Zodarion

Zodarion
A juvenile Zodarion styliferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826
Species
See text
Diversity
169 species

Zodarion is a genus of ant-eating spiders from the family Zodariidae. 169 species from Eurasia, North Africa and North America have been described as of November 2022.

Species

As of November 2022, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

• Zodarion abantense Wunderlich, 1980 – Turkey, Georgia, Russia
• Zodarion abnorme Denis, 1952 – Morocco
• Zodarion aculeatum Chyzer, 1897 – Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Macedonia
• Zodarion aerium Simon, 1890 – Yemen
• Zodarion affine (Simon, 1870) – Spain
• Zodarion agricola Bouseksou & Abrous, 2021 – Algeria
• Zodarion alacre (Simon, 1870) – Portugal, Spain
• Zodarion albipatellare Bosmans, 2009 – Crete
• Zodarion alentejanum Pekár & Carvalho, 2011 – Portugal
• Zodarion algarvense Bosmans, 1994 – Portugal
• Zodarion algiricum (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria
• Zodarion andalusiacum Jocqué, 1991 – Portugal, Spain
• Zodarion arabelae Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion arachnaio Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion atlanticum Pekár & Cardoso, 2005 – Portugal, Azores
• Zodarion atriceps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Lebanon
• Zodarion attikaense Wunderlich, 1980 – Greece
• Zodarion aurorae Weiss, 1982 – Romania
• Zodarion azrouense Bosmans & Benhalima, 2020 – Morocco
• Zodarion bacelarae Pekár, 2003 – Portugal
• Zodarion barbarae Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion beroni Komnenov & Chatzaki, 2016 – Greece
• Zodarion berryi Bosmans & Draney, 2018 – USA
• Zodarion beticum Denis, 1957 – Spain
• Zodarion bicoloripes (Denis, 1959) – Algeria
• Zodarion bigaense Bosmans, Özkütük, Varli & Kunt, 2014 – Turkey
• Zodarion blagoevi Bosmans, 2009 – Bulgaria, Greece
• Zodarion bosmansi Pekár & Cardoso, 2005 – Portugal
• Zodarion bozdagensis Coşar, 2021 – Turkey
• Zodarion buettikeri (Ono & Jocqué, 1986) – Saudi Arabia, Iran
• Zodarion caporiaccoi Roewer, 1942 – Italy
• Zodarion caucasicum Dunin & Nenilin, 1987 – Azerbaijan
• Zodarion cesari Pekár, 2011 – Spain, France (Corsica)
• Zodarion christae Bosmans, 2009 – Greece, Turkey
• Zodarion confusum Denis, 1935 – Italy, Turkey
• Zodarion costablancae Bosmans, 1994 – Portugal, Spain
• Zodarion costapratae Pekár, 2011 – Portugal
• Zodarion couseransense Bosmans, 1997 – France
• Zodarion crewsae (Coşar, Danışman & Kunt, 2022) – Turkey
• Zodarion cyrenaicum Denis, 1935 – Libya, Egypt, Israel
• Zodarion danismani Coşar, 2021 – Turkey
• Zodarion deccanensis (Tikader & Malhotra, 1976) – India
• Zodarion deltshevi Bosmans, 2009 – Turkey
• Zodarion diatretum Denis, 1935 – Spain
• Zodarion dispar Denis, 1935 – Algeria
• Zodarion duriense Cardoso, 2003 – Portugal
• Zodarion egens Denis, 1937 – Unknown
• Zodarion elegans (Simon, 1873) – Southern Europe, North Africa
• Zodarion emarginatum (Simon, 1873) – France, Corsica, Malta, Greece
• Zodarion emilijae (Deltshev & Naumova, 2022) – North Macedonia
• Zodarion epirense Brignoli, 1984 – Bulgaria, Greece
• Zodarion ericorum Bosmans, 2020 – Morocco
• Zodarion evvoia Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion expers (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Egypt, Israel
