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 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Decae 1996)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Decae et al. 2019)
Tibia and metatarsus I
(Decae 1996)
Habitus
(Decae 1996)
Vulva
(Decae 1996)
Tibia II
(Decae 1996)
Metatarsus IV
(Decae 1996)
Palpal tibia
(Decae 1996)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Decae 1996)
Spinnerets, ventral view
(Decae 1996)
Distribution List
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 
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
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Decae A E (1996) Systematics of the trapdoor spider genus Cyrtocarenum Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Ctenizidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 161-170
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2