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Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   157 species

Zodarion diatretum Denis, 1935

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026055

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Description
Male

Pedipalp: tibial apophysis long, with distinct longitudinal groove. Prosoma bicoloured: eye region, clypeus, V-shaped stripe and radiating striae reddish brown, remaining parts yellowish brown. Prosoma length: 1.42-1.64 mm. Legs yellowish white. Opisthosoma: dorsum violet-black, with a posterior spot, often starting in the middle of the opisthosoma, venter greyish white, area around spinnerets slightly darkened.

Body length male: 2.4-3.2 mm
Female

Epigyne with deep, oval transverse depression. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.76-2.20 mm.

Body length female: 3.4-5.6 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Spain
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1994b)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 1994b)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025b)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025b)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025b)

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female Epigyne
(Bosmans 1994b)

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female Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025b)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Bosmans 1994b)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025b)

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.

Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Bosmans R (1994b) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Araneae, Zodariidae). Eos 69: 115-142 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Shafaie S, Pekár S, Ortiz D (2025b) Zodarion spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae): morphology, molecular characterisation and reassessment of the elegans, italicum, and pusio groups from Iberia and the Canary Islands. Journal of Natural History 59: 1825-1875 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
04-07-2025 Image insert
21-03-2016 Datasheet update Detail