Pedipalp: tibial apophysis moderately long, with parallel margins, terminally incised. Prosoma dark reddish brown to black. Prosoma length: 1.46-1.76 mm. Legs: coxae I-II brown, coxae III-IB yellowish brown, femora dark brown, patellae I-II yellowish brown, patellae III-IV, tibiae and metatarsi brown, tarsi yellowish brown. Opisthosoma dark sepia, with rounded spot and pale transverse stripe above the spinnerets, venter reddish brown, triangular spot before spinnerets and lateral stripe grey.
Body length male: 2.8-3.1 mmEpigyne with 2 postero-median pits, median plate longer than wide, postero-lateral border strongly and anterior margin slightly chitinized. Colouration as in males, usually slightly lighter, as well as ventral spots on opisthosoma larger. Prosma length: 1.82-2.10 mm.
Body length female: 3.9-5.1 mmJan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
"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.
Bosmans R (1994b) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Araneae, Zodariidae). Eos 69: 115-142
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Pekár S, Cardoso P (2005) Ant-eating spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Portugal: additions to the current knowledge. Zootaxa 1009: 51-60
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
Wunderlich J (2023) Contribution to the spider (Araneida) fauna of the Algarve, Portugal, with notes on the phylogeny of the superfamily Araneoidea and the description of the new araneoid family Fonteferridae. Beiträge zur Araneologie 16: 4-112
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21-03-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |