Tama edwardsi (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Male
Palp: cymbium with dense hairs, very characteristic, on the basal external part, embolus short, strongly sclerotized.
Female
Epigyne: very simple, without sclerotized plate, reduced to a pair of openings on the epigastric furrow.
Additional information
In plant communities with Quercus ilex and Juniperus oxycedrus. Altitude 630-800 m.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Rheims & Brescovit 2004)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Rheims & Brescovit 2004)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Rheims & Brescovit 2004)
Epigyne
(Mousaid & Bouihouline 2023)
Epigyne
(Lecigne et al. 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Rheims & Brescovit 2004)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Mousaid & Bouihouline 2023)
Leg I
(Rheims & Brescovit 2004)
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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2023) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – first note – on new records of cave spiders. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 44-71
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
Mousaid M, Bouihouline H (2023) First record of Hersilia caudata Savigny, 1825, Tama edwardsi (Lucas, 1846) (Hersiliidae) and Mimetus laevigatus (Keyserling, 1863) (Mimetidae) from Morocco. Serket 19: 391-397
Rheims C A, Brescovit A D (2004) Revision and cladistic analysis of the spider family Hersiliidae (Arachnida, Araneae) with emphasis on Neotropical and Nearctic species. Insect Systematics & Evolution 35: 189-239
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2