Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   157 species

Zodarion ohridense Wunderlich, 1973

Description
Male

Prosoma reddish brown, fovea and margin darker. Legs yellowish brown, femora dark brown. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark sepia brown, venter with whitish oval spot.

Body length male: 2.5-3.2 mm
Female

Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 3.4-4.5 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Czechia, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece
Phenology
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Distribution List
Albania   (Deltshev et al., 2011b) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Croatia   (Bosmans, 2009) ||| Czechia   (Řezáč et al., 2021; Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Greece   (Bosmans, 2009) ||| Kosovo   (Geci et al., 2025a) ||| North Macedonia   (Bosmans, 2009; Komnenov, 2014) |||
References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Bosmans R (2009) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part III. South East Europe and Turkey (Araneae: Zodariidae). Contributions to Natural History 12: 211-295 pdf

Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144 pdf

Geci, D., Ibrahimi, H., Bilalli, A. & Musliu, M (2025a) New records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Western Balkans. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11: 269-289 pdf

Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267 pdf

Krejčí T, Řezáč M, Kadlec T (2017) Zodarion ohridense (Araneae: Zodariidae) – a new record for Central Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 54: 5-7 pdf

Lazarov S P (2007a) Spiders (Araneae) from the Maleshevska Mountain (SW Bulgaria). Part I. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 59: 133-144 pdf

Řezáč M, Růžička V, Hula V, Dolanský J, Machač O, Roušar A (2021) Spiders newly observed in Czechia in recent years – overlooked or invasive species? BioInvasions Records 10: 555-566 pdf

Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html 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

Wunderlich J (1973a) Beschreibung einiger bisher unbekannter Arten der Gattung Zodarion Walckenaer aus Südeuropa (Arachnida: Araneae: Zodariidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 54: 171-176 pdf

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