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Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   154 species

Zodarion nitidum  (Audouin, 1826)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026102

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Description
Male

Prosoma brown to light brown, eye region black, fovea distinct. Prosoma length: 1.2-2.0 mm. Sternum slightly lighter than prosoma. Legs brown to yellow. Opisthosoma black, venter occasionally pale.

Body length male: 2.6-4.1 mm
Female

Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.7-2.8 mm.

Body length female: 4.2-7.2 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Croatia: doubtful
Global distribution (WSC 2024): North Africa, Middle East
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy 1992)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1992)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1992)

species

male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1992)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1992)

species

male Eyes, frontal view
(Levy 1992)

species

female Epigyne
(Denis 1962c)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1992)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1992)

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.

Algeria   (Denis, 1937a; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Croatia   (Milosevic, 2002) ||| Egypt   (Denis, 1937a) ||| Italy  Removed (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Libya   (Denis, 1937a) ||| Tunisia   (Denis, 1937a) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Denis J (1937a) Contribution à l'étude des araignées du genre Zodarion Walckenaer. Festschrift Embrik Strand 3: 1-50 pdf

Denis J (1962c) Araignées recueillies en 1961 par la Mission Belge au Tibesti. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 65: 29-32 pdf

Levy G (1992) The spider genera Palaestina, Trygetus, Zodarion and Ranops (Araneae, Zodariidae) in Israel with annotations on species of the Middle East. Israel Journal of Zoology 38: 67-110 pdf

Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna]. pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
03-01-2021 Distribution insert Detail
03-01-2021 Distribution update Detail
22-03-2016 Image insert