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Three new species of the genus Zodarion (Araneae,
Zodariidae) from China
Bao-Shi Zhang1,2, Feng Zhang3
1 College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, China 2 Department of
Biochemistry, Baoding University, Baoding, Hebei 071051, China 3 e Key Laboratory of Invertebrate Syste-
matics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
Corresponding author: Feng Zhang (dudu06042001@163.com)
Academic editor: S. Li|Received 13 September 2018|Accepted 7 December 2018|Published 7 January 2019
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Citation: Bao-Shi Z, Feng Z (2019) ree new species of the genus Zodarion (Araneae, Zodariidae) from China.
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Abstract
ree new species of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826, from China, are described as Zodarion apertum
sp. n. (♂♀, from Xinjiang), Z. planum sp. n. (, from Shaanxi), and Z. ovatum sp. n. (♂♀, from Yunnan).
Keywords
Asia, italicum group, lutipes group, taxonomy, zodariides
Introduction
e genus Zodarion was established by Walckenaer in 1826, with Enyo nitida Au-
douin, 1826 as its type species. Jocqué (1991) synonymized Argus Walckenaer, 1842,
Clotho Walckenaer, 1837, Enyo Savigny & Audouin, 1825, Lucia C. L. Koch, 1837,
and Metargus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 with Zodarion. Marusik and Koponen
(2001) transferred seven Central Asian and Chinese Zodarion species to Zodariellum.
However, Jocqué and Henrard (2015) rejected the conclusions of Marusik and Ko-
ponen (2001) and transferred sixteen species (including two Chinese species) from
Zodariellum to Zodarion.
Presently, Zodarion is the largest genus of the subfamily Zodariinae, and includes
160 species. e genus has been recorded in European, Asian, and North African
countries (Jocqué 1991; Bosmans 1994, 1997, 2009; Marusik and Koponen 2001;
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Pekár et al. 2011; Bosmans et al. 2014; Jocqué and Henrard 2015; Li and Lin 2016;
WSC 2018), and each species has a limited distribution. From Asia, 34 species are
known. 24 species are only known from females and 14 from males (World Spider
Catalog 2018). Species of Zodarion are rare in China, with only three documented
species: Zodarion chaoyangense Zhu & Zhu, 1983, from Liaoning and Hebei provinces;
Z. furcum Zhu, 1988 from Hebei Province; and Z. hunanense Yin, 2012 from Hunan
Province (Li and Lin 2016). During the examination of spider collections from China,
we recognized three new zodariid species which are described here as Zodarion apertum
sp. n., Z. planum sp. n., and Z. ovatum sp. n.
Materials and methods
All specimens have been preserved in 75% ethanol and were examined, illustrated,
and measured under a Tech XTL-II stereomicroscope equipped with an Abbe draw-
ing tube. Photographs were taken with a Leica M205A stereomicroscope tted with
a Leica DFC550 camera and LAS software (ver. 4.6). Carapace length was measured
medially from the anterior margin to the rear margin of the carapace. Eye size was
measured as the maximum diameter of the lens in dorsal or frontal view. e measure-
ments of legs are shown as total length (femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, tarsus). Only
one paratype was measured. Epigynes were cleared in a warm solution of potassium
hydroxide, and then transferred to 75% ethanol for drawing. All measurements are
given in millimeters. All specimens studied are deposited in the Museum of Hebei
University (MHBU), Baoding, China.
e following abbreviations are used in the text and gures legends:
ALE anterior lateral eyes;
AME anterior median eyes;
MOQ median ocular quadrangle;
PLE posterior lateral eyes;
PME posterior median eyes;
Z Zodariidae.
Taxonomy
Family Zodariidae orell, 1881
Genus Zodarion orell, 1887
Type species. Enyo nitida Audouin, 1826.
Most Zodarion species are active at night and hide during the day in self-made
retreats. Jocqué (1991) provided a generic diagnosis: the number of spinnerets reduced
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to two in males and six in females, the dense cover of attened incised hairs on the
tegument, and no more than one dorsal femoral spine. Bosmans (1994, 1997, 2009)
revised the European Zodarion and classied them into 12 groups. Large AME are
widely distributed among the taxa in the femoral organ clade, though species of the Z.
thoni-group have small AME, which is one of the diagnostic characters of Zodariellum.
