Published September 18, 2025 | Version v1
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Zodarion abantense Wunderlich 1980

  • 1. Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic.
  • 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art & Sciences, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, TR- 51240 Niğde, Turkey

Description

Zodarion abantense Wunderlich, 1980

Figs 32, 105

Zodarion abantense Wunderlich, 1980: 236, figs 19–24.

Zodarion tireboluensis Danişman & Rubio, 2017: 179, figs 1–4.

Zodarion abantense – Dunin & Nenilin 1987: 192, figs 1–2. — Bosmans 2009: 228, figs 32–34, 60–61. — Dimitrov 2020: 362, figs 8–15.

Diagnosis

Refer to Bosmans (2009).

Material examined

GREECE • 1 ♂; between Aisymi-Mega Dereio, 5 km bef.; 389 m a.s.l.; 15 May–23 Jun. 2015; M. Chatzaki leg.; CMU.

Description

For a detailed description, refer to Bosmans (2009).

Distribution

Previous studies recorded Z. abantense in Turkey, Georgia and Russia; this is the first report of this species from Greece and represents, therefore, the westernmost occurrence of this species across its entire distribution range.

Notes

Published as part of Shafaie, Sepideh, Stano PEKÁR & Osman SEYYAR, 2025, New data on zodariid spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean, pp. 1-139 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1016 on page 46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1016.3063, http://zenodo.org/record/17245005

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CMU
Event date
2015-05-15
Verbatim event date
2015-05-15/06-23
Scientific name authorship
Wunderlich
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Zodariidae
Genus
Zodarion
Species
abantense
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Zodarion abantense Wunderlich, 1980 sec. Shafaie, PEKÁR & SEYYAR, 2025

References

  • Wunderlich J. 1980. Zur Gattung Zodarion Walckenaer 1847 mit Neubeschreibungen (Arachnida: Araneae: Zodariidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 60 (3 / 4): 229-240.
  • Danisman T. & Rubio G. D. 2017. A new species of Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Turkey. Entomological News 127 (2): 178-183. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.127.0214
  • Dunin P. M. & Nenilin A. B. 1987. The spider family Zodariidae in the Caucasus (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 68: 191-198.
  • Bosmans R. 2009. Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part III. South East Europe and Turkey (Araneae: Zodariidae). Contributions to Natural History 12: 211-295.
  • Dimitrov D. 2020. Taxonomic contribution to the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 in Turkey with description of a new species (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4810 (2): 361-367. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4810.2.9