Zodarion isabellinum (Simon, 1870)
Description
Male
Pedipalp: tibial apophysis with oblique crest in median part, distal part sharply pointed. Prosoma yellow-brown, striae and margin reticulated with braun. Prosoma length: 1.16-1.42 mm. Legs yellowish to yellowish orange, sometimes femora slightly darkened. Opisthosoma dark sepia, postero-dorsal spot and venter greyish white.
Body length male: 2.1-2.9 mmFemale
Epigyne with rectangular to trapezoid median plate, without pits, depressed anteriorly. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.20-1.42 mm.
Body length female: 2.9-3.6 mmAdditional information
In palm orchard and Eucalyptus litter.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1994b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 1994b)
Pedipalp, abnormal form, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019a)
Pedipalp, abnormal form, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Benhalima & Bosmans 2020)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Benhalima & Bosmans 2020)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
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
(Benhalima & Bosmans 2020)
Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025b)
Vulva
(Bosmans 1994b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Benhalima & Bosmans 2020)
Vulva, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025b)
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 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2020) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 (part IV). The species of Morocco (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4899: 93-114
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Bosmans R (1994b) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Araneae, Zodariidae). Eos 69: 115-142
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
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Dentici A, Barbera A, Ditta A, Genna C, Surdo S (2023) First Italian reports of Nemoscolus laurae (Simon, 1868) and Zodarion isabellinum (Simon, 1868) (Araneae Araneidae, Zodariidae) in Sicily and remarkable additions to the Sicilian araneofauna. Biodiversity Journal 14: 693-706
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
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