araneae - Zodarion lusitanicum

Description

Male

Pedipalp: tibial apophysis long and thin, terminally slightly procurved. Prosoma, chelicerae, sternum brown. Prosoma length: 1.6-1.9 mm. Legs: all femora and tibiae distally brown, remaining segments yellow. Opisthosoma: dorsum brown, venter pale.

Body length male: 3.2-3.4 mm

Female

Epigyne: median plate wider than long, anterior margin straight. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.7-2.1 mm.

Body length female: 4.5-5.4 mm

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, Spain

Phenology



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Figures

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pekár et al. 2003)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pekár et al. 2003)

Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)

Median apophysis, retrolateral view
(Pekár et al. 2003)

Epigyne
(Pekár et al. 2003)

Epigyne
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)

Vulva
(Pekár et al. 2003)

Vulva, ventral view
(Shafaie et al. 2025a)

Distribution List

References

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254

Pekár S, Cardoso P (2005) Ant-eating spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Portugal: additions to the current knowledge. Zootaxa 1009: 51-60

Pekár S, Cardoso P, Meierrose C (2003) Additions to the knowledge of Portuguese zodariid spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12: 385-395

Shafaie S, Pekár S, Ortiz D (2025a) Integrative taxonomy of the Iberian Zodarion species of the rubidum and styliferum groups (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 5624: 1-69

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 lusitanicum Cardoso, 2003