Zora silvestris Kulczynski , 1897

Barrientos, Jose A., Prieto, Carlos E., Pina, Silvia, Henriques, Sergio S, Sousa, Pedro, Schindler, Stefan, Reino, Luis, Beja, Pedro & Santana, Joana, 2023, Arachnid Fauna (Araneae and Opiliones) from the Castro Verde Special Protection Area, southern Portugal, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 110415-110415 : 110415

Zora silvestris Kulczynski, 1897

Distribution

This species is recorded from all western Palaearctic countries, excluding Russia and Turkey. It has already been recorded from the District of Beja ( Cardoso 2004), although it is the only record from Portugal. In Spain, it has only been reported for the Pyrenees of Lleida ( Crespo et al. 2018). This disparity in its location may be due to the rarity of the species or to the absence of data attesting to its presence in intermediate localities.

Notes

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In general, the species of the genus Zora C. L. Koch, 1847 have closely-related genitalia and somatic characters, which makes identification very difficult and, with it, increases the number of possible errors. A thorough revision of the species of this genus seems desirable.