Parastalita stygia (Joseph, 1882)
Description
Male
Palp: bulb cylindrical, end of bulb with numerous teeth, embolus black, flattened and curved at its point. Prosoma 3.2-3.7 mm long.
Body length male: 7.0 mmFemale
Prosoma reddish brown, narrow in front, with sinuous lateral edges. Prosoma 3.5 mm long. Sternum light brownish. Chelicerae very long, promargin with 4 teeth, retromargin with one basal and one apical denticle. Legs light brownish, very long, patella and tarsus spineless, other segments with numerous spines.
Body length female: 5.5 mmAdditional information
In caves.
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Fage 1931)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1971b)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Fage 1931)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Fage 1931)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1971b)
Vulva, variation
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1971b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1971b)
Vulva, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1971b)
Legs, lateral view
(Fage 1931)
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
Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1971b) Beitrag zur Kenntnis höhlenbewohnender Dysderidae (Araneida) aus Jugoslawien. Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Prirodoslovne Vede, Classis IV, Historia Naturalis 14: 95-120 
Fage L (1931) Araneae, 5e série, précédée d'un essai sur l'évolution souterraine et son déterminisme. In Biospeologica, LV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 71: 99-291
Komnenov M (2010) Checklist of spiders (Araneae) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Uzizaž i Biospeld 5(2009): 52-69
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2