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Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   157 species

Zodarion jozefienae Bosmans, 1994

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026079

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Description
Male

Prosoma: cephalic part brown, thoracic part yellow, with brown star-like pattern. Sternum yellow. Legs: femor I brown, femora II-IV yellow, distally brown, remaining segments yellow. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark sepia, with row of 4-5 spots, posterior two fused, venter pale.

Body length male: 2.3-3.4 mm
Female

Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 3-5.7 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, Spain
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pekár et al. 2003)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pekár et al. 2003)

species

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. 2025a)

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

species

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

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male Tip of embolus
(Bosmans 1994b)

species

male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)

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female Epigyne
(Pekár et al. 2003)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans 1994b)

species

female Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)

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female Vulva
(Pekár et al. 2003)

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female Vulva
(Bosmans 1994b)

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

Distribution List
Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| 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

Pekár S, Cardoso P (2005) Ant-eating spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Portugal: additions to the current knowledge. Zootaxa 1009: 51-60 pdf

Pekár S, Cardoso P, Meierrose C (2003) Additions to the knowledge of Portuguese zodariid spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12: 385-395 pdf

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 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
13-05-2025 Image insert
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