araneae - Rhode subterranea

Description

Female

Prosoma, sternum and chelicerae dark brown. Prosoma 1.9 mm long. Eyes absent. Legs yellowish brown. Opisthosoma with a dorsal and a ventral scutum, scutum dark brown, strongly sclerotized.

Additional information

Only one female specimen known. In cave.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2026): Bosnia and Herzegovina

Phenology


Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Figures

Vulva
(Kratochvíl 1935a)

Pedicel
(Kratochvíl 1935a)

Maxillae and labium
(Kratochvíl 1935a)

Chelicera, ventral view
(Kratochvíl 1935a)

Chelicera, lateral view
(Kratochvíl 1935a)

Tarsus IV
(Kratochvíl 1935a)

Habitus
(Kratochvíl 1935a)

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

Komnenov M (2010) Checklist of spiders (Araneae) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Uzizaž i Biospeld 5(2009): 52-69

Kratochvíl J (1935a) Ein neuer Vertreter der Gruppe Rhodeae (Typhlorhode subterranea n. gen. n. sp.) aus den balkanischen Höhlen. Studien aus dem Gebiete der Allgemeinen Karstforschung 1: 1-10

Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522

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

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2

Rhode subterranea (Kratochvíl, 1935)