Zodarion minutum Bosmans, 1994

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 : 18

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Zodarion minutum Bosmans, 1994 View in CoL

Figs 9 View FIGURE 9 , 13G–I View FIGURE 13 , 15D View FIGURE 15 , 16C View FIGURE 16 , 17G View FIGURE 17

Zodarion minutum Bosmans 1994: 132 View in CoL , figs 63–64, 119–120 (♂ ♀).

Zodarion minutum View in CoL — Barrientos et al. 2017: 117, figs 12g –I (♂ ♀).

Material examined. SPAIN: 1♂, Boquer Valley , Mallorca, 50 m a.s.l., 13.IV.1975, J. Murphy & F. Murphy leg., MMUM-4525, G7572.2877 ; 1♂, Puig de Perella , Ibiza, 50 m a.s.l., 21.XII.1981, J. Murphy & F. Murphy leg., MMUM-10059, G7572.9271 ; 1♂, Ermita Betlem , Artá, Mallorca, 500 m a.s.l., 3.IV.1985, J. Murphy & F. Murphy leg., MMUM-12958, G7572.10989 ; 1♀, Ses Covetes , Mallorca, 0 m a.s.l., 6.IV.1985, J. Murphy & F. Murphy leg., MMUM-12993, G7572.15426 ; 1♂, 1♀, Maro , Málaga, 100 m a.s.l., III–IV.1987, J. Murphy & F. Murphy leg., MMUM-14397, G7572.15723 ; 1♀, idem, MMUM-14344, G7572.15678 ; 2♀, Sierra de Los Filabres , Almería, 1800 m a.s.l., 8.IV.1990, J. Murphy & F. Murphy leg., MMUM-18679, G7572.15363 .

Diagnosis: Zodarion minutum can be easily distinguished from other relatives within the rubidum group by its diminutive size within the rubidum group ( Fig. 9A–D View FIGURE 9 ), an obliquely truncated tibial apophysis with a straight tooth in the retrolateral view ( Fig. 13I View FIGURE 13 ), and a lip-shaped epigynal plate ( Figs 15D View FIGURE 15 , 17G View FIGURE 17 ).

Description: For a detailed description of the habitus and male palp, refer to Bosmans (1994). Epigyne ( Fig. 17G View FIGURE 17 ): Epigynal plate lip-shaped, anteriorly limited by a V-shaped anterior incision. Epigyne with a pair of postero-lateral copulatory openings, situated distant from each other. Pits invisible.

Molecular data:

COI mitochondrial barcodes (Genbank accession): PP373374.

Minimum interspecific divergence (to Z. styliferum ): 8.9%. Consensus COI distance to the closest species (to Z. styliferum ): 4.7%.

Distribution: Spain.