Nemesia meridionalis (Costa, 1835)
Description
Male
Cephalic part slightly raised. Prosoma length: 4.1 mm.
Body length male: 12.9-14 mmFemale
Body covered with yellowish hairs. Prosoma length: 5.7 mm. Legs: metatarsus IV with prolateral, retrolateral and ventral spines, tibia IV with 1 dorsal spine and ventral side with 2 rows of spines., tibia IV slightly longer than metatarsus IV.
Body length female: 21-23 mmDistribution
Figures
Bulbus, ventral view
(Decae 2012)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Isaia & Decae 2012)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Isaia & Decae 2012)
Maxillae and labium
(Isaia & Decae 2012)
Leg I, prolateral view
(Isaia & Decae 2012)
Vulva, ventral view
(Decae 2012)
Maxillae and labium
(Isaia & Decae 2012)
Chelicera, prolateral view
(Isaia & Decae 2012)
Spinnerets, ventral view
(Isaia & Decae 2012)
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
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 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
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, Decae A (2012) Revalidation of Nemesia meridionalis Costa, 1835 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae), and first description of the male. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 280-284
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
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2