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Issue: Vol. 5601 No. 2: 7 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5601.2.6
Page range: 322-334
Abstract views: 98
PDF downloaded: 4

New taxonomic data on the genus Zodariellum (Araneae, Zodariidae), with description of a new species from Kazakhstan

Department of Botany & Zoology; Faculty of Science; Masaryk University; Brno; Czech Republic
Department of Botany & Zoology; Faculty of Science; Masaryk University; Brno; Czech Republic
Araneae Ant-eating spiders Mongolia taxonomy xerocole species

Abstract

A new zodariid species, Zodariellum martinae sp. nov. (♂♀), is described from southeastern Kazakhstan. Furthermore, type specimens of Z. mongolicum Marusik & Koponen, 2001 (♂) and Z. schmidti Marusik & Koponen, 2001 (♂♀), along with comparative material of Z. nenilini (Eskov, 1995) (♂♀), have been re-examined and photographed.

 

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