Zodarion costablancae Bosmans, 1994
Description
Male
Pedipalp: tibial apophysis broad, basal part with parallel margins, distal part obliquely truncated and bluntly pointed. Prosoma brown, reticulated with yellowish brown. Prosoma length: 1.20-1.48 mm. Legs yellowish orange, metatarsi and tarsi yellowish white. Opisthosoma sepia, venter greyish.
Body length male: 2.3-2.8 mmFemale
Epigyne with relatively short median plate, rectangular, limited anteriorly by a wedge-shaped structure. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.28-1.70 mm.
Body length female: 2.6-4.0 mmAdditional information
In palm orchard.
Distribution
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, dorsal view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Distribution List
References
Bosmans R (1994b) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Araneae, Zodariidae). Eos 69: 115-142 
Bosmans R, Pantini P, Loverre P, Addante R (2019a) New species and new records of ant-eating spiders from Mediterranean Europe (Araneae: Zodariidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 8-20
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Pekár S, Cardoso P, Barriga J C, Carvalho J C (2011) Update to the zodariid spider fauna of the Iberian peninsula and Madeira (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 2814: 19-32
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 (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2