• Zodarion fazanicum Denis, 1938 – Libya
• Zodarion frenatum Simon, 1885 – Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Crete, Corfu, Turkey
• Zodarion fulvonigrum (Simon, 1874) – France
• Zodarion fuscum (Simon, 1870) – Britain, France, Spain, Portugal
• Zodarion gallicum (Simon, 1873) – France, Corsica, Italy, Balkans, Turkey
• Zodarion gaziantepense Danışman & Coşar, 2021 – Turkey
• Zodarion germanicum (C. L. Koch, 1837) – Europe
• Zodarion geshur Levy, 2007 – Israel
• Zodarion gracilitibiale Denis, 1934 – France, Italy
• Zodarion graecum (C. L. Koch, 1843) – Eastern Europe, Lebanon, Israel
• Zodarion granulatum Kulczyński, 1908 – Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel
• Zodarion gregua Bosmans, 1994 – Portugal, Spain
• Zodarion guadianense Cardoso, 2003 – Portugal
• Zodarion hamatum Wiehle, 1964 – Italy, Austria, Slovenia
• Zodarion hauseri Brignoli, 1984 – North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece
• Zodarion immaculatum Denis, 1962 – Libya
• Zodarion imroz Dimitrov, 2020 – Bulgaria, Turkey
• Zodarion inderensis (Ponomarev, 2007) – Kazakhstan
• Zodarion isabellinum (Simon, 1870) – Spain, Morocco
• Zodarion italicum (Canestrini, 1868) – Europe
• Zodarion izmirense Danışman & Coşar, 2020 – Turkey
• Zodarion jansseni Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion jeanclaudeledouxi Bosmans & Benhalima, 2020 – Morocco
• Zodarion jozefienae Bosmans, 1994 – Portugal, Spain
• Zodarion judaeorum Levy, 1992 – Israel
• Zodarion kabylianum Denis, 1937 – Algeria
• Zodarion karpathos Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion killini Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion konradi Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion korgei Wunderlich, 1980 – Turkey
• Zodarion kossamos Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion kunti Coşar, Danışman & Yağmur, 2021 – Turkey
• Zodarion luctuosum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel
• Zodarion ludibundum Simon, 1914 – Corsica, Sicily, Algeria
• Zodarion lusitanicum Cardoso, 2003 – Portugal, Spain
• Zodarion lutipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan
• Zodarion machadoi Denis, 1939 – Portugal, Spain, Azores
• Zodarion maculatum (Simon, 1870) – Portugal, Spain, France, Sicily, Morocco
• Zodarion maghrebense Bosmans & Benhalima, 2020 – Morocco, Algeria
• Zodarion mallorca Bosmans, 1994 – Mallorca
• Zodarion marginiceps Simon, 1914 – Spain, France
• Zodarion merlijni Bosmans, 1994 – Portugal, Spain
• Zodarion mesranense Bouragba & Bosmans, 2012 – Algeria
• Zodarion messiniense Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion minutum Bosmans, 1994 – Spain, Mallorca, Ibiza
• Zodarion modestum (Simon, 1870) – Spain
• Zodarion montesacrense Bosmans, 2019 – Italy
• Zodarion morosoides Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion morosum Denis, 1935 – Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia
• Zodarion mostafai Benhalima & Bosmans, 2020 – Morocco
• Zodarion murphyorum Bosmans, 1994 – Spain
• Zodarion musarum Brignoli, 1984 – Greece
• Zodarion nesiotes Denis, 1965 – Canary Is.
• Zodarion nesiotoides Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Zodarion nigriceps (Simon, 1873) – Corsica, Sardinia
• Zodarion nigrifemur Caporiacco, 1948 – Greece
