Ctenizidae  Thorell, 1887 / Cyrtocarenum  Ausserer, 1871   2 species

Cyrtocarenum cunicularium  (Olivier, 1811)

Description
Male

Bulbus: tip of embolus pointed. Prosoma golden brown. Prosoma length: 7.1 mm. Tibia I with a strong apical spine.

Female

Prosoma brown. Prosoma length: 8.3 mm. Body length with legs: 27-30 mm. Chelicerae: promargin with 7 to 8 teeth, retromargin with 5 teeth. Opisthosoma light brown with a black thick line (heart). Spider gets darker as it ages. 

Body length female: 22-25 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece (incl. Crete, Rhodes), 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   (no references) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024) ||| Turkey (Europe)   (Danışman et al., 2024) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

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

Decae A E (1996) Systematics of the trapdoor spider genus Cyrtocarenum Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Ctenizidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 161-170 pdf

Decae A, Mammola S, Rizzo P, Isaia M (2019) Systematics, ecology and distribution of the mygalomorph spider genus Cteniza Latreille, 1829 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae). Zootaxa 4550: 499-524 pdf

Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522 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

Updates
06-09-2022 Datasheet update Detail
29-01-2019 Image insert