Zodarion rudyi Bosmans, 1994

Zodarion rudyi Bosmans, 1994 View in CoL

Figs 31 View FIGURE 31 , 35M–O View FIGURE 35 , 40O–P View FIGURE 40 , 41G View FIGURE 41

Zodarion rudyi Bosmans 1994: 118 View in CoL , figs 4–6, 83–84 (♂ ♀).

Zodarion rudyi View in CoL — Breitling 2020: 359, fig. 40B (♂).

Material examined. SPAIN: 1♂, Cerro del Facar , Granada, 1000 m a.s.l., 9.IV.1987, J. Murphy & F. Murphy leg., MMUM-14583, G7572.13220 ; 1♀, 2 juv., Maro , Málaga, 100 m a.s.l., III–IV.1987, J. Murphy & F. Murphy leg., MMUM-14387, G7572.15716 ; 1♂, 1♀, no further data, 31.III.2005, M. Cárdenas leg., CMU; 1♂, Picado , Jerez de la Frontera, 16.VII.2006, I. Sanchez leg., CMU ; 7♂, 2♀, Málaga , Fuengirola, X.2012, S. Pekár leg., CMU ; 1♂, Málaga , 600 m West of Sohail Castle, Fuengirola, 36.522º N, 4.636º W, 1.XII.2021, D. Ortiz & A. Avila leg., CMU GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Matalascañas , Almonte, Huelva, 37.00º N, 6.552º W, 2.XII.2021, D. Ortiz & A. Avila leg., CMU GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis: Zodarion rudyi can be easily distinguished from other species in the styliferum group by the presence of a medio-dorsal lobe on the tibial apophysis ( Fig. 35O View FIGURE 35 ), and by its large, diverging epigynal wings ( Fig. 41G View FIGURE 41 ).

Description: For a detailed description of the habitus and male palp, see Bosmans (1994). Epigyne ( Fig. 41G View FIGURE 41 ): Epigynal plate bell-shaped, anteriorly rounded, running sub-parallel. Epigynal plate posteriorly diverging, accompanied by a pair of large, trapezoid wings. Copulatory opening(s) and pit(s) not visible, but they might potentially be located near the wings.

Molecular data:

COI mitochondrial barcodes (Genbank accession): MT370191, MT370192 , PP373377, PP373378.

Maximum intraspecific COI divergence (n=4): 0.9 %. Minimum interspecific divergence (to Z. styliferum ): 5.0%. Consensus COI distance to the closest species (to Z. styliferum ): 0.7%.

Distribution: Portugal, Spain.