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

Carpathonesticus cibiniensis (Weiss, 1981)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006558

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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
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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Weiss 1981)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Weiss 1981)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Weiss 1981)

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male Embolic division
(Weiss 1981)

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male Paracymbium
(Weiss 1981)

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female Epigyne, frontal view
(Weiss 1981)

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female Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Weiss 1981)

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female Vulva
(Weiss 1981)

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female Eyes
(Weiss 1981)

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female Eyes
(Weiss 1981)

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.

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 (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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