Sulcia mirabilis Kratochvíl, 1938
Description
Male
Palp: tibia apically with 2 very unequal, long and curved spines, in the middle with 3 ventral, equal tubercles bearing spines, tarsus with a long spine on the apical third. Opisthosoma twice as long as wide.
Body length male: 2.1-2.3 mmFemale
Palp: tarsal claw with 3 or 4 teeth. Eyes small. Chelicerae: promargin with 8 teeth, retromargin with 6 or 7 teeth. Legs: metatarsus I equal or slightly shorter than femur I. Opisthosoma slightly longer than wide, covered with numerous hairs.
Body length female: 2.4-2.5 mmAdditional information
In caves.
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kratochvíl 1938b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kratochvíl 1938b)
Palpal claw
(Kratochvíl 1938b)
Epigyne/vulva
(Kratochvíl 1938b)
Epigyne/vulva
(Kratochvíl 1938b)
Labium
(Kratochvíl 1938b)
Cheliceral teeth
(Kratochvíl 1938b)
Distribution List
References
Kratochvíl J (1938b) Étude sur les araignées cavernicoles du genre Sulcia nov. gen. Práce Moravské Přírodovědecké Společnosti 11(3): 1-25 
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
Naumova M, Lazarov S, Deltshev C (2019a) Faunistic diversity of the spiders in Montenegro (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 22: 50-89
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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