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
"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
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