Palliduphantes byzantinus (Fage, 1931)
Description
Male
Prosoma length: 0.75 mm, prosoma width: 0.60 mm.
Body length male: 1.67-2.01 mmFemale
Prosoma reddish yellow, sternum darker. Opisthosoma greyish, dorsum with some darker transverse stripes.
Body length female: 2.37-2.5 mmAdditional information
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Deltshev 1980)
Pedipalp
(Deltshev 1980)
Pedipalp
(Deltshev 1980)
Pedipalp
(Deltshev 1980)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Embolic division, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Deltshev 1980)
Epigyne/vulva
(Deltshev 1980)
Epigyne/vulva
(Deltshev 1980)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Deltshev 1980)
Epigyne/vulva, dorsal view
(Brignoli 1979b)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1979b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)
Epigyne, aboral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lecigne 2021a)
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) 
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, 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
Brignoli P M (1979b) Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 86: 181-202
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
Deltshev C (1980) A contribution to the taxonomical study of pallidus group of genus Lepthyphantes Menge (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 16: 44-56
Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56
IJland S, Helsdingen P J van (2016) On some spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Basilicata and Calabria, Italy. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 36: 25-44
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
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
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
Stefanovska D, Naumova M, Prelik D, Deltshev C, Lazarov S (2008) Spiders from the Skopje region: a faunistic and zoogeographical analysis. Historia Naturalis Bulgarica 19: 35-49
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2