Thymoites bellissimus (L. Koch, 1879)
Description
Male
Prosoma 1.3 mm long. Colouration as in female. Chelicerae: promargin with 2 small teeth.
Body length male: 2.5 mmFemale
Epigyne: atrium with a narrow median septum. Prosoma yellowish grey, with a darker median band, and blackish margin. Prosoma 0.95 mm long. Sternum greyish green, darker on edges. Legs light yellowish with dark annulations, tibia and metatarsus darker apically. Opisthosoma yellowish white, dorsally with pattern of blackish patches spotted with white.
Body length female: 2.2 mmAdditional information
In forests, moss or shady banks.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Palmgren 1974b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Palmgren 1974b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Palmgren 1974b)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Palmgren 1974b)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Palmgren 1974b)
Habitus, ventral view
(Palmgren 1974b)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Habitus, frontal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Holm 1945)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventro-lateral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Holm 1945)
Vulva
(Holm 1973)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Habitus, lateral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Habitus
(Holm 1945)
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
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp. 
Farlund M (2019) Norwegian Spiders - Norske edderkopper. Siste oppdatering for funn av nye arter 10. oktober, 2019. Online at http://crocea.wordpress.com/norsk-artsliste/
Fjellberg A (unpubl.) .
Holm Å (1945) Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Torneträskgebietes. Arkiv för Zoologi 36(A15): 1-80
Holm Å (1973) On the Spiders collected during the Swedish Expeditions to Novaya Zemlya and Yenisey in 1875 and 1876. Zoologica Scripta 2: 71-110
Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Palmgren P (1974b) Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens V. Theridiinae und Nesticidae. Fauna Fennica 26: 1-54
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2