Zoropsis lutea (Thorell, 1875)
Description
Male
Prosoma yellow-brown, partly mottled with short dark stripes, margin with 3 blackish spots on each side. Chelicerae blackish, pro- and retromargin with 3 teeth (rarely 4 retromarginal teeth on one chelicera). Sternum light. Legs cream-coloured to brown with dark, broad annulations. Opisthosoma drab yellow, sometimes dorsum with indistinct dark markings.
Body length male: 7.3-9.5 mmFemale
Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 11.5-16 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Levy 1990a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy 1990a)
Pedipalp in detail
(Levy 1990a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1990a)
Pedipalp, distal view
(Levy 1990a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1990a)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1998c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1998c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1998c)
Epigyne
(Levy 1990a)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Levy 1990a)
Epigyne
(Thaler & Knoflach 1998c)
Epigyne
(Zamani et al. 2019)
Epigyne
(Lecigne 2021a)
Epigyne
(Sherwood 2025)
Scape
(Levy 1990a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1990a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1998c)
Prosoma
(Levy 1990a)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Levy 1990a)
Eyes, frontal view
(Levy 1990a)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Levy 1990a)
Leg IV
(Levy 1990a)
Opisthosoma
(Levy 1990a)
Spinnerets with cribellum
(Levy 1990a)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Sherwood 2025)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Kovblyuk M M, Kastrygina Z A (2015b) Updated catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Crimea. Ukainska Entomofaunistyka 6(2): 1-81
Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34
Levy G (1990a) On the cribellate spider Zoropsis lutea in Israel (Araneae, Zoropsidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 8: 139-143
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Sherwood D (2025) Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34: 121-160
Thaler K, Knoflach B (1998c) Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour), eine für Österreich neue Adventivart (Araneae, Zoropsidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 85: 173-185
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zamani A, Tanasevitch A V, Nadolny A A, Esyunin S L, Marusik Y M (2019) New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Aranei). Euroasian Entomological Journal 18: 233-243