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Zodarion

Zamani, Alireza;Marusik, Yuri M.

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Zodarion is a genus of ant-eating spiders from the family Zodariidae. 169 species from Eurasia, North Africa and North America have been described .

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyZodariidae
Observations recorded20,805

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
15
Family
Zodariidae
Collections
LACM, CASC, MCZ, MNHN
Recorded in
United States, France, Israel, AlgéRie

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Zodarion is a genus of ant-eating spiders from the family Zodariidae. 169 species from Eurasia, North Africa and North America have been described .

==Species== , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: Zodarion abantense Wunderlich, 1980 – Turkey, Georgia, Russia Zodarion abnorme Denis, 1952 – Morocco Zodarion aculeatum Chyzer, 1897 – Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Macedonia Zodarion aerium Simon, 1890 – Yemen Zodarion affine (Simon, 1870) – Spain Zodarion agricola Bouseksou & Abrous, 2021 – Algeria Zodarion alacre (Simon, 1870) – Portugal, Spain Zodarion albipatellare Bosmans, 2009 – Crete Zodarion alentejanum Pekár & Carvalho, 2011 – Portugal Zodarion algarvense Bosmans, 1994 – Portugal Zodarion algiricum (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria Zodarion andalusiacum Jocqué, 1991 – Portugal, Spain Zodarion arabelae Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion arachnaio Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion atlanticum Pekár & Cardoso, 2005 – Portugal, Azores Zodarion atriceps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Lebanon Zodarion attikaense Wunderlich, 1980 – Greece Zodarion aurorae Weiss, 1982 – Romania Zodarion azrouense Bosmans & Benhalima, 2020 – Morocco Zodarion bacelarae Pekár, 2003 – Portugal Zodarion barbarae Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion beroni Komnenov & Chatzaki, 2016 – Greece Zodarion berryi Bosmans & Draney, 2018 – USA Zodarion beticum Denis, 1957 – Spain Zodarion bicoloripes (Denis, 1959) – Algeria Zodarion bigaense Bosmans, Özkütük, Varli & Kunt, 2014 – Turkey Zodarion blagoevi Bosmans, 2009 – Bulgaria, Greece Zodarion bosmansi Pekár & Cardoso, 2005 – Portugal Zodarion bozdagensis Coşar, 2021 – Turkey Zodarion buettikeri (Ono & Jocqué, 1986) – Saudi Arabia, Iran Zodarion caporiaccoi Roewer, 1942 – Italy Zodarion caucasicum Dunin & Nenilin, 1987 – Azerbaijan Zodarion cesari Pekár, 2011 – Spain, France (Corsica) Zodarion christae Bosmans, 2009 – Greece, Turkey Zodarion confusum Denis, 1935 – Italy, Turkey Zodarion costablancae Bosmans, 1994 – Portugal, Spain Zodarion costapratae Pekár, 2011 – Portugal Zodarion couseransense Bosmans, 1997 – France Zodarion crewsae (Coşar, Danışman & Kunt, 2022) – Turkey Zodarion cyrenaicum Denis, 1935 – Libya, Egypt, Israel Zodarion danismani Coşar, 2021 – Turkey Zodarion deccanensis (Tikader & Malhotra, 1976) – India Zodarion deltshevi Bosmans, 2009 – Turkey Zodarion diatretum Denis, 1935 – Spain Zodarion dispar Denis, 1935 – Algeria Zodarion duriense Cardoso, 2003 – Portugal Zodarion egens Denis, 1937 – Unknown Zodarion elegans (Simon, 1873) – Southern Europe, North Africa Zodarion emarginatum (Simon, 1873) – France, Corsica, Malta, Greece Zodarion emilijae (Deltshev & Naumova, 2022) – North Macedonia Zodarion epirense Brignoli, 1984 – Bulgaria, Greece Zodarion ericorum Bosmans, 2020 – Morocco Zodarion evvoia Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion expers (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Egypt, Israel Zodarion fazanicum Denis, 1938 – Libya Zodarion frenatum Simon, 1885 – Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Crete, Corfu, Turkey Zodarion fulvonigrum (Simon, 1874) – France Zodarion fuscum (Simon, 1870) – Britain, France, Spain, Portugal Zodarion gallicum (Simon, 1873) – France, Corsica, Italy, Balkans, Turkey Zodarion gaziantepense Danışman & Coşar, 2021 – Turkey Zodarion germanicum (C. L. Koch, 1837) – Europe Zodarion geshur Levy, 2007 – Israel Zodarion gracilitibiale Denis, 1934 – France, Italy Zodarion graecum (C. L. Koch, 1843) – Eastern Europe, Lebanon, Israel Zodarion granulatum Kulczyński, 1908 – Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel Zodarion gregua Bosmans, 1994 – Portugal, Spain Zodarion guadianense Cardoso, 2003 – Portugal Zodarion hamatum Wiehle, 1964 – Italy, Austria, Slovenia Zodarion hauseri Brignoli, 1984 – North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece Zodarion immaculatum Denis, 1962 – Libya Zodarion imroz Dimitrov, 2020 – Bulgaria, Turkey Zodarion inderensis (Ponomarev, 2007) – Kazakhstan Zodarion isabellinum (Simon, 1870) – Spain, Morocco Zodarion italicum (Canestrini, 1868) – Europe Zodarion izmirense Danışman & Coşar, 2020 – Turkey Zodarion jansseni Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion jeanclaudeledouxi Bosmans & Benhalima, 2020 – Morocco Zodarion jozefienae Bosmans, 1994 – Portugal, Spain Zodarion