Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   157 species

Zodarion cesari Pekár, 2011

Description
Male

Prosoma yellow, dark spot around eyes. Prosoma length: 0.9-1.1 mm. Sternum pale, with brown margins. Legs yellow. Opisthosoma: dorsum brown, venter pale.

Body length male: 1.7-2.3 mm
Female

Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.0-1.2 mm.

Body length female: 2.3-2.8 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Spain, France (Corsica), Algeria
Phenology
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Distribution List
Algeria   (Shafaie et al., 2025c) ||| France / Corsica   (Déjean, 2016) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019; Barrientos & Febrer, 2017) |||
References

Barrientos J A, Febrer B (2017) Arañas (Arachnida, Araneae) de Menorca (Islas Baleares, España). Nuevos datos. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 31: 8-24 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Déjean S (2016) Zodarion cesari Pekár et al., 2011 (Araneae, Zodariidae) espèce nouvelle pour la faune de France, découverte en Corse. Revue Arachnologique (2) 3: 14-15 pdf

Pekár S, Cardoso P, Barriga J C, Carvalho J C (2011) Update to the zodariid spider fauna of the Iberian peninsula and Madeira (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 2814: 19-32 pdf

Shafaie S, Pekár S, Korba J, Doumandji S, Berretima W (2025c) Contribution to the zodariid spider fauna (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Algeria. Journal of Natural History 59: 1895-1916 pdf

Shafaie S, Pekár S, Ortiz D (2025b) Zodarion spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae): morphology, molecular characterisation and reassessment of the elegans, italicum, and pusio groups from Iberia and the Canary Islands. Journal of Natural History 59: 1825-1875 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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