Zodarion costapratae Pekár, 2011

Shafaie, Sepideh, Pekár, Stano & Ortiz, David, 2025, Integrative taxonomy of the Iberian Zodarion species of the rubidum and styliferum groups (Araneae: Zodariidae), Zootaxa 5624 (1), pp. 1-69 : 12-15

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Zodarion costapratae Pekár, 2011 View in CoL

Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 , 14G–I View FIGURE 14 , 15J View FIGURE 15 , 16I View FIGURE 16 , 17D View FIGURE 17

Zodarion costablancae Crespo 2008: 405 View in CoL , figs 6A–C (♂ ♀).

Zodarion costapratae View in CoL — Pekár et al. 2011: 24 View Cited Treatment , figs 7–10 (♂ ♀).

Material examined. PORTUGAL: 1♂, together with paralectotype of Z. styliferum ( Simon, 1870) , labeled as “Hisp. Port”, MNHN-AR1511 . 2♀, Couto de Cima , Viseu, 40.668°N, 7.994°W, 420 m a.s.l., 2. VI GoogleMaps .2018, D. Ortiz & S. Pekár leg., CMU; 1♂, 2♀, Gumiei , Viseu, 40.734°N, 7.997°W, 450 m a.s.l., 2. VI GoogleMaps .2018, D. Ortiz & S. Pekár leg., CMU; 1♂, 1 juv., Fornos, Amarante , 41.235°N, 8.063°W, 230 m a.s.l., 3. VI GoogleMaps .2018, D. Ortiz & S. Pekár leg., CMU; 1♀, 1 juv., Pedrógão Grande , Leiria, 39.91°N, 8.146°W, 370 m a.s.l., 4. VI GoogleMaps .2018, D. Ortiz & S. Pekár leg., CMU.

Diagnosis: Male specimens of Z. costapratae can be distinguished from the closely related Z. costablancae by the shape of the embolar tip, which is almost straight (vs. obliquely bent; cf. Fig. 14H View FIGURE 14 and Fig. 14E View FIGURE 14 ). For females, refer to Z. costablancae .

Description: For a detailed description of the habitus and male palp, refer to Pekár et al. (2011). Epigyne ( Fig. 17D View FIGURE 17 ): Epigynal plate sub-trapezoidal, wider than long, anteriorly limited by an antero-median chitinous ridge and companied by a wedge-shaped structure. Sides of the epigynal plate slightly S-shaped. Epigyne with a short longitudinal septum, extended toward the epigynal plate, and companied by a pair of small copulatory openings on antero-lateral sides of the septum; these copulatory openings connected to a pair of lateral pits by a pair of small, connecting grooves.

Molecular data:

COI mitochondrial barcodes (Genbank accession): MT370087, MT370088 , PP373362.

Maximum intraspecific COI divergence (n=3): 2.3 %. Minimum interspecific divergence (to Z. machadoi ): 7.1%. Consensus COI distance to the closest species (to Z. styliferum ): 3.7%.

Distribution: Portugal.