Zodarion nitidum (Audouin, 1826)
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 mmFemale
Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.7-2.8 mm.
Body length female: 4.2-7.2 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy 1992)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1992)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1992)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1992)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1992)
Eyes, frontal view
(Levy 1992)
Epigyne
(Denis 1962c)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1992)
Epigyne
(Denis 1937a)
Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1992)
Vulva, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Vulva, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
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.
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 
Denis J (1937a) Contribution à l'étude des araignées du genre Zodarion Walckenaer. Festschrift Embrik Strand 3: 1-50
Denis J (1962c) Araignées recueillies en 1961 par la Mission Belge au Tibesti. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 65: 29-32
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
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
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].
Shafaie S, Pekár S, Seyyar O (2025d) New data on zodariid spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean. European Journal of Taxonomy 1016: 1-139
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2