Description of a new Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 from Turkey (Zodariidae; Araneae)

Authors: ROBERT BOSMANS, RECEP SULHİ ÖZKÜTÜK, SAKİN VURAL VARLI, KADİR BUĞAÇ KUNT

Abstract: A new species of Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 is described based on material collected in the Marmara region of Turkey. Morphological and diagnostic characters and illustrations of the genitalia of both sexes are presented, and the differences with the closely related Zodarion turcicum Wunderlich, 1980 are pointed out.

Keywords: Ant-eating spiders, Central Anatolia, Marmara region, new species, Zodariinae

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