judaeorum Levy, 1992 – Israel Zodarion kabylianum Denis, 1937 – Algeria Zodarion karpathos Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion killini Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion konradi Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion korgei Wunderlich, 1980 – Turkey Zodarion kossamos Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion kunti Coşar, Danışman & Yağmur, 2021 – Turkey Zodarion luctuosum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel Zodarion ludibundum Simon, 1914 – Corsica, Sicily, Algeria Zodarion lusitanicum Cardoso, 2003 – Portugal, Spain Zodarion lutipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan Zodarion machadoi Denis, 1939 – Portugal, Spain, Azores Zodarion maculatum (Simon, 1870) – Portugal, Spain, France, Sicily, Morocco Zodarion maghrebense Bosmans & Benhalima, 2020 – Morocco, Algeria Zodarion mallorca Bosmans, 1994 – Mallorca Zodarion marginiceps Simon, 1914 – Spain, France Zodarion merlijni Bosmans, 1994 – Portugal, Spain Zodarion mesranense Bouragba & Bosmans, 2012 – Algeria Zodarion messiniense Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion minutum Bosmans, 1994 – Spain, Mallorca, Ibiza Zodarion modestum (Simon, 1870) – Spain Zodarion montesacrense Bosmans, 2019 – Italy Zodarion morosoides Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion morosum Denis, 1935 – Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia Zodarion mostafai Benhalima & Bosmans, 2020 – Morocco Zodarion murphyorum Bosmans, 1994 – Spain Zodarion musarum Brignoli, 1984 – Greece Zodarion nesiotes Denis, 1965 – Canary Is. Zodarion nesiotoides Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is. Zodarion nigriceps (Simon, 1873) – Corsica, Sardinia Zodarion nigrifemur Caporiacco, 1948 – Greece Zodarion nitidum (Audouin, 1826) (type species) – North Africa, Middle East Zodarion noordami Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion odem Levy, 2007 – Israel Zodarion ogeri Bosmans & Benhalima, 2020 – Morocco Zodarion ohridense Wunderlich, 1973 – Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia, Greece, Czechia Zodarion ovatum B. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019 – Italy Zodarion ozkutuki Coşar & Danışman, 2021 – Turkey Zodarion pacificum Bosmans, 2009 – Croatia, Bosnia Zodarion pallidum Denis, 1952 – Morocco Zodarion pantaleonii Bosmans & Pantini, 2019 – Italy (Sardinia) Zodarion parashi Wunderlich, 2022 – Greece Zodarion petrobium Dunin & Zacharjan, 1991 – Azerbaijan, Armenia Zodarion pileolonotatum Denis, 1935 – Libya Zodarion pirini Drensky, 1921 – Bulgaria, Greece Zodarion planum B. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019 – China Zodarion pseudoelegans Denis, 1934 – Spain, France, Ibiza Zodarion pseudonigriceps Bosmans & Pantini, 2019 – Italy (Sardinia) Zodarion pusio Simon, 1914 – France, Italy, Tunisia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Slovenia Zodarion pythium Denis, 1935 – Greece Zodarion remotum Denis, 1935 – Corsica, Italy Zodarion reticulatum Kulczyński, 1908 – Cyprus Zodarion robertbosmans Wunderlich, 2017 – Turkey Zodarion rubidum Simon, 1914 – Europe (introduced in USA, Canada) Zodarion rudyi Bosmans, 1994 – Portugal, Spain Zodarion ruffoi Caporiacco, 1951 – France, Italy, Turkey Zodarion samos Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion santorini Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion sardum Bosmans, 1997 – Sardinia Zodarion scutatum Wunderlich, 1980 – Slovenia, Croatia Zodarion segurense Bosmans, 1994 – Spain Zodarion sharurensis (Zamani & Marusik, 2022) – Azerbaijan Zodarion siirtensis Coşar, 2021 – Turkey Zodarion simplex Jocqué, 2011 – United Arab Emirates Zodarion soror (Simon, 1873) – Corsica Zodarion spinibarbe Wunderlich, 1973 – Crete Zodarion styliferum (Simon, 1870) – Portugal, Spain, Madeira Zodarion styliferum extraneum (Denis, 1935) – Portugal Zodarion sungar (Jocqué, 1991) – Turkey, Iraq Zodarion talyschicum Dunin & Nenilin, 1987 – Azerbaijan, Iran Zodarion thoni Nosek, 1905 – Eastern Europe to Azerbaijan Zodarion timidum (Simon, 1874) – Spain, France Zodarion trianguliferum Denis, 1952 – Morocco Zodarion tuber (Wunderlich, 2022) – Portugal Zodarion tunetiacum Strand, 1906 – Tunisia Zodarion turcicum Wunderlich, 1980 – Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey Zodarion turkesi Coşar & Danışman, 2021 – Turkey Zodarion valentii Bosmans, Loverre & Addante, 2019 – Morocco, Algeria, Spain, Italy Zodarion van Bosmans, 2009 – Turkey Zodarion vanimpei Bosmans, 1994 – Spain Zodarion vankeerorum Bosmans, 2009 – Greece Zodarion varoli Akpınar, 2016 – Turkey Zodarion vicinum Denis, 1935 – England, Italy Zodarion viduum Denis, 1937 – Portugal Zodarion walsinghami Denis, 1937 – Algeria Zodarion weissi (Deltshev & Naumova, 2022) – Bulgaria Zodarion wesolowskae Bosmans & Benhalima, 2020 – Morocco Zodarion yagmuri Coşar & Danışman, 2021 – Turkey Zodarion yemenensis Jocqué & van Harten, 2015 – Yemen Zodarion zorba Bosmans, 2009 – Greece

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