Zodarion germanicum (C. L. Koch, 1837)
Description
Male palp with projecting tegulum. Epigyne with angular indentation. Prosoma dark brown. Femur dark brown. Opisthosoma dark violet.
Body length male: 3.0-3.8 mmBody length female: 3.0-5.0 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1997)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Denis 1937a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Denis 1937a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Loksa 1969)
Pedipalp
(Bosmans 1997)
Pedipalp
(Denis 1937a)
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Embolus
(Kovblyuk 2003c)
Tibia
(Kovblyuk 2003c)
Epigyne
(Bosmans 1997)
Epigyne
(Denis 1937a)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1969)
Epigyne
(Kovblyuk 2003c)
Vulva
(Bosmans 1997)
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
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 
Bosmans R (1997) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part II. Western and Central Europe, including Italy (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 265-294
Coşar İ (2021a) Two new species of Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Turkey. Zootaxa 4948: 559-568
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Deltshev C, Naumova M, Matevski D, Indzhov S (2022) New taxonomic and faunistic data on the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae: Zodariidae) in the Balkans, with the descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 5174: 247-261
Denis J (1937a) Contribution à l'étude des araignées du genre Zodarion Walckenaer. Festschrift Embrik Strand 3: 1-50
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Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
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Kovblyuk M M (2003c) Spiders of the genus Zodarion (Aranei: Zodariidae) in the fauna of the Crimea. Euroasian Entomological Journal 1: 177-183
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Thaler K, Knoflach B (2002b) Zur Faunistik der Spinnen (Araneae) von Österreich: Atypidae, Haplogynae, Eresidae, Zodariidae, Mimetidae. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 34: 413-444
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
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