Kryptonesticus fagei (Kratochvíl, 1933)
Description
Male
Characters as in female.
Body length male: 5.3-5.4 mmFemale
Epigyne much wider than long, posterior side with a median hard chitinous tubercle. Prosoma 1.9-2 mm long. Eyes small, ringed with black, AME very reduced, PME 2 diameters apart. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on promargin, and behind with 16 to 20 teeth.
Body length female: 5.3-5.4 mmAdditional information
In caves.
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Kratochvíl 1933)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Pedipalp, apical view
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Paracymbium, retrolateral view
(Kratochvíl 1933)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kratochvíl 1933)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Kratochvíl 1933)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Epigyne
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Epigyne
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Vulva
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Eyes
(Kratochvíl 1933)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Kratochvíl 1933)
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 (1933) Evropské druhy celedi Nesticidae Dahl [Les espèces européenes de la famille Nesticidae Dahl]. Práce Moravské Přírodovědecké Společnosti 8 (10): 1-69
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
Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018).
Pavlek M, Ribera C (2017) Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae, Nesticidae), with notes on the Mediterranean cave species. European Journal of Taxonomy 262: 1-27
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2