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Genus: Acanthinozodium Denis, 1966 | Family: Zodariidae Thorell, 1881

Acanthinozodium odem (Levy, 2007)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041131

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Described:

Distribution: Turkey, Syria, Israel

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Arachnological Museum of Kırıkkale University (KUAM), Kırıkkale, Turkey m of Zodarion kunti - (Coşar, Danışman & Yağmur, 2021)
Paratype: Arachnological Museum of Kırıkkale University (KUAM), Kırıkkale, Turkey 12m 6f of Zodarion kunti - (Coşar, Danışman & Yağmur, 2021)
Holotype: National Natural History Collections, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (HUJ), Israel f (15220) - (Zonstein, 2025a)

Taxonomic References

Zodarion odem Levy, 2007: 15, f. 38-39 (Df) Original description

Zodarion kunti Coşar, Danışman & Yağmur, 2021: 49, f. 5A-F, 6A-D, 7A-C, 8A-C, 9A-B, 10A-B (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052782]

Acanthinozodium odem Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025: 21, f. 15A-D, 16A-J (mf, S of Zodarion kunti)

Acanthinozodium odem Zonstein, 2025a: 392, f. 1-21 (Dm, f, T from Zodarion)

References

Coşar, İ., Danışman, T. & Yağmur, E. A. (2021). Contributions to the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 in Turkey, with the description of a new species (Araneae: Zodariidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 45(1): 46-53. doi: 10.3906/zoo-2009-36 -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. (2007). Calommata (Atypidae) and new spider species (Araneae) from Israel. Zootaxa 1551: 1-30. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.1551.1.1 -- 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

Zonstein, S. L. (2025a). A redescription of Acanthinozodium odem (Levy, 2007) comb. nov. (Araneae, Zodariidae), with first description of the male. Zootaxa 5583(2): 391-397. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5583.2.10 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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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	Species distribution update	Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025	Old value
2025-09-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025
2025-09-20	Species synonymy	Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025		Acanthinozodium kunti synonymized with Acanthinozodium odem
2025-02-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Zonstein, 2025a
2025-02-07	Species transferred to new genus	Zonstein, 2025a		Species transferred from Zodarion to Acanthinozodium
2025-02-07	First description of male	Zonstein, 2025a	Old value