Z. apertum and Z. planum are close to Central Asian spiders considered by Marusik
and Koponen (2001) in Zodariellum, all these species have similar RTA and bulb.
erefore, the genus Zodarion needs to be carefully examined and revised in the future.
Zodarion apertum sp. n.
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Figures 1–3
Type material. Holotype (Z-Xinjiang-200905-11), Luntai County (41°22'N,
84°11'E), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, 27 May 2009, Dong Sun leg.
Paratype: 1 (Z-Xinjiang-200905-12), same data as holotype.
Diagnosis. e male of Z. apertum sp. n. is very similar to that of Z. mongoli-
cum (Marusik & Koponen, 2001) in having a fold on the apical tegular apophysis, a
relatively wider bulb, and the wide and at apical part of the retrolateral tibial apo-
physis enlarged. However, it can be distinguished from Z. mongolicum by the posteri-
orly downward direction of the embolic base (down-retrolaterally in Z. mongolicum),
the retrolateral tibial apophysis with aclinal apical margin in ventral view (at in Z.
mongolicum), and the posterior tip of the conductor being at the 6-o’clock-position
(5-o’clock-position in Z. mongolicum) (Figs 2A–C, 3A–C). e female of this new spe-
cies resembles that of Z. zebra Charitonov, 1946, Z. spasskyi Charitonov, 1946, and Z.
proszynskii Nenilin & Fet, 1985 in having a straight margin of the pocket and closer
apices of the two spermathecae, though the spiracles of the spermathecae are smaller
than in the latter three species (Figs 2D, E, 3D, E).
Etymology. e specic name is from the Latin apertum, in reference to the un-
covered terminal of the retrolateral tibial apophysis; adjective.
Description. Male (holotype): total length 3.65; carapace 1.79 long, 1.37 wide;
opisthosoma 2.02 long, 1.33 wide. Carapace (Fig. 1A) declining, yellow-brown, fur-
nished with black net-like stripes, at thorax, and smooth tegument. Longitudinal fovea
black. Clypeus 0.16 high, yellow brown. Anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior
eye row strongly procurved in dorsal view. Ocular area black. Eye sizes and interdistanc-
es: AME 0.18, ALE 0.12, PME 0.08, PLE 0.10, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.01,
ALE–ALE 0.55, AME–PME 0.07, PME–PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.04, PLE–PLE 0.52,
ALE–PLE 0.03. MOQ 0.32 long, anterior width 0.41, posterior width 0.40. Mouth-
parts (Fig. 1B): chelicerae yellow-brown, with two anterior and one posterior teeth on
margins of fang furrows, terminal part with row of black hairs; endites yellowish, apices
paler and provided with dense black scopula; labium triangular, 0.23 long, 0.29 wide,
yellow-brown, apices paler. Sternum (Fig. 1B) 0.90 long, 1.04 wide, yellowish, lateral
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Figure 1. Zodarion apertum sp. n., habitus (A, C dorsal view B , D ventral view) A , B Male holotype
C , D Female paratype.
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Figure 2. Zodarion apertum sp. n., male holotype left palp (A–C) and female paratype (D, E) A Prolat-
eral view B Ventral view C Retrolateral view D Epigynum, ventral view E Vulva, dorsal view.
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Figure 3. Zodarion apertum sp. n., male holotype (A–C) and female paratype (D, E) A–C Left male palp
(A prolateral view B ventral view C retrolateral view) D Epigynum, ventral view E Vulva, dorsal view.
Abbreviations: C, conductor; DLH, dorsolateral hook; E, embolus; EH, epigynal hood; RTA, retrolateral
tibial apophysis; S, spermatheca; TA, tegular apophysis; TAH, tegular apophysis hook; TU, tutaculum.
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margin dark, provided with sparse black setae, its lateral margin with inter- and intra-
coxal triangles. Legs (Fig. 1A, B) yellow-brown. Leg measurements: leg I 5.39 (1.05 +
0.51 + 1.47 + 1.66 + 0.70), II 4.47 (0.90 + 0.46 + 1.54 + 1.00 + 0.57), III 5.85 (1.68
+ 0.48 + 1.53 + 1.52 + 0.64), IV 6.24 (1.57+ 0.58 + 1.31 + 1.70 + 1.08). Opisthosoma
covered with pale short hairs. Dorsum of opisthosoma gray, covered with large irregular
black patches; venter gray, with small black patches. Spinnerets gray (Fig. 1A, B).
