Zodarion ludibundum Simon, 1914
Description
Tibial apophysis tapering, with pointed tip. Embolus curved, tapering, with pointed tip. Epigyne with two oblique, comma-shaped stripes. Prosoma brown to dark brown with dark markings. Legs yellowish orange. Opisthosoma dark purple-brown, ventrally pale yellowish
Body length male: 2.2-4.4 mmBody length female: 3-5.3 mm
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1997)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 1997)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025c)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025c)
Tip of embolus
(Bosmans 1997)
Retinaculum
(Bosmans 1997)
Epigyne
(Bosmans 1997)
Vulva
(Bosmans 1997)
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 (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
Bouragba N, Bosmans R, Lieutier F (2012) Une nouvelle espèce de Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 (Arachnida, Araneae) d'Algérie, avec un catalogue des Zodariidae du Maghreb. Bulletin de la Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie 148: 74-83
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
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
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 (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2