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Thomisidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Bassaniodes  Pocock, 1903   19 species

Bassaniodes caperatus  (Simon, 1875)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031838

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Description
Male

Prosoma and proximal joints of legs deep brown. Opisthosoma with dark brown pattern surrounded by white margins. Palp large. Median apophysis short, cone-like, widely separated from tegular apophysis.

Prosoma length: 2.5 mm, prosoma width: 2.4 mm.

Female

Prosoma light brown veined with yellow. Opisthosoma light brown with scattered dark brown markings. Epigyne: large membraneous twisted folds along central hood-like structure. Spermathecae dorsal.

Prosoma length: 2.8-3.0 mm, prosoma width: 2.5-3.0 mm.

Body length female: 8.1 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2019): Mediterranean, Turkey, Ukrain, Russia (Caucasus)
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Simon 1932)

species

female Epigyne
(Simon 1932)

References

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)

Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144

Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org

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

Mikhailov K G (2013) The spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Russia and adjacent countries: a non-annotated checklist. Arthropoda Selecta, Supplement 3: 1-262 pdf

Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94 pdf

Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110 pdf

Polchaninova N Y, Prokopenko E V (2013) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arthropoda Selecta (Suppl.) 2: 1-268 pdf

Simon E (1932) Les arachnides de France 6 (4). Paris (Roret): 773-978

World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.01.2019) doi: 10.24436/2

Updates
25-04-2015 Distribution update Old value
10-12-2013 Distribution update Old value
15-04-2013 Distribution update Old value