Zodarion milani Shafaie & Pekar 2025, sp. nov.

Zodarion milani Shafaie & Pekár sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 6E2ADB03-2768-49EC-8744-4B9488A6DCB7 Figs 76–77, 106 Diagnosis Males of this new species are similar to those of Z. rhodiense in body size and the coloration of the prosoma and legs, but they can be distinguished by their flattened embolar tip and the spine-like appendix (Fig. 77G vs Fig. 92F). Etymology The species is named after our colleague, Milan Řezáč, who collected the specimens. Type material Holotype SYRIA • ♂; Mashta Al-Helu; 3 Apr. 2001; M. Řezáč leg.; NMP P6A 7509. Other material examined SYRIA • 1 ♂; Al-Qadmus, Al-Kahf Castle; 5 Apr. 2001; M. Řezáč leg.; CMU. Description Male (holotype NMP P6A 7509) HABITUS (Fig. 76A–B). Carapace and chelicerae brown; chelicerae with a longitudinal black stripe. Sternum and mouthparts brownish. Cx greyish, black distally; Fe black, with two pairs of longitudinal yellow stripes; Pa I, Ti I–III, Mt and Ta I–IV pale. Pa II–IV and Ti IV pale ventrally and dark laterally. Palpal femur black, with two pairs of orange stripes, patella and tibia pale ventrally and dark laterally, and cymbium brown, with yellow tip. Abdomen dorsum black, with an oval scutum, venter black except for brownish epiandrous; PVS present. Spinnerets black basally and pale apically. MEASUREMENTS. Total length 4.55; carapace 2.34 long, 1.58 wide. Clypeus 0.26 high. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.15, ALE= PME 0.1, PLE 0.08, AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE–ALE 0.4, AME–PME 0.07, PME–PME 0.45, PME–PLE 0.1, PLE–PLE 0.27, ALE–PLE 0.2. Legs: I 7.77 (1.98, 0.72, 1.65, 2.14, 1.28), II 7 (1.91, 0.72, 1.38, 1.94, 1.05), III 7.01 (1.91, 0.69, 1.28, 2.14, 0.99), IV 9.64 (2.70, 0.75, 2.24, 2.8, 1.15). Palp: 2.37 (0.85, 0.39, 0.16, 0.95). PALP (Fig. 77A–G). RTA broad, with a claw-shaped extension. Median apophysis rectangular, with a beak-shaped PMA, companied by a blunt prolateral extension. Embolus with a flattened embolar tip accompanied by a lateral spine-like appendix. Female Unknown. Size variation Total body length 4.55–4.57, carapace length/width 2.34–2.35/1.58– 1 in males (N= 2). Distribution At present, known only from the type locality in Syria.