Callilepis cretica (Roewer, 1928)
Description
Male
Prosoma chestnut brown, covered with light hairs. Prosoma length: 1.4 mm. Sternum brown. Legs black-brown, except tarsi reddish yellow. Opisthosoma black, male anteriorly with indistinct small, triangular scutum.
Female
Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.4 mm.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chatzaki et al. 2002a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Chatzaki et al. 2002a)
Pedipalp
(Wunderlich 1977a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Seyyar 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seyyar 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seyyar 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Epigyne
(Chatzaki et al. 2002a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1977a)
Epigyne
(Seyyar 2021)
Vulva
(Chatzaki et al. 2002a)
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, 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) 
Chatzaki M, Thaler K, Mylonas M (2002a) Ground spiders (Gnaphosidae; Araneae) of Crete (Greece). Taxonomy and distribution. I. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109: 559-601
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
Geci D, Naumova M (2021b) A preliminary checklist of the spiders of Kosovo (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologia Balkanica, Special Edition 4: 11-28
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Naumova M, Blagoev G, Deltshev D (2021) Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 4984: 228-257
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Seyyar O (2021) Notes on Callilepis cretica (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) and a new locality in Turkey. Serket 17: 425-428
Seyyar O, Topçu A, Demir H (2006a) New records of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Anatolia. Zoology in the Middle East 38: 118-120
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1977a) Zur Synonymie südeuropäischer Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneida: Theridiidae, Linyphiidae, Gnaphosidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57: 289-293