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Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   157 species

Zodarion bigaense Bosmans, Özkütük, Varli & Kunt, 2014

Description
Male

Prosoma dark brown, thoracic region somewhat paler, with striae. Chelicerae and sternum brown to dark brown. Legs: coxae and tarsi yellow-white, femora dark brown, femora III-IV often yellow-brown, tibiae and metatarsi yellowish brown. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark sepia, lateral part and venter whitish.

Body length male: 3.5-4.4 mm
Female

Colouration as in males, but paler and with less contrasting leg segments.

Body length female: 4.3-5.0 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Turkey (Asia)   (Bosmans et al., 2014; Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Bosmans R, Özkütük R S, Varli S V, Kunt K B (2014) Description of a new Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 from Turkey (Zodariidae; Araneae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 38: 99-101 pdf

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 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

Updates
23-03-2021 Distribution update Detail
05-08-2014 Datasheet update Detail
05-08-2014 Image insert
05-08-2014 Distribution update Detail