Cybaeidae  Banks, 1892 / Cybaeus  L. Koch, 1868   10 species

Cybaeus balkanus Deltshev, 1997

Description
Male

Prosoma yellow to yellow-grey. Prosoma length: 3.85 mm. Chelicerae brown, promargin with 3, retromargin with 6 teeth. Legs yellow, annulated. Opisthosoma grey to dark grey, with distinct white pattern.

Body length male: 8.50 mm
Female

Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 3.60 mm.

Body length female: 8.50 mm
Additional information

Under stones in forests

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece
Phenology
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Distribution List
Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Greece   (Van Keer et al., 2010) ||| Kosovo   (Grapci-Kotori et al., 2022) ||| Montenegro   (Naumova et al., 2019a) ||| North Macedonia   (Blagoev, 2002; Komnenov, 2014; Deltshev, 1997b) ||| Serbia   (Deltshev et al., 2003b) |||
References

Blagoev G (2002) Check list of Macedonian spiders (Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 54: 9-34 pdf

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Deltshev C (1997b) A new species of Cybaeidae: Cybaeus balkanus spec. nov. from the mountains of Balkan peninsula (Arachnida: Araneae). Reichenbachia 32: 1-4 pdf

Deltshev C D, Ćurčić B P M, Blagoev GA (2003b) The spiders of Serbia. Inst. Zoology, Fac. Biology, Belgrade & Inst. Zoology, Bulg. Acad. Sci., Sofia. 832 pp.

Geci D (unpubl.) .

Grapci-Kotori L, Geci D, Naumova M, Ibrahimi H, Bilalli A, Musliu M, Gashi A, Kasumaj E (2022) Spiders from Sharr Mountain – new faunistic data (Arachnida: Araneae). Natura Croatica 31: 335-350 pdf

Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267 pdf

Naumova M, Lazarov S, Deltshev C (2019a) Faunistic diversity of the spiders in Montenegro (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 22: 50-89 pdf

Van Keer J, Van Keer K, De Koninck H, Ramel G (2010) The arachnofauna (Araneae) of wetland Kerkini (Macedonia-Northern Central Greece). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 62: 141-160 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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