Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   154 species

Zodarion pseudoelegans  Denis, 1934

Description
Male

Pedipalp: tibial apophysis terminally with 2 pointed teeth. Prosoma bicoloured: eye region, clypeus, V-shaped stripe and radiating striae reddish brown, remaining parts yellowish brown. Legs brown, basal part of femora yellowish brown, metatarsi and tarsi paler, sometimes femora darker. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark sepia, with some smaller whitish spots and a large white spot anterior to the spinnerets, venter whitish, laterally extending in antero-dorsal direction, area before spinnerets und usually the median stripe coloured as dorsum.

Body length male: 2.3-3.6 mm
Female

Epigyne with sausage-shaped median epigynal groove. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.80-2.30 mm.

Body length female: 3.4-5.1 mm
Additional information

In citrus groves and Pinus forests

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain (mainland, Balearic Is.), France
Phenology
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Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

France   (no references) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Bosmans R (1997) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part II.  Western and Central Europe, including Italy (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 265-294 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Mestre L, Piñol J, Barrientos J A, Cama A, Espadaler X (2012) Effects of ant competition and bird predation on the spider assemblage of a citrus grove. Basic and Applied Ecology 13: 355-362 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf