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Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Zodarion  Walckenaer, 1826   154 species

Zodarion alacre  (Simon, 1870)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026032

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Description
Male

Pedipalp: tibial apophysis moderately long, with parallel margins, terminally incised. Prosoma dark reddish brown to black. Prosoma length: 1.46-1.76 mm. Legs: coxae I-II brown, coxae III-IB yellowish brown, femora dark brown, patellae I-II yellowish brown, patellae III-IV, tibiae and metatarsi brown, tarsi yellowish brown. Opisthosoma dark sepia, with rounded spot and pale transverse stripe above the spinnerets, venter reddish brown, triangular spot before spinnerets and lateral stripe grey.

Body length male: 2.8-3.1 mm
Female

Epigyne with 2 postero-median pits, median plate longer than wide, postero-lateral border strongly and anterior margin slightly chitinized. Colouration as in males, usually slightly lighter, as well as ventral spots on opisthosoma larger. Prosma length: 1.82-2.10 mm.

Body length female: 3.9-5.1 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Portugal, Spain
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1994b)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 1994b)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2023)

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male Palpal tibia, retrodorsal view
(Wunderlich 2023)

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male Palpal tibia, retroventral view
(Wunderlich 2023)

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female Epigyne
(Bosmans 1994b)

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female Vulva
(Bosmans 1994b)

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female Eyes, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2023)

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.

Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (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

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

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 pdf

Wunderlich J (2023) Contribution to the spider (Araneida) fauna of the Algarve, Portugal, with notes on the phylogeny of the superfamily Araneoidea and the description of the new araneoid family Fonteferridae. Beiträge zur Araneologie 16: 4-112 pdf

Updates
28-11-2023 Image insert
21-03-2016 Datasheet update Detail