Palp (Figs 2A–C, 3A–C). Coxae of palps white, other sections yellow; length to
width ratio of femur 3.0, length to width ratio of patella 1.2; retrolateral tibial apophy-
sis enlarged, about 3 times the tibial length, apical part wide and at, apical margin
aclinal, with thin hook-shaped dorsolateral terminal; cymbium with terminal spine,
tutaculum obvious; tegular apophysis wide and strong, apical part with a fold, ret-
rolaterally with long and beak shaped extension, tegular apophysis hook S-shaped in
prolateral view, extends to basal embolus; membranous conductor long, lamellate and
running almost along whole course of the embolus; base of embolus almost triangular.
Female. Total length 4.65: carapace 1.73 long, 1.12 wide; opisthosoma 2.96 long,
1.92 wide. Carapace yellow-brown. Clypeal height 0.21. Eye diameters: AME 0.19, ALE
0.11, PME 0.08, PLE 0.08. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE
0.02, ALE–ALE 0.51, AME–PME 0.08, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.04, PLE–PLE
0.48, ALE–PLE 0.04. MOQ 0.32 long, front width 0.36, back width 0.33. Mouthparts
(Fig. 1D): labium 0.23 long, 0.31 wide. Sternum 0.83 long, 0.97 wide. Leg measure-
ments: I 4.78 (1.28 + 0.55+ 1.06 + 1.30 + 0.59), II 4.58 (1.30 + 0.42 + 0.93 + 1.23 +
0.70), III 4.73 (1.24 + 0.45 + 1.02 + 1.28 + 0.74), IV 6.14 (1.62 + 0.53 + 1.39 + 1.62 +
0.98). Dorsum of opisthosoma black; venter white. Other colors as in male (Fig. 1C, D).
Epigyne (Figs 2D, E, 3D, E). Posterior part with central hood, which is bathing-
cap-shaped, 0.6 long, 0.13 wide, posteromedian margin straight, copulatory openings
situated in posterior part of epigyne; long and spiraled spermathecae visible through
integument, apices of two spermathecae converging and touching each other, base
of two spermathecae distant (about 4 times the spermathecal diameter), brown sper-
mathecae with 5 coils.
Distribution. China (Xinjiang).
Zodarion planum sp. n.
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Figures 4, 5
Type material. Holotype (Z-Shaanxi-198606-22), Baoji City (34°22'N, 107°09'E),
Shaanxi Province, China, 22 June 1986, Mingsheng Zhu leg.
Diagnosis. e male of Z. planum is very similar to those of Z. sytchevskajae Nenilin
& Fet, 1985, Z. chaoyangense Zhu & Zhu, 1983, and Z. furcum Zhu, 1988, as all have
dorsolateral processes extending from the middle part of the retrolateral tibial apophysis,
though Z. planum can be distinguished from the others by the wide and uent margins of
the dorsolateral process (obviously curving in the other three species) (Figs 4C–E, 5A–C).
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Figure 4. Zodarion planum sp. n., male holotype (A–E) A, B Habitus (A dorsal view B ventral view)
C–E Left male palp (C prolateral view D ventral view E retrolateral view).
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Etymology. e specic name is from the Latin planum, in reference to the dorso-
lateral hook-shaped process of the retrolateral tibial apophysis; adjective.
Description. Male (holotype): total length 2.22; carapace 1.20 long, 1.00 wide;
opisthosoma 1.02 long, 0.74 wide. Carapace (Fig. 4A) declining, longer than wide,
yellow-brown, furnished with inconspicuous black netlike stripes. Clypeus 0.16 high,
yellow-brown. Anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior eye row strongly pro-
curved in dorsal view. Ocular area black. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13,
ALE 0.08, PME 0.07, PLE 0.07, AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.06, ALE–ALE 0.42,
AME–PME 0.08, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.02, PLE–PLE 0.42, ALE–PLE
