Zodarion morosum Denis, 1935

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026096

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Described:

Distribution: Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Georgia, Turkey, Syria


Type Repository Provide information
  • Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1m 1f (5990-91) - (Denis, 1935c)
  • Holotype: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW), Wien/Vienna, Austria f (1884-I-260) of Zodarion aegaeum - (Bosmans, 2009)
  • Paratype: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW), Wien/Vienna, Austria 1f (1892-II-68) of Zodarion aegaeum - (Bosmans, 2009)
Taxonomic References
Zodarion morosum Denis, 1935c: 78, f. 22-24 (Dmf) Original description
Zodarion aegaeum Denis, 1935c: 81, f. 25 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026029]
Zodarion morosum Karol, 1969: 201, f. 1-11 (mf)
Zodarion morosum Deltshev, 1987a: 19, f. 1.1-2 (m)
Zodarion morosum Kovblyuk, 2003c: 177, f. 1-8, 14-16 (mf)
Zodarion morosum Bosmans, 2009: 236, f. 20-22, 54-55 (mf, S of Zodarion aegaeum)
Zodarion morosum Lecigne, 2011: 75, f. P125-128, S6-7 (m)
Zodarion morosum Seropian et al., 2023: 293, f. 136-137 (m)
Zodarion morosum Nae, 2023: 56, f. 1-6 (mf)
Zodarion morosum Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025: 100, f. 78A-D, 79A-E (mf)
References

Bosmans, R. (2009). Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part III. South East Europe and Turkey (Araneae: Zodariidae). Contributions to Natural History 12: 211-295. doi: 10.5169/seals-786968 -- Show included taxa

Deltshev, C. D. (1987a). A critical review of genus Zodarion Walckenaer (Araneae, Zodariidae) in Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 33: 19-25. -- 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

Karol, S. (1969). Eine wenig bekannte Art der Gattung Zodarion (Arachnida: Araneae: Zodariidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 50: 201-203. -- Show included taxa

Kovblyuk, M. M. (2003c). Spiders of the genus Zodarion (Aranei: Zodariidae) in the fauna of the Crimea. Euroasian Entomological Journal 1(2, 2002): 177-183. -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S. (2011). Inventaire aranéologique dans la Province d'Izmir (Turquie) (Arachnida, Araneae). Le bulletin d'Arthropoda 46(2): 5-83. -- Show included taxa

Nae, A. I. (2023). First record for Zodarion morosum (Araneae, Zodariidae), Lessertinella kulczynskii (Araneae, Linyphiidae) and reconfirmation of Palliduphantes milleri (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in the Romanian fauna. Travaux de l’Institut de Spéologie “Émile Racovitza” 62: 55-66. doi: 10.59277/TISER.2023.04 -- Show included taxa

Seropian, A., Bulbulashvili, N., Otto, S., Krammer, H.-J., Kachlishvili, N. & Datunashvili, A. (2023). Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus barcode of life project. Part II. Caucasiana 2: 231-297 & Suppl. doi: 10.3897/caucasiana.2.e110536 -- Show included taxa

Shafaie, S., Pekár, S. & Seyyar, O. (2025). New data on zodariid spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean. European Journal of Taxonomy 1016: 1-139. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1016.3063 -- 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
2025-09-20 New taxonomic reference entry Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025
2025-09-20 Species distribution update Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025 Old value
2024-01-09 New taxonomic reference entry Nae, 2023
2024-01-09 Species distribution update Nae, 2023 Old value
2023-12-22 New taxonomic reference entry Seropian et al., 2023
2023-12-22 Species distribution update Seropian et al., 2023 Old value
2018-11-19 New taxonomic reference entry Lecigne, 2011
2018-05-16 Species distribution update Mikhailov, 2013b Old value
2017-01-19 Species distribution update Naumova, Hristovski & Hristov, 2016 Old value
2015-03-17 Species distribution update Komnenov, 2014 Old value

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