Zodarion algarvense Bosmans, 1994
Description
Male
Prosoma: cephalic part greyish brown, thoracic part and spot before fovea yellowish to yellowish orange. Prosoma length: 1.18 mm. Legs pale yellow to yellow-orange. Opisthosoma dark sepia, postero-dorsal part with a series of white spots, region of spinnerets and epigastric furrow dark sepia, lateral part with oblique, narrow, whitish stripe.
Body length male: 2.4 mmFemale
Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.42-1.48 mm.
Body length female: 3.2-3.6 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1994b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 1994b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Epigyne
(Bosmans 1994b)
Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Vulva
(Bosmans 1994b)
Vulva, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
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
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
Shafaie S, Pekár S, Ortiz D (2025a) Integrative taxonomy of the Iberian Zodarion species of the rubidum and styliferum groups (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 5624: 1-69
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 13-05-2025 | Image insert | |
| 21-03-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |