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

Zodarion merlijni Bosmans, 1994

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026093

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Described:

Distribution: Portugal, Spain

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS/KBIN), Brussels, Belgium m - (Bosmans, 1994b)

Taxonomic References

Zodarion merlijni Bosmans, 1994b: 127, f. 33-35 (Dm) Original description

Zodarion merlijni Pekár, Cardoso & Meierrose, 2003: 393, f. 24, 32 (Df)

Zodarion merlijni Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025a: 45, f. 17L, 30A-D, 33G-I, 38H, 39H (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

Pekár, S., Cardoso, P. & Meierrose, C. (2003). Additions to the knowledge of Portuguese zodariid spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12(9): 385-395. -- 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

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