Nemesia macrocephala Ausserer, 1871
Description
Female
Prosoma brownish, covered with whitish hairs, cephalic part distinctly raised. Prosoma length: 10 mm. Legs: patella III with 2 prolateral spines, metatarsus III with 3 prolateral, 3 retrolateral and 5 ventral spines. Opisthosoma light brownish, with dark transverse stripes.
Body length female: 21-26 mmDistribution
Figures
Bulbus, ventral view
(Decae 2012)
Vulva, ventral view
(Decae 2012)
Spermathecae, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Spermathecae, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Labium, ventral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Labium, ventral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Distribution List
References
Beladjal L, Bouseksou S, Kherbouche-Abrous O, Alioua Y, Bosmans R (2025) First exhaustive catalog of spiders of Algeria (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5598: 1-185 
Cassar T, Mifsud D, Decae A E (2022) The Nemesia trapdoor spider fauna of the Maltese archipelago, with the description of two new species (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 806: 90-112
Decae A E (2012) Geography-related sub-generic diversity within the Mediterranean trapdoor spider genus Nemesia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 43: 24-28
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 26-05-2025 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 25-03-2022 | Image insert | |
| 19-03-2013 | Image insert |