Palaestina expolita O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872
Description
Male
Prosoma medium brown with darker pattern of fine lines. Prosoma length: 1.25 mm. Legs brownish yellow. Opisthosoma with dark brown-grey dorsal scutum, venter sclerotized, in front yellow, cream in posterior third.
Body length male: 2-3 mmFemale
Colouration as in males, dorsal scutum less strongly sclerotized. Prosoma length: 1.35 mm.
Body length female: 2-3 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jocqué 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jocqué 1991)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy 1992)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1992)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1992)
Palpal tibia, ventro-lateral view
(Levy 1992)
Chelicerae and eyes, frontal view
(Levy 1992)
Epigyne
(Jocqué 1991)
Epigyne
(Levy 1992)
Distribution List
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 
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2019) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2019 [last updated 1 June 2019], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Jocqué R (1991) A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 201: 1-160
Levy G (1992) The spider genera Palaestina, Trygetus, Zodarion and Ranops (Araneae, Zodariidae) in Israel with annotations on species of the Middle East. Israel Journal of Zoology 38: 67-110
WSC (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (03.01.2021) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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