Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826

Shafaie, Sepideh, Pekár, Stano & Ortiz, David, 2025, Zodarion spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae): morphology, molecular characterisation and reassessment of the elegans, italicum, and pusio groups from Iberia and the Canary Islands, Journal of Natural History 59 (25 - 28), pp. 1825-1875 : 1829

Genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826

Type species: Enyo nitida Audouin, 1826

Genus diagnosis and species composition: See Bosmans (1994) and World Spider Catalog (2025).

Species groups and species composition

The species groups are provided, along with additional details on diagnostic characters. The species groups are listed alphabetically, with the included species also presented in alphabetical order.

The elegans group in Iberia

Diagnosis: The Iberian members of this group share the following characters: tibial apophysis longer than wide, either terminally toothed or apically extended. Median apophysis beak- or hook-shaped, but with noticeable variation. Embolus always with a subterminal tooth. Epigyne very variable, with one or two copulatory openings. Pits often not well visible.

Species included: Z. affine ( Simon, 1870) , Z. beticum Denis, 1957 , Z. diatretum Denis, 1935 , Z. elegans ( Simon, 1873) , Z. maculatum ( Simon, 1870) , Z. mallorca Bosmans, 1994 , Z. marginiceps Simon, 1914 , Z. murphyorum Bosmans, 1994 , Z. pseudoelegans Denis, 1934 , Z. sanchezi Shafaie and Pekár sp. n., Z. valentii Bosmans, Loverre and Addante, 2019 , Z. vanimpei Bosmans, 1994 .