Brachythele media Kulczyński, 1897
Description
Female
Prosoma red-brown. Prosoma length: 8.3 mm. Legs: patella III with 3 spines, anterior tibiae with 4 spines, posterior tibiae with 8 or more spines, anterior metatarsi with 4 spines. Opisthosoma yellowiah grey, with indistinct brown pattern.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Polenec 1978a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Dimitrov & Zonstein 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Dimitrov & Zonstein 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dimitrov & Zonstein 2022)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Dimitrov & Zonstein 2022)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Geci & Sherwood 2025)
Tibial apophysis leg I, prolateral view
(Geci & Sherwood 2025)
Tibial apophysis leg I, ventral view
(Geci & Sherwood 2025)
Tibia I, prolateral view
(Polenec 1978a)
Tibia I, ventral view
(Dimitrov & Zonstein 2022)
Tibia I, lateral view
(Dimitrov & Zonstein 2022)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Polenec 1978a)
Spermathecae
(Naumova et al. 2016b)
Distribution List
References
Dimitrov D, Zonstein S (2022) A taxonomic contribution to the genus Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) with a description of a new species from Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Zootaxa 5159: 583-592 
Geci D, Sherwood D (2025) Contributions to the knowledge of trapdoor spiders: descriptions of Iberesia melici sp. nov., the female of Nemesia dukagjinica Geci & Sherwood, 2025, and new distribution records of some other European nemesiids (Araneae: Nemesiidae). Arachnology 20: 485-490
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Naumova M, Hristovski S, Hristov G H (2016b) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Prespa National Park, Albania. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 68: 503-511
Polenec A (1978a) Zusammensetzung und Besonderheiten der Epigäischen Spinnenfauna des Seslerio-Ostryetum am Berge Slavnik (1028 m) (Nord-Istrien, Jugoslawien). Symposia of the Zoological Society of London 42: 367-377
Vrenozi B, Deltshev C D (2012b) Spiders (Araneae) from the Vora Hills, western Albania. Albanian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 11: 179-183
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2