Setaphis parvula (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Tibial apophysis with sharply angled tip. Embolus coiled. Epigynal ridges reaching almost to anterior epigynal margin
Body length female: 3.1 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Murphy 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Murphy 2007)
Pedipalp
(Platnick & Murphy 1996)
Pedipalp
(Platnick & Murphy 1996)
Chelicera
(Murphy 2007)
Opisthosoma
(Murphy 2007)
Epigyne
(Murphy 2007)
Epigyne
(Platnick & Murphy 1996)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Murphy 2007)
Vulva
(Platnick & Murphy 1996)
Sternum
(Murphy 2007)
Habitus
(Murphy 2007)
Ocular area
(Murphy 2007)
Spinnerets
(Murphy 2007)
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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Bosmans R (2003) A checklist of the spiders of Tunisia, with description of a new species of Palliduphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 12: 89-109
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. Janssen M (1999) The ground spider genus Setaphis in the Maghreb countries (Araneae Gnaphosidae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 155: 82-90
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
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
Dentici A, Amata F C (2018) New faunistic data for the Sicilian arachnofauna (Arachnida Araneae). Biodiversity Journal 9: 271-276
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
Murphy J (2007) Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society St Neots, Cambridgeshire, 605 pp.
Pantini P, Sassu A, Serra G (2013) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida Araneae) of Sardinia. Biodiversity Journal 4: 3-104
Platnick N I, Murphy J A (1996) A review of the zelotine ground spider genus Setaphis (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 3162: 1-23
Seyyar O, Oba A, Türkeş T, Demir H (2017) Setaphis parvula (Lucas, 1846) (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) is a new record for the Turkish spider fauna. Serket 15: 124-126
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2