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Pholcidae  C. L. Koch, 1850 / Stygopholcus  Kratochvíl, 1932   4 species

Stygopholcus absoloni (Kulczyński, 1914)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003408

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Description
Body length male: 5.3 mm
Female

Epigyne reddish. Prosoma pale yellowish, sternum darker. Eyes: PME slightly less than one diameter from PLE. Opisthosoma whitish.

Body length female: 5.8-6.3 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Figures
species

male Bulbus, dorso-lateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)

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male Bulbus, prolateral-distal view
(Huber et al. 2021)

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male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)

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male Bulbus, ventral view
(Huber et al. 2021)

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male Paracymbium, prolateral view
(Senglet 1971)

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male Procursus, prolateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)

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male Procursus, retrolateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)

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male Tip of procursus, prolateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)

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male Bulbal apophysis, prolateral view
(Senglet 1971)

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male Eyes, frontal view
(Senglet 1971)

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male Chelicera, lateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)

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male Chelicerae, frontal view
(Huber et al. 2021)

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female Epigyne
(Huber et al. 2021)

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female Epigyne
(Huber et al. 2021)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Senglet 1971)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber et al. 2021)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber et al. 2021)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Huber et al. 2021)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber et al. 2021)

Distribution List
Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Komnenov, 2010; Huber et al., 2021) ||| Croatia   (Huber et al., 2021) ||| Montenegro   (Naumova et al., 2019a) |||
References

Huber B A, Pavlek M, Komnenov M (2021) Revision of the spider genus Stygopholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae), endemic to the Balkan Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy 752: 1-60 pdf

Komnenov M (2010) Checklist of spiders (Araneae) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Uzizaž i Biospeld 5(2009): 52-69 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

Senglet A (1971) Note sur les Pholcidae (Arachn.) de Grèce. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 44: 345-359 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
17-06-2021 Image insert
15-06-2021 Distribution update Detail
08-06-2020 Distribution update Detail
04-12-2013 Image insert