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
"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.
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