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Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   157 species

Zodarion viduum Denis, 1937

Description
Male

Pedipalp: tibial apophysis short and broad, terminally indented. Prosoma dark reddish brown, reticulated with black-brown. Prosoma length: 1.41 mm. Legs: coxa I brown, coxae II-IV yellowish brown, femora dark brown, patellae to tarsi yellowish brown, tibiae III-IV more or less streaked with dark brown. Opisthosoma dark purplish brown, oval spot above spinnerets and venter whitish.

Body length male: 2.5 mm
Female

Epigyne: posterior plate nearly triangular, provided with 2 median pouches and an anterior depression.

Additional information

Females possibly mismatched (Bosmans, 1994b)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal
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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.

Portugal   (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 (2025a) Integrative taxonomy of the Iberian Zodarion species of the rubidum and styliferum groups (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 5624: 1-69 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
10-05-2025 Image insert
21-03-2016 Datasheet update Detail