Zodarion styliferum (Simon, 1870)
Description
Male
Prosoma brown to dark brown, some specimens with oval median spot and rounded, yellowish orange spot in posterior part. Prosoma length: 1.26-2.46 mm. Legs: coxae, tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi yellowish white, tibiae sometimes darker, femora brown to blackish brown, base of femora III-IV lighter. Opisthosoma dark sepia, ventral median spot, lateral stripe and postero-dorsal spot yellowish white.
Body length male: 2.2-2.9 mmFemale
Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.40-1.70 mm.
Body length female: 2.9-4.8 mmAdditional information
In citrus groves
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1994b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 1994b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Gaymard et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gaymard et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gaymard et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Gaymard et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Gaymard et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, dorso-retrolateral view
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Tip of embolus, ventro-lateral view
(Bosmans 1994b)
Tip of embolus, retro-apical view
(Wunderlich 2023)
Pedicel, prolateral view
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Pekár et al. 2003)
Epigyne
(Crespo et al. 2009b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans 1994b)
Epigyne
(Crespo et al. 2009b)
Epigyne
(Gaymard et al. 2018)
Epigyne
(Wunderlich 2023)
Epigyne
(Wunderlich 2023)
Vulva
(Bosmans 1994b)
Vulva
(Gaymard et al. 2018)
Vulva, 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.
References
Bosmans R (1994b) Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Araneae, Zodariidae). Eos 69: 115-142 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Crespo L C, Cardoso P, Henriques S, Gaspar C (2009b) Spiders (Araneae) from Porto Santo (Madeira, Portgal): Additions to the current knowledge. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 45: 471-475
Gaymard M, Lecigne S (2018) Contribution à la connaissance de l'aranéofaune (Araneae) du Gard et en particulier du massif des Gorges du Gardon (Occitanie, France). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 1: 1-39
Gaymard M, Mazzia C, Danflous S, Capowiez Y, Cornic J-F, Lecigne S (2018) Découverte en France de Zodarion styliferum (Simon, 1870) (Araneae, Zodariidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 5: 18-21
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
Pekár S, Cardoso P (2005) Ant-eating spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Portugal: additions to the current knowledge. Zootaxa 1009: 51-60
Pekár S, Cardoso P, Meierrose C (2003) Additions to the knowledge of Portuguese zodariid spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12: 385-395
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2
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