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Nemesiidae  Simon, 1889 / Nemesia  Audouin, 1826   81 species

Nemesia dorthesi Thorell, 1875

Description

Prosoma brown, covered with whith whitish hairs. Prosoma length: 5 mm. Opisthosoma: dorsum with dark longitudinal band and lateral oblique lines.

Body length male: 9.5-11.0 mm
Additional information

The figs. by Zonstein (2019) belong to the undescribed species from Algeria (Pertegal & Molero-Baltanás, 2026)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Morocco: N. ariasi, Algeria: undescribed species (per Pertegal & Molero-Baltanás, 2026)
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Spain
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Distribution List
Algeria  Removed (Zonstein, 2019; Benhacene et al., 2023; Pertegal & Molero-Baltanás, 2026) ||| Morocco  Removed (Benhalima & Bosmans, 2024; Pertegal & Molero-Baltanás, 2026) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535 pdf

Blasco-Feliu A (1986) Les spermathèques des Nemesia (Araneae, Ctenizidae); valeur taxonomique de ce caractère. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (4) 8(A1): 343-350 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Calvo M, Pagán M (2022) Nemesia entinae sp. n.; descripción de una nueva especie de Nemesia Audouin, 1826 (Aranae [sic], Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae) de la Península Ibérica. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 41: 41-50 pdf

Frade M A, Bacelar A (1931a) Remarques sur trois araignées théraphoses de Sicile et du nord d'Afrique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (2) 3: 125-130 pdf

Pertegal C, Molero-Baltanás R (2026) Revealing new species within a species complex of Nemesia Audouin, 1826 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae) trapdoor spiders from Andalusia (Spain). Zoosystema 48: 55-73 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Zonstein S L (2019) New data on the spider genus Nemesia in Algeria (Araneae: Nemesiidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 49: 69-130 pdf

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