• Zodarion nitidum (Audouin, 1826) (type species) – North Africa, Middle East
• Zodarion noordami Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion odem Levy, 2007 – Israel
• Zodarion ogeri Bosmans & Benhalima, 2020 – Morocco
• Zodarion ohridense Wunderlich, 1973 – Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia, Greece, Czechia
• Zodarion ovatum B. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019 – Italy
• Zodarion ozkutuki Coşar & Danışman, 2021 – Turkey
• Zodarion pacificum Bosmans, 2009 – Croatia, Bosnia
• Zodarion pallidum Denis, 1952 – Morocco
• Zodarion pantaleonii Bosmans & Pantini, 2019 – Italy (Sardinia)
• Zodarion parashi Wunderlich, 2022 – Greece
• Zodarion petrobium Dunin & Zacharjan, 1991 – Azerbaijan, Armenia
• Zodarion pileolonotatum Denis, 1935 – Libya
• Zodarion pirini Drensky, 1921 – Bulgaria, Greece
• Zodarion planum B. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019 – China
• Zodarion pseudoelegans Denis, 1934 – Spain, France, Ibiza
• Zodarion pseudonigriceps Bosmans & Pantini, 2019 – Italy (Sardinia)
• Zodarion pusio Simon, 1914 – France, Italy, Tunisia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Slovenia
• Zodarion pythium Denis, 1935 – Greece
• Zodarion remotum Denis, 1935 – Corsica, Italy
• Zodarion reticulatum Kulczyński, 1908 – Cyprus
• Zodarion robertbosmans Wunderlich, 2017 – Turkey
• Zodarion rubidum Simon, 1914 – Europe (introduced in USA, Canada)
• Zodarion rudyi Bosmans, 1994 – Portugal, Spain
• Zodarion ruffoi Caporiacco, 1951 – France, Italy, Turkey
• Zodarion samos Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion santorini Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion sardum Bosmans, 1997 – Sardinia
• Zodarion scutatum Wunderlich, 1980 – Slovenia, Croatia
• Zodarion segurense Bosmans, 1994 – Spain
• Zodarion sharurensis (Zamani & Marusik, 2022) – Azerbaijan
• Zodarion siirtensis Coşar, 2021 – Turkey
• Zodarion simplex Jocqué, 2011 – United Arab Emirates
• Zodarion soror (Simon, 1873) – Corsica
• Zodarion spinibarbe Wunderlich, 1973 – Crete
• Zodarion styliferum (Simon, 1870) – Portugal, Spain, Madeira
  • Zodarion styliferum extraneum (Denis, 1935) – Portugal
• Zodarion sungar (Jocqué, 1991) – Turkey, Iraq
• Zodarion talyschicum Dunin & Nenilin, 1987 – Azerbaijan, Iran
• Zodarion thoni Nosek, 1905 – Eastern Europe to Azerbaijan
• Zodarion timidum (Simon, 1874) – Spain, France
• Zodarion trianguliferum Denis, 1952 – Morocco
• Zodarion tuber (Wunderlich, 2022) – Portugal
• Zodarion tunetiacum Strand, 1906 – Tunisia
• Zodarion turcicum Wunderlich, 1980 – Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey
• Zodarion turkesi Coşar & Danışman, 2021 – Turkey
• Zodarion valentii Bosmans, Loverre & Addante, 2019 – Morocco, Algeria, Spain, Italy
• Zodarion van Bosmans, 2009 – Turkey
• Zodarion vanimpei Bosmans, 1994 – Spain
• Zodarion vankeerorum Bosmans, 2009 – Greece
• Zodarion varoli Akpınar, 2016 – Turkey
• Zodarion vicinum Denis, 1935 – England, Italy
• Zodarion viduum Denis, 1937 – Portugal
• Zodarion walsinghami Denis, 1937 – Algeria
• Zodarion weissi (Deltshev & Naumova, 2022) – Bulgaria
• Zodarion wesolowskae Bosmans & Benhalima, 2020 – Morocco
• Zodarion yagmuri Coşar & Danışman, 2021 – Turkey
• Zodarion yemenensis Jocqué & van Harten, 2015 – Yemen
• Zodarion zorba Bosmans, 2009 – Greece