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Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   157 species

Zodarion viduum Denis, 1937

Description
Male

Pedipalp: tibial apophysis short and broad, terminally indented. Prosoma dark reddish brown, reticulated with black-brown. Prosoma length: 1.41 mm. Legs: coxa I brown, coxae II-IV yellowish brown, femora dark brown, patellae to tarsi yellowish brown, tibiae III-IV more or less streaked with dark brown. Opisthosoma dark purplish brown, oval spot above spinnerets and venter whitish.

Body length male: 2.5 mm
Female

Epigyne: posterior plate nearly triangular, provided with 2 median pouches and an anterior depression.

Additional information

Females possibly mismatched (Bosmans, 1994b)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal
Figures
Distribution List
Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Bosmans R (1994b) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Araneae, Zodariidae). Eos 69: 115-142 pdf

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

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 pdf

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

Updates
10-05-2025 Image insert
21-03-2016 Datasheet update Detail