0.02. MOQ 0.26 long, anterior width 0.28, posterior width 0.29. Mouthparts (Fig.
4B): chelicerae yellow-brown, with two anterior and one posterior teeth on margins of
fang furrows, terminal part with row of black scopulae, fangs short; endites yellowish,
apices paler and provided with dense black scopula; labium triangular, 0.16 long, 0.25
wide, yellow-brown. Sternum (Fig. 4B) 0.70 long, 0.64 wide, white, lateral margin
dark, provided with sparse black setae, its lateral margin with inter- and intra-coxal
triangles. Legs (Fig. 4A, B) yellow-brown; femora with dorsal spines. Leg measure-
ments: leg I 5.32 (0.98 + 0.51 + 1.47 + 1.66 + 0.70), II 2.78 (0.78 + 0.38 + 0.65 +
0.59 + 0.38), III 4.41 (0.92 + 0.38 + 1.54 + 1.00 + 0.57), IV 5.79 (1.12+ 0.58 + 1.31
+ 1.70 + 1.08). Opisthosoma (Fig. 4A, B) covered with black short setae. Dorsum of
opisthosoma black; venter white, median part with wide dark gray band. Spinnerets
(Fig. 4B) white, laterally with blackish patches.
Palp (Figs 4C, D, 5A–C). Coxae of palps white, other sections yellow; length to
width ratio of femur 2.7, length to width ratio of patella 1.2; retrolateral tibial apophy-
sis about 2.5 times the tibial length, thin apex nger-shaped, dorsolateral hook-shaped
apophysis long and at; cymbium with terminal spine, tutaculum obvious; tegular
apophysis of moderate size, retrolaterally with at and wide extension, tegular apo-
physis hook nearly straight in prolateral view; membranous conductor long, lamellate,
and running almost along whole course of embolus; basal embolus almost triangular.
Female unknown.
Distribution. China (Shaanxi).
Remarks. e two new species Z. apertum sp. n. and Z. planum sp. n., together
with most known East Asian and Central Asian species of the Zodarion (i.e. Z. asi-
aticum Tyschchenko, 1970, Z. bekuzini Nenilin, 1985, Z. chaoyangense Zhu & Zhu,
1983, Z. continentale Andreeva & Tyschchenko, 1968, Z. furcum Zhu, 1988, Z. mon-
golicum (Marusik & Koponen, 2001), Z. nenilini Eskov, 1995 (also distributed in
European area and Urals of Russia), Z. proszynskii Nenilin & Fet, 1985, Z. schmidti
(Marusik & Koponen, 2001), Z. spasskyi Charitonov, 1946, Z. hunanense Yin, 2012,
Z. sytchevskajae Nenilin & Fet, 1985, Z. volgouralensis (Ponomarev, 2007) (also distrib-
uted in Astrakhan of Russia), and Z. zebra Charitonov, 1946) appear to comprise an
undescribed group with the following common characters: the long and thin embolus
rising at the prolateral or basal part of the tegulum; tegular apophysis wide and strong,
with a downwardly-directed hook; a modied apical portion of the retrolateral tibial
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Figure 5. Zodarion planum sp. n. A–C Left male palp of male holotype (A prolateral view B ventral view
C retrolateral view). Abbreviations: C, conductor; DLH, dorsolateral hook; E, embolus; RTA, retrolateral
tibial apophysis; TA, tegular apophysis; TAH, tegular apophysis hook; TU, tutaculum.
apophysis turning dorsally; cymbium with tutaculum; epigyne with incised postero-
median margin and median hood; apical parts of spiraled spermathecae converging.
ey are dierent from the lutipes group (Bosmans 2009) in having a long conductor,
the tutaculum of the cymbium, and the converging apex of the spermathecae.
Zodarion hunanense was described based only on a female specimen from Hu-
nan province of China. e possibility exists that Z. planum sp. n. is conspecic
with Z. hunanense.
Zodarion ovatum sp. n.
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Type material. Holotype (Z-Yunnan-200505-18), Yuanmou County (25°51'N,
101°45'E), Yunnan Province, China, 26 May 2005, collector unknown. Paratypes: 71
(Z-Yunnan-200505-19 - Z- Yunnan-200505-89) and 33 (Z- Yunnan-200505-90
- Yunnan-200505-122), same data as holotype.
Diagnosis. e males of Z. ovatum sp. n. are similar to those of Zodarion nitidum
(Audouin, 1826), Z. christae Bosmans, 2009, Z. deltshevi Bosmans, 2009, and Z.
samos Bosmans, 2009 because of the agelliform embolus rising at the basal part of
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Figure 6. Zodarion ovatum sp. n., male holotype (A, B ) and female paratype (C , D) Habitus (A, C dorsal
view B, D ventral view).
