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Zoropsidae  Bertkau, 1882 / Akamasia  Bosselaers, 2002   1 species

Akamasia cyprogenia  (Bosselaers, 1997)

Description
Male

Prosoma yellow, somewhat darker in the anterior part. Small, light grey spots on the margin and along the striae. Sternum pale yellow with marginal and central black spots. Chelicerae greyish brown, fading to yellow towards margin. Legs yellow, all tibiae and metatarsi with 2 dark rings. Opisthosoma reddish brown dorsally, with dark markings. Ventral side black, bordered by pale yellowish brown.

Body length male: 6.15 mm
Female

Prosoma yellow, somewhat darker in the anterior part. Small, light grey spots on the margin and along the striae. Sternum pale yellow with small grey spots in the center. Chelicerae greyish brown, fading to yellow towards margin. Legs yellow. Opisthosoma reddish brown dorsally, with black median markings, ventral side yellow-brown with small black spots.

Body length female: 8.0 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Cyprus
Phenology
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"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.

Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

Bosselaers J (1997) Zoropsis cyprogenia sp. n., a new, probably endemic spider species from Cyprus (Araneae, Zoropsidae). Phegea 25: 162-168 pdf

Bosselaers J (2002) A cladistic analysis of Zoropsidae (Araneae), with the description of a new genus. Belgian Journal of Zoology 132: 141-154 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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11-06-2013 Image insert