Mizaga racovitzai (Fage, 1909)
Description
Male
Pedipalpus without patellar apophysis, tibia with short spoon-like apophysis, with simple bulb, no median apophysis nor conductor, embolus forming one-half circle. Otherwise similar to female
Body length male: 3.8 mmFemale
Posterior eye row straight, labium longer than wide, conspicuously notched at base, sternum longer than wide, prosoma dark orange-brown, legs and sternum slightly lighter, opisthosoma yellowish, covered with short, fine hairs, epigyne mostly membranous.
Body length female: 3.6 mmAdditional information
Spiders live in holes among calcareous algae in the intertidal zones of the Mediterranean Sea and form tubular retreats which are closed by silk when submerged by the incoming tide. These retreats are similar to those from species the genus Desis (Desidae) at coasts of the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Simon 1937)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(de Blauwe 1973)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(de Blauwe 1973)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Roth 1967)
Tip of embolus, retrolateral view
(Roth 1967)
Epigyne
(Simon 1937)
Epigyne
(de Blauwe 1973)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Roth 1967)
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
Blauwe R de (1973) Revision de la famille des Agelenidae (Araneae) de la région Mediterranéenne. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 49(2): 1-111 
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Roth V D (1967) A redescription of the spider genus Mizaga Simon (Agelenidae), with new synonymy. American Museum Novitates 2291: 1-7
Simon E (1937) Les arachnides de France 6 (5). Paris (Roret): 979-1298
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2