Anapidae  Simon, 1895 / Zangherella  Caporiacco, 1949   3 species

Zangherella apuliae  (Caporiacco, 1949)

Description

Prosoma with scaly projection on posterior part of petiolus. Tarsus I prolaterally with 6 robust, short spines. Opisthosoma dorsally with scutellum, lacking in females.

Body length male: 1.0 mm
Body length female: 1.0 mm
Additional information

East Mediterranean species, in litter of bushy forest, under stones, probably crevices of stony debris. Strongly modified anapid orb web, similar to Comaroma simoni.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Italy, Greece, Turkey
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Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024a) |||
References

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Brignoli P M (1974b) Ragni di Grecia VI. Specie nuove o interessanti delle isole Ionie e della Morea (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 81: 155-175 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Thaler K, Knoflach B (1998b) Die Zangherella-Arten Italiens (Araneae, Anapidae): Verbreitung und Merkmale. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 71: 73-81 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J (1980d) Über europäische Symphytognathidae (Arach.: Araneae). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 23: 259-273 pdf

Updates
24-11-2024 Distribution update Detail
09-12-2015 Image insert