Zodarion pseudoelegans Denis, 1934
Description
Male
Pedipalp: tibial apophysis terminally with 2 pointed teeth. Prosoma bicoloured: eye region, clypeus, V-shaped stripe and radiating striae reddish brown, remaining parts yellowish brown. Legs brown, basal part of femora yellowish brown, metatarsi and tarsi paler, sometimes femora darker. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark sepia, with some smaller whitish spots and a large white spot anterior to the spinnerets, venter whitish, laterally extending in antero-dorsal direction, area before spinnerets und usually the median stripe coloured as dorsum.
Body length male: 2.3-3.6 mmFemale
Epigyne with sausage-shaped median epigynal groove. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.80-2.30 mm.
Body length female: 3.4-5.1 mmAdditional information
In citrus groves and Pinus forests
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1997)
Pedipalp
(Bosmans 1997)
Epigyne
(Bosmans 1997)
Vulva
(Bosmans 1997)
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
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 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Mestre L, Piñol J, Barrientos J A, Cama A, Espadaler X (2012) Effects of ant competition and bird predation on the spider assemblage of a citrus grove. Basic and Applied Ecology 13: 355-362
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2