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Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   157 species

Zodarion mallorca Bosmans, 1994

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026090

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Description
Male

Pedipalp: terminal part of the embolus with relatively short teeth. Prosoma brown to chocolate brown, Striae, eye region and margin darker. Prosoma length: 1.39-1.48 mm. Legs yellowish brown, femora I-II and distal part of femora III-IV brown. Opisthosoma dark sepia, the small postero-dorsal spot and venter whitish.

Body length male: 2.6-2.8 mm
Female

Epigyne with large and longish depression. Colouration as in males. Prosomalänge: 1.48-1.52 mm.

Body length female: 3.6-4 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Spain (Balearic. Is.)
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
(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 / Balearic Islands   (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