Zangherella apuliae (Caporiacco, 1949)
Description
Prosoma with scaly projection on posterior part of petiolus. Tarsus I prolaterally with 6 robust, short spines. Opisthosoma dorsally with scutellum, lacking in females.
Body length male: 1.0 mmBody length female: 1.0 mm
Additional information
East Mediterranean species, in litter of bushy forest, under stones, probably crevices of stony debris. Strongly modified anapid orb web, similar to Comaroma simoni.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1998b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1998b)
Pedipalp
(Thaler & Knoflach 1998b)
Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1974b)
Habitus, lateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1998b)
Vulva
(Wunderlich 1980d)
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
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 
Brignoli P M (1974b) Ragni di Grecia VI. Specie nuove o interessanti delle isole Ionie e della Morea (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 81: 155-175
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
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
Thaler K, Knoflach B (1998b) Die Zangherella-Arten Italiens (Araneae, Anapidae): Verbreitung und Merkmale. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 71: 73-81
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1980d) Über europäische Symphytognathidae (Arach.: Araneae). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 23: 259-273
Updates
| 24-11-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 09-12-2015 | Image insert |