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Nesticidae  Simon, 1894 / Carpathonesticus  Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980   25 species

Carpathonesticus cibiniensis (Weiss, 1981)

Description
Male

Prosoma as in female, but without marginal line. Prosoma 2 mm long.

Body length male: 4.9 mm
Female

Prosoma light yellow to clay-coloured, ocular area and dorsal pattern blackish, posteriorly with a faint darker marginal line. Sternum yellow, darker on the sides. Legs coloured as prosoma, almost uniform, with annulations in juveniles. Opisthosoma whitish-grey, with a blackish pattern.

Body length female: 5 mm
Additional information

In cellars in old houses.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Romania
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) |||
References

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 pdf

Weiss I (1981) Der Kopulationsmechanismus bei Nesticus cibiniensis n. sp., einer neuen Höhlenspinne aus Rumänien (Arachnida, Araneae, Nesticidae). Reichenbachia 19: 143-152 pdf

Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
22-09-2025 Distribution update Detail
29-05-2015 Image insert