Description of a new species of Zodarion Walckenaer (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Turkey

  Description of a new species of Zodarion Walckenaer (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Turkey Introduction Zodariidae Thorell, commonly known as ant-eating spiders, is one of the most diverse spider families, comprising over 1300 species across 90 genera (World Spider Catalog  Citation 2026 ). Members of the family are distributed worldwide, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions (World Spider Catalog  Citation 2026 ). Within this large family, the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, is represented by 176 species (World Spider Catalog  Citation 2026 ). Currently, 157 Zodarion species are known from Europe (Nentwig et al .  Citation 2026 ). In Turkey, the family Zodariidae comprises 37 species in four genera. Most of them, 34 species, belong to the genus Zodarion (Danışman et al. ,  Citation 2025 ). Within the genus, eight species of the ‘ germanicum ’ species group are found in Turkey: Zodarion abantense Wunderlich, Z. bigaense Bosmans, Özkütük, Varlı, and Kunt, ...

First catalog of Salticidae (Arachnidae, Araneae) from French Guiana, with the description of one new species

 


First catalog of Salticidae (Arachnidae, Araneae) from French Guiana, with the description of one new species

A work of bibliographic synthesis and identification of collected material made possible to complete the knowledge concerning one of the best studied spider families of the neotropical region from a systematic point of view, namely the Salticidae Blackwall, 1841. This catalog lists the presence of 122 species as well as 68 morphospecies, belonging to 36 genera, making a total of 190 potential species. After argument based on the observation of type species or individuals, exchanges with data producers or even verification of data in the bibliography, the following species, 19 in number, are deleted from the list of Salticidae of French Guyana: Amycus ectipus (Simon, 1900), Amycus pertyi Simon, 1900, Anasaitis canosa (Walckenaer, 1837), Chira simoni (Galiano, 1961), Chirothecia crassipes (Taczanowski, 1878), Colonus germaini (Simon, 1900), Corythalia tropica (Mello-Leitão, 1939), Hypaeus miles Simon, 1900, Lyssomanes amazonicus G. W. Peckham, E. G. Peckham & Wheeler, 1889, Lyssomanes elegans (Cambridge, 1900), Lyssomanes parallelus (Peckham & Wheeler, 1889), Matinta fasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1940), Noegus bidens (Simon, 1900), Noegus petrusewiczi Caporiacco, 1947, Psecas bubo (Taczanowski, 1871), Sarinda atrata (Taczanowski, 1871), Scopocira melanops (Taczanowski, 1871), Rudra wagae (Taczanowski, 1871) and Viciria chabanaudi Fage, 1923. The mention of a species in Vedel et al. (2013), not recognized by the World Spider Catalog (2023), is also deleted: Salticus fulvatus (Fabricius, 1896). The following new synonymy is established: Amycus flavolineatus C. L. Koch, 1846 is a junior synonym of Colonus sylvanus (Hentz, 1846), n. syn. Amycus amrishi Makhan, 2006 and Neonella heliophanina (Taczanowski, 1871) are considered as nomina dubia. Pseudopartona ornata Caporiacco, 1954, type species of the genus Pseudopartona Caporiacco, 1954 , belongs to the genus Sassacus Sassacus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1895, which results in Pseudopartona being synonymised with Sassacus, and the following new combination Sassacus ornatus (Caporiacco, 1954) n. comb. Finally, 25 species are newly cited, including one newly described species: Eustiromastix agatheae Courtial & Picard n. sp. (male).

COURTIAL C., PICARD L. & PÉTILLON J. 2025. — Premier catalogue des Salticidae (Arachnidae, Araneae) de Guyane et description d’une nouvelle espèce. Zoosystema 48 (4): 75-120. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2026v48a4http://zoosystema.com/48/4