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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

"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.

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

Updates
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