araneae - Zodarion caporiaccoi

Description

Male

Pedipalp: tibial apophysis triangular, terminally distinctly curved. Prosoma brown to dark brown, with variable dark markings. Prosoma length: 0.91-1.42 mm. Legs yellowish orange, femora often with dark markings. Opisthosoma dark purplish brown, venter pale yellowish.

Body length male: 1.8-3.1 mm

Female

Epigyne: median plate almost square, laterally flanked by 2 transverse triangles or rectangles. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 0.91-1.41 mm.

Body length female: 2.4-3.2 mm

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy

Phenology



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Figures

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1997)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 1997)

Tip of embolus
(Bosmans 1997)

Retinaculum
(Bosmans 1997)

Epigyne
(Bosmans 1997)

Vulva
(Bosmans 1997)

Distribution List

References

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

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

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2

Zodarion caporiaccoi Roewer, 1942