small and conical; tegulum with posterior process; median apophysis ( Ma ) wider than long, with a distinct prolateral outgrowth which is triangular terminally and with a small hook; embolus broad basally, originating at about the 7 o'clock position; embolus proper relatively broad and distinctly curved over the median apophysis. Figure 24. SEM images of the male palps of Acanthinozodium masa sp. nov. ( A, B ), A. dorsa sp. nov. ( C, D ) and A. kiana sp. nov. ( E, F ) A, C, E ventral B, F retroventral D retrolateral. Abbreviations: Co - conductor, Em - embolus, Ma - median apophysis, Ra - retrolateral tibial apophysis, Va - ventral apophysis, Tp - tegular process. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Female. Unknown. Distribution. Known from the type locality in Kurdistan Province, western Iran (Fig. 33 ).