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
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 (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2