Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   157 species

Zodarion ludibundum Simon, 1914

Description

Tibial apophysis tapering, with pointed tip. Embolus curved, tapering, with pointed tip. Epigyne with two oblique, comma-shaped stripes. Prosoma brown to dark brown with dark markings. Legs yellowish orange. Opisthosoma dark purple-brown, ventrally pale yellowish

Body length male: 2.2-4.4 mm
Body length female: 3-5.3 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France (Corsica), Italy (Sicily), Algeria
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Distribution List
Algeria   (Bouragba et al., 2012; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
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

Bosmans R (1997) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part II.  Western and Central Europe, including Italy (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 265-294 pdf

Bouragba N, Bosmans R, Lieutier F (2012) Une nouvelle espèce de Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 (Arachnida, Araneae) d'Algérie, avec un catalogue des Zodariidae du Maghreb. Bulletin de la Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie 148: 74-83 pdf

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Shafaie S, Pekár S, Korba J, Doumandji S, Berretima W (2025c) Contribution to the zodariid spider fauna (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Algeria. Journal of Natural History 59: 1895-1916 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
15-06-2025 Image insert
11-06-2025 Distribution update Detail
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