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

Zodarion timidum (Simon, 1874)

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Described:

Distribution: Spain, France

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Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (AR 9898, 314) - (Bosmans, 1994b)
Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 2m 3f (AR 9898, 314; 14m 4f per Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025: 22) - (Bosmans, 1994b)

Taxonomic References

Enyo timida Simon, 1874a: 249 (Dmf) Original description

Zodarion timidum Simon, 1914: 233, 234, f. 465-466, 478, 484 (mf)

Zodarion timidum Denis, 1937a: 20, pl. 4, f. 24-26 (mf)

Zodarion timidum Drensky, 1940: 174, f. 4a, 5a (mf)

Zodarion timidum Bosmans, 1994b: 130, f. 54-56, 113-114 (mf)

Zodarion timidum Bosmans, 1997: 277, f. 27-29, 93-94 (mf)

Zodarion timidum Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025a: 20, f. 11A-D, 13M-O, 15F, 16E, 17I (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

Denis, J. (1937a). Contribution à l'étude des araignées du genre Zodarion Walckenaer. Festschrift Embrik Strand 3: 1-50. -- Show included taxa

Drensky, P. (1940). Die Spinnenfauna Bulgariens IV. Mitteilungen aus den Königlichen Naturwissenschaftlichen Instituten in Sofia 13: 169-194. -- Show included taxa

Shafaie, S., Pekár, S. & Ortiz, D. (2025a). Integrative taxonomy of the Iberian Zodarion species of the rubidum and styliferum groups (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 5624(1): 1-69. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5624.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1874a). Les Arachnides de France. Tome premier. Contenant les familles des Epeiridae, Uloboridae Dictynidae, Enyoidae et Pholcidae. Roret, Paris, 273 pp., pl. 1-3. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1914). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 1re partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-308. -- 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
2025-04-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025a