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

Zodarion nesiotes Denis, 1965

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026099

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Described:

Distribution: Canary Is.

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (AR9949, 22556) - (Denis, 1965f)
Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany m (30051) of Zodarion canariense - (Wunderlich, 1980b)
Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany 1f (30052) of Zodarion canariense - (Wunderlich, 1980b)

Taxonomic References

Zodarion nesiotes Denis, 1965f: 781, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Zodarion canariense Wunderlich, 1980b: 229, f. 1-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055099]

Zodarion nesiotes Wunderlich, 1987a: 236, f. 630-634 (mf, S of Zodarion canariense)

Zodarion nesiotes Wunderlich, 1992a: 469, f. 729 (m)

Zodarion nesiotes Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b: 1857, f. 18A-B, 24J-K, 25O, 26O (mf)

References

Denis, J. (1965f). Description d'un Zodarium nouveau des îles Canaries (Araneidae [sic] Zodariidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (2) 36: 781-783. -- 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

Wunderlich, J. (1980b). Zur Gattung Zodarion Walckenaer 1847 mit Neubeschreibungen (Arachnida: Araneae: Zodariidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 60(3/4, 1979): 229-240. -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (1987a). Die Spinnen der Kanarischen Inseln und Madeiras: Adaptive Radiation, Biogeographie, Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen. Triops Langen, 435 pp. -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (1992a). Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution. Beiträge zur Araneologie 1: 1-619. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-06-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b