Zodarion spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae): morphology, molecular characterisation and reassessment of the elegans, italicum, and pusio groups from Iberia and the Canary Islands

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F25%3A00144597" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/25:00144597 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2498047" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2498047</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2498047" target="_blank" >10.1080/00222933.2025.2498047</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Zodarion spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae): morphology, molecular characterisation and reassessment of the elegans, italicum, and pusio groups from Iberia and the Canary Islands

Original language description

The ant-eating spider genus Zodarion has emerged as a valuable model system for the study of various aspects of spider biology; however, its taxonomy remains a complex challenge. This difficulty primarily stems from the insufficient documentation of numerous Zodarion species. In the present study, we provide the first comprehensive morphological characterisation of Iberian and Canarian Zodarion species belonging to the elegans, italicum, and pusio groups, employing both photographic and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images to emphasise key taxonomic traits. Additionally, we offer the first molecular characterisation of these species groups based on COI barcodes, aiming to facilitate their identification and explore patterns of mitochondrial variation within and between Iberian and Canarian species. A new species, Zodarion sanchezi Shafaie and Pek &amp; aacute;r sp. n., from the elegans group, is described here. Molecular analyses indicate that species within all five groups generally form monophyletic groups, with the exception of Z. styliferum, Z. modestum and Z. murphyorum, supporting the efficacy of molecular barcoding for species identification in Zodarion.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1E3DAC37-B0B2-4815-98D8-2FFE0D2A0013

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA22-20229S" target="_blank" >GA22-20229S: Evolution of trophic specialisation in ant-eating spiders</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

ISSN

0022-2933

e-ISSN

1464-5262

Volume of the periodical

59

Issue of the periodical within the volume

25-28

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

51

Pages from-to

1825-1875

UT code for WoS article

001502991100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105007636267