Zodarion merlijni Bosmans, 1994
Description
Male
Prosoma yellow with light brown pattern. Prosoma length: 1.86 mm. Sternum pale. Legs: femur I light brown, remaining segments yellow. Opisthosoma: dorsum brown, with a whitish spot above the spinnerets.
Body length male: 2.4-3.5 mmFemale
Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 3.1-3.6 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1994b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 1994b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Epigyne
(Pekár et al. 2003)
Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Vulva
(Pekár et al. 2003)
Vulva, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Distribution List
References
Bosmans R (1994b) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Araneae, Zodariidae). Eos 69: 115-142 
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 (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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