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Genus: Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 | Family: Zodariidae Thorell, 1881

Zodarion affine (Simon, 1870)

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Described:

Distribution: Spain

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Type Repository Provide information

Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 3f (AR 1523) - (Bosmans, 1994b)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (AR 1521) - (Bosmans, 1994b)

Taxonomic References

Enyo affinis Simon, 1870a: 142 (Dmf) Original description

Zodarion affine Denis, 1937a: 15, pl. 3, f. 15-17 (mf)

Zodarion affine Bosmans, 1994b: 126, f. 30-32, 99-100 (mf)

Zodarion affine Bosmans et al., 2019a: 13, f. 4g-i (mf)

Zodarion affine Quevedo-Ortiz & Pinilla Rosa, 2024b: 175, f. 1c.1-3 (m)

Zodarion affine Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b: 1829, f. 2A-D, 20A-C, 25A, 26A, 27A (mf)

References

Bosmans, R. (1994b). Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Araneae, Zodariidae). Eos 69: 115-142. -- Show included taxa

Bosmans, R., Pantini, P., Loverre, P. & Addante, R. (2019a). New species and new records of ant-eating spiders from Mediterranean Europe (Araneae: Zodariidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 8-20. doi: 10.30963/aramit5703 -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1937a). Contribution à l'étude des araignées du genre Zodarion Walckenaer. Festschrift Embrik Strand 3: 1-50. -- Show included taxa

Quevedo-Ortiz, G. & Pinilla Rosa, M. (2024b). Aportación al conocimiento aracnológico (Araneae) del noreste y sureste de la península ibérica. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 44: 175-177. -- Show included taxa

Shafaie, S., Pekár, S. & Ortiz, D. (2025b). 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): 1825-1875. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2498047 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1870a). Sur les aranéides de la famille des Enydes qui habitent l'Espagne et le Maroc. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2) 22: 51-54, 97-103, 142-148. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2025-06-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b
2024-07-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Quevedo-Ortiz & Pinilla Rosa, 2024b
2019-02-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Bosmans et al., 2019a