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Figure 7. Zodarion ovatum sp. n., male holotype left palp (A–C) and female paratype (D, E) A Prolateral
view B Ventral view C Retrolateral view D Epigynum, ventral view E Vulva, dorsal view.
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the tegulum, the small tegular apophysis and the retrolateral tibial apophysis termi-
nally pointed in ventral view, though it can be distinguished from the others by the
small oval base of the embolus (triangular in the other three species), and the lack of
a gland in the base of the cymbium (present in the other three species). e females
of Z. ovatum sp. n. are similar to female Z. soror (Simon, 1873) in having swollen
copulatory ducts, and also to Z. ludibundum Simon, 1914 and Z. nigriceps (Simon,
1873) by the oblique lateral margines of epigyne, but the copulatory ducts of Z. ova-
tum sp. n. are longitudinally arranged (Figs 7A–E, 8A–E) rather than oblique in the
three other species.
Etymology. e specic name is from the Latin ovatum, in reference to the oval
shape of the swollen copulatory ducts; adjective.
Description. Male (holotype): total length 1.85; carapace 0.99 long, 0.68 wide;
opisthosoma 0.88 long, 0.64 wide. Carapace (Fig. 6A) longer than wide, yellow-
brown, median part with faint black patch in front of black fovea, thorax at, tegu-
ment smooth and shiny. Clypeus 0.09 high, yellow-brown. Anterior eye row slightly
procurved, posterior eye row strongly procurved in dorsal view. Ocular area black.
Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.11, ALE 0.03, PME 0.04, PLE 0.04, AME–
AME 0.05, AME–ALE 0.03, ALE–ALE 0.33, AME–PME 0.07, PME–PME 0.16,
PME–PLE 0.03, PLE–PLE 0.33, ALE–PLE 0.01. MOQ 0.21 long, anterior width
0.24, posterior width 0.25. Mouthparts (Fig. 6B): chelicerae yellow-brown, with two
anterior and one posterior teeth on margins of fang furrows, terminal part with row of
black scopulae, fangs short; endites yellow, apices paler and provided with dense black
scopula; labium triangular, 0.11 long, 0.18 wide, yellow-brown, median part with
semi-orbicular brown band. Sternum (Fig. 6B) 0.52 long, 0.55 wide, white, lateral
margin dark, provided with sparse black setae, its lateral margin with inter- and intra-
coxal triangles. Legs (Fig. 6A, B) brown. Leg measurements: leg I 2.83 (0.75 + 0.26
+ 0.59 + 0.78 + 0.45), II 2.54 (0.62 + 0.24 + 0.45 + 0.79 + 0.44), III 2.62 (0.71 +
0.20 + 0.46 + 0.80 + 0.45), IV 3.56 (0.79 + 0.31 + 0.80 + 1.01 + 0.65). Opisthosoma
(Fig.6A, B) oval, covered with black short setae. Dorsum of opisthosoma gray, covered
by many dark patches; venter white. Spinnerets (Fig. 6B) pale yellow.
Palp (Figs 7A–C, 8A–C). Palps yellow brown; length to width ratio of femur 2.5,
length to width ratio of patella 1.3; retrolateral tibial apophysis as long as tibia, thin
and slightly curved in ventral view, but wide in retrolateral view, without dorsolateral
process; tegular apophysis large and complex, tip turning gradually tapering, hook of
tegular apophysis pointed posteriorly in prolateral view; membranous conductor short;
base of embolus small and oval, connected to tegulum via white membrane.
Female. One of the specimens (Z-Laos-11–25) measured: total length 2.65; cara-
pace 1.20 long, 0.84 wide; opisthosoma 1.48 long, 1.05 wide. Carapace yellow-brown.
Clypeal height 0.09. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.09, PME 0.05,
PLE 0.08, AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.03, ALE–ALE 0.41, AME–PME 0.06,
PME–PME 0.21, PME–PLE 0.02, PLE–PLE 0.38, ALE–PLE 0.02. MOQ 0.60 long,
front width 0.70, back width 0.26. Mouthparts (Figure 1D): labium 0.17 long, 0.21
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Figure 8. Zodarion ovatum sp. n., male holotype (A–C) and female paratype (D, E) A–C Left male palp
(A prolateral view B ventral view C retrolateral view) D Epigynum, ventral view E Vulva, dorsal view. Ab-
breviations: C, conductor; CD, copulatory ducts; CO, copulatory opening; E, embolus; RTA, retrolateral
tibial apophysis; S, spermatheca; TA, tegular apophysis; TAH, tegular apophysis hook.
