Abstract
Two new species, Zodarion emilijae sp. n. (♂♀) from North Macedonia and Z. weissi sp. n. (♂♀) from Bulgaria are described and illustrated, and new taxonomic and faunistic data for six species, namely Z. blagoevi Bosmans, 2009, Z. epirense Brignoli, 1984, Z. konradi Bosmans, 2009, Z. rubidum Simon, 1914, Z. scutatum Wunderlich, 1980 and Z. zorba Bosmans, 2009 are presented. Five species are removed from the Bulgarian, the Greek or the North Macedonian checklists as doubtful, erroneous or definitely incorrectly identified records: Zodarion epirense Brignoli, 1984, Z. evvoia Bosmans, 2009, Z. germanicum (C. L. Koch, 1837), Z. graecum (C. L. Koch, 1843) and Z. italicum (Canestrini, 1868).
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