Theonoe major Denis, 1961
Description
Male
Unknown.
Female
Prosoma flat, yellowish, sometimes with brownish markings, a very thin black borderline. Prosoma 1-1.2 mm long. Sternum heart-shaped, yellowish, with blackish markings, truncated behind, coxae IV more than one diameter apart. Eyes: AME ringed with black, smaller than the other eyes, lateral eyes contiguous, PME a little more than one diameter apart, median ocular quadrangle much wider behind than in front. Chelicerae orange yellow, with 3 small teeth on anterior margin, and 3 small denticles on posterior margin. Legs yellow, metatarsus and tarsus orange, legs very thin and very long, tarsus about a half the length of metatarsus. Opisthosoma oval, yellowish grey to blackish, often with a wide median lighter band.
Body length female: 2.5-2.8 mmAdditional information
In cave.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Epigyne
(Denis 1961a)
Epigyne
(Denis 1961a)
Distribution List
References
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Denis J (1961a) Quelques araignées de Minorque. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 99: 235-243
Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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