Zodarion rubidum

Zodarion rubidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zodariidae
Genus: Zodarion
Species: Z. rubidum
Binomial name
Zodarion rubidum
Simon, 1914

Zodarion rubidum is a spider species of the Zodariidae family.

Like most Zodariidae, Z. rubidum is an ant-eating spider. It resembles ants structurally and behaviorally. Z. rubidum specifically mimics red ants, such as Myrmica sabuleti. It often feeds on Tetramorium caespitum or Lasius platythorax.

Z. rubidum is up to 5mm in size. Like many other zodariid spiders, it moves across open ground in the evening and at night.

Distribution

Z. rubidum originally occurred in southwestern France, but has spread during the last few decades into central Europe, and has been introduced to U.S. and Canada.

References

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