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Nesticidae  Simon, 1894 / Typhlonesticus  Kulczyński, 1914   8 species

Typhlonesticus absoloni (Kratochvíl, 1933)

Description
Male

Prosoma 2.4 mm long. Chelicerae: promargin with 3 teeth and 6-7 saw-shaped hairs.

Body length male: 4.8-5.3 mm
Female

Epigyne: convex chitinous plate, covering totally the genital opening. Palp: tarsal claw with 13-14 ventral small teeth. Prosoma almost as wide as long. Prosoma 2.5 mm long. Eyes absent. Chelicerae tinged with orange, promargin with 3 teeth, and behind with 10 to 12 teeth in 2 rows. Legs: tarsal claw with 8 small teeth.

Body length female: 6.24-6.8 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Montenegro
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Montenegro   (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1974; Deltshev et al., 2014; Naumova et al., 2019a) |||
References

Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1974) The cave spider fauna of Montenegro (Araneae). Glasnik Republickog Zavoda za Zastitu Prirode i Prirodnjackog Muzeja Titogradu 6: 9-33 pdf

Deltshev C, Ćurčić B, Wang C X, Yao Z Y, Antić D, Ćurčić S, Rađa T (2014) New data on the spiders (Araneae) in the caves of Balkan peninsula. Archives of Biological Science Belgrade 66: 465-471 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

Naumova M, Lazarov S, Deltshev C (2019a) Faunistic diversity of the spiders in Montenegro (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 22: 50-89 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
06-11-2023 Distribution update Detail
29-05-2015 Image insert