Zodarion algiricum (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Male
Colouration as in males, except opisthosoma: spot above spinnerets triangular.
Female
Prosoma yellow-orange, cephalic part dark brown, with yellow longitudinal band. Sternum yellow, suffused with brown anteriorly. Legs yellow, femora I-II black-brown, tibiae with pale brown-red streaks, femur III slightly lighter, apical part of tibia III orange, femur IV darkened apically. Opisthosoma brown-purple, above spinnerets with rectangular spot, venter yellow.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025c)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025c)
Pedicel, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025c)
Epigyne
(Bosmans et al. 2019a)
Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025c)
Vulva, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025c)
Distribution List
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 
Bosmans R (2003) A checklist of the spiders of Tunisia, with description of a new species of Palliduphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 12: 89-109
Bosmans R, Pantini P, Loverre P, Addante R (2019a) New species and new records of ant-eating spiders from Mediterranean Europe (Araneae: Zodariidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 8-20
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
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2