Zodarion lusitanicum Cardoso, 2003
Description
Male
Pedipalp: tibial apophysis long and thin, terminally slightly procurved. Prosoma, chelicerae, sternum brown. Prosoma length: 1.6-1.9 mm. Legs: all femora and tibiae distally brown, remaining segments yellow. Opisthosoma: dorsum brown, venter pale.
Body length male: 3.2-3.4 mmFemale
Epigyne: median plate wider than long, anterior margin straight. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.7-2.1 mm.
Body length female: 4.5-5.4 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pekár et al. 2003)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pekár et al. 2003)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Median apophysis, retrolateral view
(Pekár et al. 2003)
Epigyne
(Pekár et al. 2003)
Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Vulva
(Pekár et al. 2003)
Vulva, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
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.
References
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Pekár S, Cardoso P (2005) Ant-eating spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Portugal: additions to the current knowledge. Zootaxa 1009: 51-60
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
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 (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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