Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   154 species

Zodarion abantense  Wunderlich, 1980

Description
Male

Prosoma dark brown, reticulated with black. Prosoma length: 1.4 mm. Legs yellow-brown, femur I dark brown, femora II-IV somewhat paler. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark violet brown, venter with rounded, whitishspot.

Body length male: 3.1-3.9 mm
Female

Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 4.8 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Turkey, Caucasus (Georgia, Russia)
Phenology
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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.

Georgia   (Otto, 2022) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024a; Danışman & Rubio, 2017; Dimitrov, 2020c) |||
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 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Danışman T, Rubio G D (2017) A new species of Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Turkey. Entomological News 127: 178-183 pdf

Dimitrov D (2020c) Taxonomic contribution to the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 in Turkey with description of a new species (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4810: 361-367 pdf

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J (1980b) Zur Gattung Zodarion Walckenaer 1847 mit Neubeschreibungen (Arachnida: Araneae: Zodariidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 60: 229-240 pdf

Updates
10-07-2020 Image insert
10-07-2020 Distribution update Detail
21-03-2016 Datasheet update Detail
18-12-2014 Image insert