Zodarion christae Bosmans, 2009
Description
Male
Pedipalp: tibial apophysis elongated, with basal boss, gradually narrowing, with subterminal and terminal blunt teeth. Prosoma yellowish orange, suffused with grey. Legs yellowish orange. Opisthosoma: dorsum sepia brown with very small oval posterodorsal spots, venter whitish.
Body length male: 4.8-5.0 mmFemale
Epigyne: posterior margin with semi-circular incision with large median hood. Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 5.1-6.2 mmAdditional information
In Greece only known from Rhodes and Chios
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 2009)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 2009)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Coşar et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Coşar et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Coşar et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Epigyne
(Bosmans 2009)
Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Vulva
(Bosmans 2009)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Coşar et al. 2021)
Vulva, ventral view
(Coşar et al. 2021)
Vulva, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025d)
Distribution List
References
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 
Coşar İ, Danışman T, Yağmur E A (2021) Contributions to the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 in Turkey, with the description of a new species (Araneae: Zodariidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 45: 46-53
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 (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2