Zoropsis media Simon, 1878
Description
Male
Tibial apophysis of the pedipalpus short and wide and distinctly divided. Median apophysis in more basal position. Posterior margin of the chelicerae with 2 teeth.
prosoma length: 4.5 mm, prosoma width: 3-5 mm.
Body length male: 9-11 mmFemale
Posterior margin of the chelicerae with 2 teeth.
prosoma length: 4.5 mm, prosoma width: 3.4 mm.
Body length female: 9-11 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Levy 1990a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Barrientos et al. 1985)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosselaers 2002)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosselaers 2002)
Chelicera
(Barrientos et al. 1985)
Epigyne
(Levy 1990a)
Epigyne
(Bosselaers 2002)
Epigyne
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Epigyne
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1990a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
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.
References
Barrientos J A, Blasco A, Ferrández M A, Godall P, Pérez P, Rambla M, Urones M C (1985) Artrópodos epigeos del macizo de San Juan de la Peña (Jaca, Prov. de Huesca): XII. Familias de araneidos de escasa representación. Pirineos 126: 211-234 
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Bosselaers J (2002) A cladistic analysis of Zoropsidae (Araneae), with the description of a new genus. Belgian Journal of Zoology 132: 141-154
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Gaymard M, Lecigne S (2018) Contribution à la connaissance de l'aranéofaune (Araneae) du Gard et en particulier du massif des Gorges du Gardon (Occitanie, France). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 1: 1-39
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
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
Levy G (1990a) On the cribellate spider Zoropsis lutea in Israel (Araneae, Zoropsidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 8: 139-143
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2