Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   154 species

Zodarion isabellinum  (Simon, 1870)

Description
Male

Pedipalp: tibial apophysis with oblique crest in median part, distal part sharply pointed. Prosoma yellow-brown, striae and margin reticulated with braun. Prosoma length: 1.16-1.42 mm. Legs yellowish to yellowish orange, sometimes femora slightly darkened. Opisthosoma dark sepia, postero-dorsal spot and venter greyish white.

Body length male: 2.1-2.9 mm
Female

Epigyne with rectangular to trapezoid median plate, without pits, depressed anteriorly. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.20-1.42 mm.

Body length female: 2.9-3.6 mm
Additional information

In palm orchard and Eucalyptus litter.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain, Italy (Sicily), Morocco
Phenology
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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.

Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Dentici et al., 2023) ||| Morocco   (Benhalima & Bosmans, 2020) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2020) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 (part IV). The species of Morocco (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4899: 93-114 pdf

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

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 pdf

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

Dentici A, Barbera A, Ditta A, Genna C, Surdo S (2023) First Italian reports of Nemoscolus laurae (Simon, 1868) and Zodarion isabellinum (Simon, 1868) (Araneae Araneidae, Zodariidae) in Sicily and remarkable additions to the Sicilian araneofauna. Biodiversity Journal 14: 693-706 pdf

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 pdf

Updates
06-01-2024 Distribution insert Detail
02-01-2021 Image insert
02-01-2021 Distribution insert Detail
14-02-2019 Image insert
21-03-2016 Datasheet update Detail