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

Zodarion alacre (Simon, 1870)

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Described:

Distribution: Portugal, Spain

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Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (AR 1514) - (Bosmans, 1994b)
Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 2f 2j (AR 1514; 1m 5f 2j per Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025: 7) - (Bosmans, 1994b)

Taxonomic References

Enyo alacris Simon, 1870a: 144 (Dm) Original description

Enyo alacris Simon, 1873a: 66, pl. 2, f. 10 (m)

Zodarion alacre Denis, 1937a: 18, pl. 3, f. 23 (Df)

Zodarion alacre Bosmans, 1994b: 131, f. 57-59, 115-116 (mf)

Zodarion alacre Wunderlich, 2023: 47, f. 83-86 (m)

Zodarion alacre Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025a: 7, f. 2A-D, 13A-C, 15A-B, 16A, 17A (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

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

Shafaie, S., Pekár, S. & Ortiz, D. (2025a). Integrative taxonomy of the Iberian Zodarion species of the rubidum and styliferum groups (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 5624(1): 1-69. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5624.1.1 -- 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

Simon, E. (1873a). Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. (2e mémoire). Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège (2) 5(8): 1-174, pl. 1-3. -- Show included taxa

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, 231-233. -- 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	Old value	Comment
2025-04-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025a
2023-11-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Wunderlich, 2023