Zodarion timidum (Simon, 1874)
Description
Male
Pedipalp: tibial apophysis broad, provided with dorso-lateral and 2 terminal teeth. Prosoma yellowish orange, anterior margin and V-shaped spot brown. Prosoma length: 1.32-1.54 mm. Legs yellowish orange, coxae and tarsi nearly white. Opisthosoma dark sepia, small postero-dorsal spot and venter (except region of spinnerets) greyish white.
Body length male: 2.6-3.0 mmFemale
Epigyne with large trapezoid median plate, anterior margins rounded. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.50-1.80 mm.
Body length female: 3.2-4.4 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Bosmans 1997)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 1997)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, retrodorsal view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Embolus, ventral view
(Bosmans 1997)
Epigyne
(Bosmans 1997)
Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Vulva
(Bosmans 1997)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)
Distribution List
References
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 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
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