Zodarion vicinum Denis, 1935
Description
Embolus with ridge, relatively robust tip. Prosoma brown to dark brown with dark pattern. Opisthosoma dorsally dark purple-brown, ventrally uniformly pale yellow.
Body length male: 2.1-2.8 mmBody length female: 2.7-3.8 mm
Additional information
Originally in southern Italy, probably imported to S-England (Dover)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1997)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Snazell & Bosmans 1998)
Pedipalp
(Bosmans 1997)
Pedipalp
(Snazell & Bosmans 1998)
Tip of embolus
(Bosmans 1997)
Tip of embolus
(Bosmans 1997)
Tip of embolus
(Snazell & Bosmans 1998)
Epigyne
(Bosmans 1997)
Epigyne
(Snazell & Bosmans 1998)
Vulva
(Bosmans 1997)
Vulva
(Snazell & Bosmans 1998)
Retinaculum
(Bosmans 1997)
Distribution List
References
Blagoev G (2002) Check list of Macedonian spiders (Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 54: 9-34 
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
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
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Snazell R, Bosmans R (1998) Zodarion vicinum Denis, 1935: new to Britain. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 81: 8-10
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2