Zodarion modestum (Simon, 1870)
Description
Male
Pedipalp: tibial apophysis gradually narrowing, terminally pointed, with baso-lateral tooth. Prosoma length: 1.16-1.42 mm. Prosoma reddish brown, marbled with dark brown. Legs: coxae yellowish brown, partly darkened, especially coxa I. femora brown to dark brown, often with longitudinal streaks, tibiae to tarsi yellowish brown. Opisthosoma dark sepia, postero-dorsal spot and venter greyish white.
Body length male: 2.1-2.9 mmFemale
Epigyne with trapezium-shaped median plate, without pits. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.20-1.42 mm.
Body length female: 2.9-3.6 mmAdditional information
Found in Quercus suber forest and grassland.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1994b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 1994b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025b)
Epigyne
(Bosmans 1994b)
Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025b)
Vulva
(Bosmans 1994b)
Vulva, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025b)
Distribution List
References
Bosmans R (1994b) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Araneae, Zodariidae). Eos 69: 115-142 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Shafaie S, Pekár S, Ortiz D (2025b) Zodarion spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae): morphology, molecular characterisation and reassessment of the elegans, italicum, and pusio groups from Iberia and the Canary Islands. Journal of Natural History 59: 1825-1875
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 04-07-2025 | Image insert | |
| 21-03-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |