Zodarion rhodiense Caporiacco, 1948
Description
Male
Prosoma dark brown, marbled with yellowish orange, gradually becoming entirely yellowish orange, except for the dark edge. Legs yellowish orange, femora I-II nearly entirely dark brown, femora III-IV laterally streaked with dark brown. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark sepia brown, with small posterodorsal sppot, medio-dorsal region of venter and lateral oblique stripe whistish. Opisthosoma with scutum, covering 4/5 of opisthosoma's length.
Body length male: 3.8-4.2 mmFemale
Colouration as in males, except the lateral streaks on femora III-IV lighter
Body length female: 4.2-6.2 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 2009)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Lecigne & Henrard 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne & Henrard 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne & Henrard 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne & Henrard 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Dimitrov 2024)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Dimitrov 2024)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Dimitrov 2024)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dimitrov 2024)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dimitrov 2024)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dimitrov 2024)
Tip of embolus
(Bosmans 2009)
Tip of embolus, ventral view
(Lecigne & Henrard 2022)
Tip of embolus, ventral view
(Lecigne & Henrard 2022)
Tip of embolus
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Lecigne & Henrard 2022)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Epigyne
(Bosmans 2009)
Epigyne
(Lecigne & Henrard 2022)
Epigyne
(Lecigne & Henrard 2022)
Vulva
(Bosmans 2009)
Spinnerets, ventral view
(Lecigne & Henrard 2022)
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 (2009) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part III. South East Europe and Turkey (Araneae: Zodariidae). Contributions to Natural History 12: 211-295 
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
Dimitrov D (2024) On the taxonomy of the Zodarion thoni species-group (Araneae, Zodariidae), with description of a new species with an unmodified embolus. Zootaxa 5419: 112-120
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
Lecigne S, Henrard A (2022) Zodarion nigrifemur Caporiacco, 1948 newly recorded for the Turkish fauna (Araneae, Zodariidae). Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 37: 32-40
Seropian A, Bulbulashvili N, Otto S, Krammer H-J, Kachlishvili N, Datunashvili A (2023b) Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus barcode of life project. Part II. Caucasiana 2: 231-297
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2