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Nesticidae  Simon, 1894 / Domitius  Ribera, 2018   8 species

Domitius lusitanicus (Fage, 1931)

Description
Male

Prosoma 1.4 mm long.

Body length male: 2.9 mm
Female

Prosoma and appendages light yellowish. Eyes absent. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on promargin. Opisthosoma whitish.

Body length female: 3.5 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal
Figures
Distribution List
Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Fage L (1931) Araneae, 5e série, précédée d'un essai sur l'évolution souterraine et son déterminisme. In Biospeologica, LV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 71: 99-291 pdf

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

Ribera C (1988b) Descripción del macho de Nesticus lusitanicus Fage 1931. (Araneae, Nesticidae). Publicaciones del Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Barcelona 14: 37-42 pdf

Ribera C (2018) A new genus of nesticid spiders from western European Peninsulas (Araneae, Nesticidae). Zootaxa 4407: 229-240 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

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