Tegenaria bosnica Kratochvíl & Miller, 1940
Description
Male
Colouration as in females, except cephalic part and femora I-II darker, legs I-II without annulation, sternum darker. Prosoma length: 4-6.5 mm.
Body length male: 8.6-13.0 mmFemale
Epigyne with wide, triangular groove. Prosoma: cephalic part brown to black-brown, with some white-grey hairs, eye region dark, thoracic part with 2 grey-brown stripes, prosomal margins grey-yellow. Prosoma length: 4.8 mm. Chelicerae: promargin with 3, retromargin with 4 teeth. Sternum dark brown, with median spot, laterally with 3 round, yellow points. Legs yellowish with grey-brown rings. Opisthosoma yellowish, dorsum with lighter band, flanked by triangular, yellowish spots, venter and sides marbled with grey-brown.
Body length female: 10.8 mmAdditional information
Troglobitic species.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1940a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Geci unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Geci unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Geci unpubl.)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Geci unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1940a)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1940a)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Geci unpubl.)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1940a)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1940a)
Distribution List
References
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Geci D (unpubl.) .
Geci D, Naumova M (2021b) A preliminary checklist of the spiders of Kosovo (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologia Balkanica, Special Edition 4: 11-28
Komnenov M (2010) Checklist of spiders (Araneae) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Uzizaž i Biospeld 5(2009): 52-69
Komnenov M (2020a) Subterranean spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Montenegro. The Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Proceedings of the Section of Natural Sciences 23: 119-169
Kratochvíl J, Miller F (1940a) Neue Höhlenspinnen der Gattung Tegenaria aus Jugoslawien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 131: 188-201
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2