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wide. Sternum 0.83 long, 0.97 wide. Leg measurements: I 2.66 (0.71 + 0.22 + 0.59 +
0.50 + 0.64), II 2.37 (0.81 + 0.17 + 0.47 + 0.64 + 0.28), III 2.54 (0.72 + 0.23+ 0.34
+ 0.79+ 0.46), IV 3.79 (1.07 + 0.27 + 0.63 + 1.18 + 0.64). Dorsum of opisthosoma
black; venter gray-brown. Other coloration as in male (Fig. 6C, D).
Epigyne with two oblique chitinous sutures, copulatory openings situated al-
most in the central part of epigyne; anterior part of copulatory ducts swollen, vis-
ible through integument; spermathecae small, situated posteriorly and well separated
(Figs7D, E, 8D, E).
Distribution. China (Yunnan).
Remarks. e males of species Z. ovatum sp. n. belong to the lutipes group with
their long embolus rising at the posterior part of the tegulum; tibial apophysis short,
robust and without lateral process. e females of Z. ovatum sp. n. resemble the spe-
cies of the italicum group (Bosmans 1997) with their parallel or converging chitinous
sutures on the epigyne and swollen copulatory ducts.
Zodarion chaoyangense Zhu & Zhu, 1983
Figures 9, 10
Zodarion chaoyangensis Zhu and Zhu 1983: 137, g. a–h; Song et al. 1999: 431, g.257P,
Q, 258A; Song et al. 2001: 327, g. 210A–D; Jocqué and Henrard 2015: 21.
Zodariellum chaoyangense: Marusik and Koponen 2001: 41.
Material examined. 1 and 1, Zanhuang County (37°65'N, 114°35'E), Hebei
Province, China, time and collector unknown.
Description. See Zhu and Zhu (1983).
Distribution. China (Liaoning, Hebei).
Zodarion furcum Zhu, 1988
Figures 11, 12
Zodarion furcum Zhu 1988: 354, g. 5–9; Song et al. 1999: 431, g. 257R, S, 258B;
Song et al. 2001: 328, g. 211A–E; Jocqué and Henrard 2015: 21.
Zodariellum furcum Marusik and Koponen 2001: 41.
Material examined. 1 and 1, Shijiazhuang City (38°15'N, 114°12'E), Hebei Prov-
ince, China, 17 May 1985, Mingsheng Zhu leg.
Description. See Zhu (1988).
Distribution. China (Hebei).
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Figure 9. Zodarion chaoyangense Zhu & Zhu, 1983, male holotype (A, B ) and female paratype (C , D )
Habitus (A, C dorsal view B, D ventral view).
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Figure 10. Zodarion chaoyangense Zhu & Zhu, 1983, male holotype left palp (A–C) and female paratype
(D, E) A Prolateral view B Ventral view C Retrolateral view D Epigynum, ventral view E Vulva, dorsal view
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Figure 11. Zodarion furcum Zhu, 1988, male holotype (A, B ) and female paratype (C , D) Habitus
(A, C dorsal view B, D ventral view).
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Figure 12. Zodarion furcum Zhu, 1988, male holotype left palp (A–C) and female paratype (D, E)
AProlateral view B Ventral view C Retrolateral view D Epigynum, ventral view E Vulva, dorsal view.
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Figure 13. Records of Zodarion species in China. Zodarion apertum sp. n. Zodarion planum sp.n.
Zodarion ovatum sp. n. Zodarion chaoyangense Zhu & Zhu, 1983 Zodarion furcum Zhu, 1988
Zodarion hunanense Yin, 2012.
Zodarion hunanense Yin, 2012
Zodarion hunanensis Yin in Yin et al. 2012: 1148, g. 611a–e.
Description and gures. See Yin (2012).
Distribution. China (Hunan).
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Dr Shuqiang Li, Dr Yuri Marusik and Zhisheng Zhang for valuable
suggestions, and to the linguistic editor and Professor Malcolm Lyon (University of
Manchester, UK) for improving the English. We are grateful to Mingsheng Zhu and
Dong Sun for the collection of specimens. is study was supported by the National
Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31471969) and the Natural Science Foun-
dation of Hebei Province (No. C2017104011).
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