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Genus: Zora C. L. Koch, 1847 | Family: Miturgidae Simon, 1886

Zora alpina Kulczyński, 1915

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028545

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Described:

Distribution: Switzerland, Italy, Russia (Caucasus)

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Syntype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), Switzerland (database search of type material, 08.04.2019) Zora nigrimana Schenkel, 1927, 3 f (NMB-ARAN-01960 a, a') -

Taxonomic References

Zora alpina Kulczyński, 1915: 935 (Df) Original description

Zora nigrimana Schenkel, 1927b: 255, f. 15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028549]

Zora alpina Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 454, f. 1194 (f, S of Zora nigrimana)

Zora alpina Mazzoleni et al., 2016: 446, f. 1-6, 9, 12-13 (Dm, f)

Zora alpina Ponomarev, Mikhailov & Shmatko, 2024b: 594, f. 21-24 (mf)

References

Heimer, S. & Nentwig, W. (1991). Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp. -- Show included taxa

Kulczyński, W. (1915). Fragmenta arachnologica, XVIII. Bulletin International de l'Academie des Sciences de Cracovie 1915: 897-942, pl. 66. -- Show included taxa

Mazzoleni, F., Pantini, P., Pedrotti, L. & Gobbi, M. (2016). Zora alpina Kulczyński, 1915 (Araneae: Miturgidae): description of the male, redescription of the female. Zootaxa 4139(3): 445-450. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.12 -- Show included taxa

Ponomarev, A. V., Mikhailov, K. G. & Shmatko, V. Y. (2024b). Review of the spider genus Zora C.L. Koch, 1847 (Aranei: Miturgidae) of Ciscaucasia and the Russian Caucasus. New data on the fauna and distribution, with material from neighbouring regions. Arthropoda Selecta 33(4): 589-607. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.33.4.13 -- Show included taxa

Schenkel, E. (1927b). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der schweizerischen Spinnenfauna. III. Teil. Spinnen von Saas-Fee. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 34(14): 221-267. -- 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
2024-12-27	New taxonomic reference entry	Ponomarev, Mikhailov & Shmatko, 2024b
2024-12-27	Species distribution update	Ponomarev, Mikhailov & Shmatko, 2024b	Old value
2016-09-21	Species updated	Mazzoleni et al., 2016	Old value
2016-09-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Mazzoleni et al., 2016