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

Zodarion extraneum Denis, 1935

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038322

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Described:

Distribution: Portugal

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f (8404) - (Pekár, Cardoso & Meierrose, 2003)
Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany m (A0014214) of Zodarion parastyliferum - (Wunderlich, 2022)
Paratype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany 2f 1jf (A0014215) of Zodarion parastyliferum - (Wunderlich, 2022)

Taxonomic References

Zodarion extraneum Denis, 1935a: 60 (Df) Original description

Zodarion jozefienae Bosmans, 1994b: 120, f. 85-86 (f; misidentified per Pekár, Cardoso & Meierrose, 2003: 391)

Zodarion styliferum extraneum Pekár, Cardoso & Meierrose, 2003: 389, f. 3-5, 11-12, 22, 30 (Dm, f, removed from S of Zodarion styliferum, rejecting Bosmans, 1994b: 118)

Zodarion styliferum Wunderlich, 2022: 33, f. 64-65 (m; misidentified per Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025: 33)

Zodarion parastyliferum Wunderlich, 2022: 34, f. 66-68 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053740]

Zodarion extraneum Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025a: 33, f. 22A-D, 23A-D, 24A-B, 35A-F, 36A-B, 37A-B, 40A-H, 41D, 42A-B (mf, elevated from subspecies of Zodarion styliferum, S of Z. parastyliferum)

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

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

Pekár, S., Cardoso, P. & Meierrose, C. (2003). Additions to the knowledge of Portuguese zodariid spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12(9): 385-395. -- 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

Wunderlich, J. (2022). Some spiders (Araneae) of the Western Palearctic. Beiträge zur Araneologie 15: 4-78, 199. -- 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	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2025-04-23	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2025-04-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025a
2025-04-23	Species synonymy	Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025a		Zodarion parastyliferum synonymized with Zodarion extraneum
2025-04-23	Species updated	Shafaie, Pekár & Ortiz, 2025a	Old value	New status