Zodarion wesolowskae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Zodariidae
- Genus
- Zodarion
- Species
- Zodarion wesolowskae
- Scientific Name
- Zodarion wesolowskae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Zodarion wesolowskae
Zodarion wesolowskae is a species of ant spider in the genus Zodarion that lives in Morocco. The species was first described in 2020 by Souâd Benhalima and Robert Bosmans. Only the male has been described, although Benhalima and Bosmans suggest that the female could be one of the spiders described as Zodarion trianguliferum. The spider is small, typically 3.4 mm (0.13 in) long, with a plain brown to dark brown carapace and a black abdomen which has faint white stripes. The spider is a member of the mostafai group within the genus, which lack a tooth at the end of the embolus. It can be further distinguished from other members of the genus by its very long and thin tibial apophysis. The genus Zodarion is known to use ant mimicry for both defence against predators and to deceive ants to prey on them. This attribute could be used as a form of biological pest control.
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Sibling Taxa
- Zodarion abantense
- Zodarion abnorme
- Zodarion aculeatum
- Zodarion aerium
- Zodarion affine
- Zodarion agricola
- Zodarion alacre
- Zodarion albipatellare
- Zodarion alentejanum
- Zodarion algarvense
- Zodarion algiricum
- Zodarion andalusiacum
- Zodarion arabelae
- Zodarion arachnaio
- Zodarion atlanticum
- Zodarion atriceps
- Zodarion attikaense
- Zodarion aurorae
- Zodarion azrouense
- Zodarion bacelarae
- Zodarion barbarae
- Zodarion beroni
- Zodarion berryi
- Zodarion beticum
- Zodarion bicoloripes
- Zodarion bigaense
- Zodarion blagoevi
- Zodarion bosmansi
- Zodarion buettikeri
- Zodarion caporiaccoi
- Zodarion caucasicum
- Zodarion cesari
- Zodarion christae
- Zodarion confusum
- Zodarion costablancae
- Zodarion costapratae
- Zodarion couseransense
- Zodarion cyrenaicum
- Zodarion deltshevi
- Zodarion diatretum
- Zodarion dispar
- Zodarion duriense
- Zodarion egens
- Zodarion elegans
- Zodarion emarginatum
- Zodarion epirense
- Zodarion ericorum
- Zodarion evvoia
- Zodarion expers
- Zodarion fazanicum
- Zodarion frenatum
- Zodarion fulvonigrum
- Zodarion fuscum
- Zodarion gallicum
- Zodarion gaziantepense
- Zodarion germanicum
- Zodarion geshur
- Zodarion gracilitibiale
- Zodarion graecum
- Zodarion granulatum
- Zodarion gregua
- Zodarion guadianense
- Zodarion hamatum
- Zodarion hauseri
- Zodarion immaculatum
- Zodarion imroz
- Zodarion isabellinum
- Zodarion italicum
- Zodarion izmirense
- Zodarion jansseni
- Zodarion jeanclaudeledouxi
- Zodarion jozefienae
- Zodarion judaeorum
- Zodarion kabylianum
- Zodarion karpathos
- Zodarion killini
- Zodarion konradi
- Zodarion korgei
- Zodarion kossamos
- Zodarion luctuosum
- Zodarion ludibundum
- Zodarion lusitanicum
- Zodarion lutipes
- Zodarion machadoi
- Zodarion maculatum
- Zodarion maghrebense
- Zodarion mallorca
- Zodarion marginiceps
- Zodarion merlijni
- Zodarion mesranense
- Zodarion messiniense
- Zodarion minutum
- Zodarion modestum
- Zodarion montesacrense
- Zodarion morosoides
- Zodarion morosum
- Zodarion mostafai
- Zodarion murphyorum
- Zodarion musarum
- Zodarion nesiotes
- Zodarion nesiotoides
- Zodarion nigriceps
- Zodarion nigrifemur
- Zodarion nitidum
- Zodarion noordami
- Zodarion odem
- Zodarion ogeri
- Zodarion ohridense
- Zodarion ovatum
- Zodarion pacificum
- Zodarion pallidum
- Zodarion pantaleonii
- Zodarion petrobium
- Zodarion pileolonotatum
- Zodarion pirini
- Zodarion pseudoelegans
- Zodarion pseudonigriceps
- Zodarion pusio
- Zodarion pythium
- Zodarion remotum
- Zodarion reticulatum
- Zodarion robertbosmans
- Zodarion rubidum
- Zodarion rudyi
- Zodarion ruffoi
- Zodarion samos
- Zodarion santorini
- Zodarion sardum
- Zodarion scutatum
- Zodarion segurense
- Zodarion simplex
- Zodarion soror
- Zodarion spinibarbe
- Zodarion styliferum
- Zodarion sungar
- Zodarion talyschicum
- Zodarion thoni
- Zodarion timidum
- Zodarion trianguliferum
- Zodarion tunetiacum
- Zodarion turcicum
- Zodarion valentii
- Zodarion van
- Zodarion vanimpei
- Zodarion vankeerorum
- Zodarion varoli
- Zodarion vicinum
- Zodarion viduum
- Zodarion walsinghami
- Zodarion wesolowskae
- Zodarion zorba