Talanites strandi Spassky, 1940
Description
Male
Palp: Seconfd point in median apophysis with great varioation in size. Body colouration yellow. Opisthosoma with characteristic pattern. Tarsi I-III and metatarsi I-II with scopula.
Body length male: 7.3-9.0 mmFemale
Body colouration yellow. Opisthosoma with characteristic pattern. Tarsi I-III and metatarsi I-II with scopula.
Body length female: 7.9-8.1 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Platnick & Ovtsharenko 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Platnick & Ovtsharenko 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2012)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2012)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2012)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pantini & Caria 2025)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pantini & Caria 2025)
Bulbus
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2012)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2012)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2012)
Tarsus IV
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2012)
Habitus
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2012)
Palpal claw
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2012)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2012)
Vulva, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2012)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2012)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Pantini & Caria 2025)
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
Chatzaki M (unpupl.) .
Kovblyuk M M, Kastrygina Z A (2012) Redescription of little-known gnaphosid spider Talanites strandi Spassky, 1940 (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) from Crimea. Arthropoda Selecta 21: 187-190 
Pantini P, Caria M (2025) Contributo alla conoscenza degli Gnaphosidae (Araneae) italiani. Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi", Bergamo 38: 47-69
Platnick N I, Ovtsharenko V I (1991) On Eurasian and American Talanites (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 19: 115-121
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Ponomarev A V, Tsvetkov A S (2004) The generalized data on spiders (Aranei) of the Nature Research "Rostovski". Trudy Gosudarstvennogo Zapovednika "Rostovskii" 3: 84-104
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2