Zodarion maculatum (Simon, 1870)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026089

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Described:

Distribution: Morocco, Algeria, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy


Type Repository Provide information
  • Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (AR 1512) - (Bosmans, 1994b)
  • Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1f (AR 1512) - (Bosmans, 1994b)
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f of Zodarion variegatum - (Benhalima & Bosmans, 2020)
  • Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany m (A0014217) of Zodarion tuber - (Wunderlich, 2022)
Taxonomic References
Enyo maculata Simon, 1870a: 146 (Df) Original description
Zodarion maculatum Denis, 1935c: 67, 69, f. 7 (f)
Zodarion variegatum Denis, 1956a: 201, f. 12-14 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026138]
Zodarion maculatum Bosmans, 1994b: 127, f. 39-41, 103-104 (f, Dm)
Zodarion maculatum Bosmans, 1997: 270, f. 6-7, 79-80 (mf)
Zodarion maculatum Oger & Melotti, 2015: 2, f. 1-5 (f)
Zodarion maculatum Benhalima & Bosmans, 2020: 99, f. 25-26, 34-38, 49-53 (mf, S of Zodarion variegatum)
Zodarion tuber Wunderlich, 2022: 35, f. 69-71 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053741]
Zodarion maculatum Wunderlich, 2024b: 25 (S of Zodarion tuber)
Zodarion maculatum Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b: 1834, f. 6A-D, 7A-D, 21G-I, 22A-B, 25H, 26H, 27F (mf)
References

Benhalima, S. & Bosmans, R. (2020). Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 (part IV). The species of Morocco (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4899(1): 93-114. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.5 -- Show included taxa

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. (1997). Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part II. Western and Central Europe, including Italy (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10(8): 265-294. -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1935c). Les araignées du genre Zodarion Walk., appartenant à la faune d'Italie. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 14: 65-83. -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1956a). Notes d'aranéologie marocaine.-VI. Bibliographie des araignées du Maroc et addition d'espèces nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc 35: 179-207. -- Show included taxa

Oger, P. & Melotti, G. (2015). Découverte en France de Zodarion maculatum (Simon, 1870) (Araneae, Zodariidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 2: 2-3. -- 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

Wunderlich, J. (2022). Some spiders (Araneae) of the Western Palearctic. Beiträge zur Araneologie 15: 4-78, 199. -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (2024b). New and already known spiders of seven families of the Algarve, Portugal (Araneida: Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 17: 7-51, 102. -- 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

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-06-07 New taxonomic reference entry Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b
2024-10-15 New taxonomic reference entry Wunderlich, 2024b
2024-10-15 Species synonymy Wunderlich, 2024b Zodarion tuber synonymized with Zodarion maculatum
2020-12-30 Species synonymy Benhalima & Bosmans, 2020 Zodarion variegatum synonymized with Zodarion maculatum
2020-12-30 New taxonomic reference entry Benhalima & Bosmans, 2020
2020-12-30 Species distribution update Benhalima & Bosmans, 2020 Old value
2015-10-12 New taxonomic reference entry Oger & Melotti, 2015
2015-10-12 Species distribution update Oger & Melotti, 2015 Old value

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