Bassaniodes bliteus (Simon, 1875)
Description
Male
Prosoma and proximal joints of legs I-II almost black. Opisthosoma and legs III-IV white with black markings. Palp: ventral apophysis large, retrolateral tibial apophysis projecting outwards with S-like stem in lateral view. Tegular apophysis large, projecting downwards, tip slightly notched.
Female
Posterior part of prosoma and legs mottled with white. Opisthosoma dorsally almost black, lighter ventrally and on sides. Epigyne: with deep violin-like depression with longitudinal slight elevation. Traversed by numerous folds.
Body length female: 5.8 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Simon 1932)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1985)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1985)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pantini et al. 2020a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Martín et al. 2025)
Epigyne
(Simon 1932)
Epigyne
(Levy 1985)
Epigyne
(Pantini et al. 2020a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1985)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Pantini et al. 2020a)
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
Blagoev G (2002) Check list of Macedonian spiders (Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 54: 9-34 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
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.
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
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
Levy G (1985) Araneae: Thomisidae. In Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida II. Israel Academy of Sciences and Jerusalem, 115 pp.
Martín D F, Adame F R, Melendo M M, Castilla G R (2025) Nuevas adiciones a la fauna araneológica de Andalucía. I. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 47: 143-150
Pantini P, Bonelli D, Bonacci T (2020a) I ragni epigei (Arachnida, Araneae) di un ambiente litoraneo della Calabria. Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "E. Caffi", Bergamo 32: 25-32
Simon E (1932) Les arachnides de France 6 (4). Paris (Roret): 773-978
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2