Zora alpina Kulczyński, 1915
Description
Male
Metatarsi I and II with 2 pairs of ventral spines.
Body length male: 3.11 mmFemale
Epigyne with very large groove. Prosoma with dark margin band very narrow and interrupted. Prosoma length: 1.5-1.9 mm. Femur I and II without or with hardly visible spots.
Body length female: 3.3-4 mmAdditional information
High alpine species.
Genital very similar to Zora silvestris and Zora manicata.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Mazzoleni et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Mazzoleni et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ponomarev et al. 2024c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ponomarev et al. 2024c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Mazzoleni et al. 2016)
Epigyne
(Mazzoleni et al. 2016)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Ponomarev et al. 2024c)
Vulva
(Mazzoleni et al. 2016)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Ponomarev et al. 2024c)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Mazzoleni et al. 2016)
Distribution List
References
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin 
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Martynovchenko F A, Mikhailov K G (2014) Spiders (Aranei) of Teberda State Reserve: fauna and biotopic distribution. Euroasian Entomological Journal 13: 355-371
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Mazzoleni F, Pantini P, Pedrotti L, Gobbi M (2016) Zora alpina Kulczyński, 1915 (Araneae: Miturgidae): description of the male, redescription of the female. Zootaxa 4139: 445-450
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Ponomarev A V, Mikhailov K G, Shmatko V Y (2024c) Review of the spider genus Zora C.L. Koch, 1847 (Aranei: Miturgidae) of Ciscaucasia and the Russian Caucasus. New data on the fauna and distribution, with material from neighbouring regions. Arthropoda Selecta 33: 589-607
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2