Zodarion fuscum ( Simon, 1870 )

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 : 15

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Zodarion fuscum ( Simon, 1870) View in CoL

Figs 7 View FIGURE 7 , 14J–L View FIGURE 14 , 15K View FIGURE 15 , 16J View FIGURE 16 , 17E View FIGURE 17

Enyo fusca Simon 1870: 100 (♂ ♀). Enyo fusca — Simon 1873: 66, pl. 2, fig. 9 (♂). Zodarion fuscum View in CoL — Simon 1914: 232, 234, figs 460–461, 476, 484 (♂ ♀).— Denis 1937: 18, pl. 3, fig. 22 (♀).— Bosmans 1994:

133, figs 68–70, 123–124 (♂ ♀).— Bosmans 1997: 279, figs 33–35, 97–98 (♂ ♀).— Askins 1999: 11, fig. 1 (♂ ♀).— Pekár et al. 2011: 25 (♀).— Breitling 2020: 359, fig. 40A (♂).

Type material examined. Syntype FRANCE and SPAIN: 1♂, 4♀, 6 juv., labeled as “El Escorial, La Granja, La Rhune, Sabres, Cap Ferret”, MNHN-AR9907 , 301 , examined .

Other material examined. PORTUGAL: 1♀ (only dissected epigyne), together with paralectotype of Z. viduum , labeled as “ Porto and Lisboa ”, MNHN-AR1518 . SPAIN: 1♀, Valle del Saja , Cantabria, 500 m a.s.l., 21. VI .1997, J. Murphy & F. Murphy leg., MMUM-22255, G7572.18298; 1♂, 8♀, Collado de Hozi , Cantabria, 500 m, 1.VII.1997, J. Murphy & F. Murphy leg., MMUM-22512, G7572.19891 .

Diagnosis: Zodarion fuscum males can be distinguished from other members of the rubidum group by their bladder-shaped tibial apophysis, which is ventrally widened in the retrolateral view ( Fig. 14L View FIGURE 14 ), and the hook-shaped embolus ( Fig. 14L View FIGURE 14 ). Females can be distinguished by a combination of characters, including the presence of a small epigynal ridge ( Figs 15K View FIGURE 15 , 17E View FIGURE 17 ), and a short septum ( Fig. 17E View FIGURE 17 ).

Description: For a detailed description of the habitus and male palp, refer to Bosmans (1994). Epigyne ( Fig. 17E View FIGURE 17 ): Epigynal plate sub-trapezoidal, anteriorly limited by a broadened, antero-median chitinous ridge. The ridge anteriorly extended. Sides of the epigynal plate slightly S-shaped. Epigyne with a short, longitudinal septum, accompanied by a paired copulatory opening on antero-lateral sides of the septum.

Molecular data:

COI mitochondrial barcodes (Genbank accession): MT370085 View Materials , PP373363, PP373364, PP373365, PP373366, PP373367.

Maximum intraspecific COI divergence (n=6): 1.5 %. Minimum interspecific divergence (to Z. machadoi ): 5.9%. Consensus COI distance to the closest species (to Z. styliferum ): 3.3%.

Distribution: Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal.