World Spider Catalog

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

Zodarion modestum (Simon, 1870)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026095

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026095

Described:

Distribution: Spain, Gibraltar

External Resources*: araneae - Spiders of Europe | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1m (AR 1520) - (Bosmans, 1994b)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (AR 1519) - (Bosmans, 1994b)

Taxonomic References

Enyo modesta Simon, 1870a: 145 (Dm) Original description

Zodarion modestum Denis, 1937a: 32, pl. 6, f. 47-48 (m)

Zodarion modestum Bosmans, 1994b: 136, f. 79-80, 131-132 (m, Df)

Zodarion modestum Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b: 1851, f. 17A-D, 24G-I, 25N, 26N, 27K (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. (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

* Disclaimer
As External Resources, the World Spider Catalog links here to species pages of other databases. They may contain further information for the given species. The databases, listed as External Resources, however, are not managed by World Spider Catalog and the information given there is not necessarily in agreement with the World Spider Catalog. All responsibility for such data is with the external database.

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
2025-06-07	Species distribution update	Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b	Old value