Nemesia sanzoi Fage, 1917
Description
Palp male: yellow-brown with strongly spined tibia. Bulbus thin and bent, with longitudinal furrows. Prosoma yellow, with dark margin, head region anteriorly and laterally grey, dorsally bright, yellow. Fovea T-shaped and strongly bent, eyes closely together. Sternum yellow. Chelicerae brown. Legs yellow-brown. Tibia I with robust thorn slightly bent toward dorsal. Opisthosoma grey, with irregular dark spots. Spinnerets cream-white.
Body length male: 9.2-10.9 mmBody length female: 14-15.5 mm
Additional information
On rocky underground with bushes and grass
Frequency: Very rarely found
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Pedipalp
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Pedipalp
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Habitus
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Habitus, ventral view
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Ocular area, lateral view
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Leg IV, prolateral view
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Leg I, prolateral view
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Spinnerets
(Decae & Di Franco 2005)
Distribution List
References
Decae A E, Di Franco F (2005) Nemisia sanzoi Fage, 1917 (Araneae, Nemesiidae): first description of the male and some additional information on the female, distribution and biology of the species. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13: 133-137 
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2