Berinda ensigera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)
Description
Male
Resembles B. cypria and B. hakani. Palp: Tibial apophysis straight and almost as long as cymbium. Conductor strongly developed with 3 elements: membranous anterior sac, sickle-shaped guiding structure and posterior hook.
Body length male: 6.2-7.0 mmFemale
Resembles B. cypria and B. hakani. Epigyne: Scape with anterior hood. Lateral margins parallel and open at posterior part, leading to copulatory openings.
Body length female: 6.4-9.0 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2009)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2009)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2009)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Danışman et al. 2025c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Danışman et al. 2025c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Danışman et al. 2025c)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2009)
Epigyne
(Caporiacco 1948)
Epigyne
(Tutar & Yağmur 2023)
Epigyne
(Danışman et al. 2025c)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2009)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Danışman et al. 2025c)
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
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 
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
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Caporiacco L di (1948) L'arachnofauna di Rodi. Redia 33: 27-75
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Danışman T, Yağmur E A, Coşar İ, Kaya R S (2025c) Notes on Berinda Roewer, 1928 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), with description of two new species from Turkey. Zootaxa 5653: 364-378
Kovblyuk M M, Seyyar O, Demir H, Topçu A (2009) New taxonomic and faunistic data on the gnaphosid spiders of Turkey (Aranei: Gnaphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 18: 169-187
Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34
Tutar O, Yağmur E A (2023) Spider (Araneae) fauna of İzmir Peninsula (Çeşme, Karaburun, Urla), Türkiye. Serket 19: 197-222
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2