''Zodarion italicum'' is a European ant-eating spider in the family
Zodariidae.
Like the closely related ''
Z. hamatum'', it is nocturnal and captures various ant species.
''Z. italicum'' seems to be specialized in
Formicinae ants. Both species are generalized mimics of orange-dark brown ants, such as ''
Lasius emarginatus
''Lasius emarginatus'' is a species of boreal formicine ants.
Description
''Lasius emarginatus'' is a small ant, reaching a length of 3–5.5 mm in the workers, 7–10 mm in the females and 7–14.5 mm in males. In workers and f ...
''.
Body length of males is and of females .
Distribution
It is found in Western, Southwestern, and Eastern Europe, including Caucasus.
It was first discovered in
Britain in 1984, where it is widespread in the
Grays
Grays or Greys may refer to:
Places
* Grays Bay, Nunavut, Canada
* Grays, Essex, a town in Essex, England
** Grays railway station
** Grays School
* Grays, Kent, a hamlet in Kent, England
* Rotherfield Greys or Greys, a village in Oxfordshire, En ...
area of
Essex and occurs among rubble on waste ground and in chalk quarries, often with the ant ''
Lasius niger''.
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References
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The Italian electoral law of 2015, also known as ''Italicum'', was an Italian electoral law passed in 2015. The law, which came into force on 1 July 2016, regulated only the election of the Chamber of Deputies, replacing the Italian electoral l ...
Spiders of Europe
Spiders described in 1868