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

Zodarion pseudoelegans Denis, 1934

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026109

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Described:

Distribution: Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), France

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Type Repository Provide information

Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1m 2f 3j (AR9910) - (Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (AR9912) of Zodarion berlandi - (Bosmans, 1994b)
Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 2f (AR9912) of Zodarion berlandi - (Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (AR9910) - (Bosmans, 1994b)

Taxonomic References

Zodarion marginiceps pseudoelegans Denis, 1934a: 555 (Dmf) Original description

Zodarion berlandi Denis, 1935a: 62, f. 9-10, 15 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055097]

Zodarion berlandi Ledoux & Canard, 1981: 19, f. 38 (f)

Zodarion pseudoelegans Bosmans, 1994b: 124, f. 22-26, 95-96 (mf, elevated from subspecies of Zodarion marginiceps, S of Zodarion berlandi)

Zodarion pseudoelegans Bosmans, 1997: 270, f. 8-9, 83-84 (mf)

Zodarion pseudoelegans Canard & Cruveillier, 2016: 34 (year corrected from 1933 to 1934)

Zodarion pseudoelegans Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b: 1840, f. 11A-D, 20M-O, 25E, 26E, 27D (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

Bosmans, R. (1997). Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part II. Western and Central Europe, including Italy (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10(8): 265-294. -- Show included taxa

Canard, A. & Cruveillier, M. (2016). Rectifications nomenclaturales à apporter au catalogue mondial des araignées (1ère note). Revue Arachnologique (2) 3: 42-45. -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1934a). Chasses arachnologiques dans les Pyrenees-Orientales (Region de Banyuls-sur-Mer et Vallespir). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 65(4, 1933): 529-591. [N.B.: year corrected from 1933 to 1934 by Canard & Cruveillier, 2016: 43] -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1935a). A propos de quelques araignées du genre Zodarion Walck., appartenant à la faune française. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 67: 51-68. -- Show included taxa

Ledoux, J.-C. & Canard, A. (1981). Initiation à l'étude systématique des araignées. Ledoux Domazan, 56 pp. -- 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

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
2025-06-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025b
2021-07-06	Species distribution update	Febrer & Barrientos, 2021	Old value
2016-10-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Canard & Cruveillier, 2016
2016-10-09	Species updated	Canard & Cruveillier, 2016	Old value	Error corrected