Zodarion

Zodarion is a genus of ant-eating spiders from the family Zodariidae. 169 species from Eurasia, North Africa and North America have been described as of November 2022.

Zodarion
A juvenile Zodarion styliferum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826
Species
See text
Diversity
169 species

Species

As of November 2022, 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