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

Zodarion marginiceps Simon, 1914

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026091

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Described:

Distribution: Spain, France

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Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1m 2f 5j (AR9900, 22549) - (Bosmans, 1994b)
Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (AR9932) of Zodarion monticola - (Bosmans, 1994b)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (AR9900, 22549) - (Bosmans, 1994b)

Taxonomic References

Zodarion marginiceps Simon, 1914: 228, 234, f. 457-459, 475 (Dmf) Original description

Zodarion marginiceps Denis, 1935a: 65, f. 14

Zodarion marginiceps Denis, 1937a: 12, pl. 2, f. 10-11 (mf)

Zodarion monticola Denis, 1950b: 87, f. 13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055106]

Zodarion marginiceps Bosmans, 1994b: 122, f. 19-21, 93-94 (mf, S of Zodarion monticola)

Zodarion marginiceps Bosmans, 1997: 270, f. 10-11, 81-82 (mf)

Zodarion marginiceps Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b: 1838, f. 9A-D, 20G-I, 25C, 26C, 27C (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. (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. (1935a). A propos de quelques araignées du genre Zodarion Walck., appartenant à la faune française. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 67: 51-68. -- 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

Denis, J. (1950b). Araignées de la région d'Orédon (Hautes-Pyrénées). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 85: 77-113. -- 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. (1914). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 1re partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-308. -- 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
2025-06-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b