Sintula furcifer (Simon, 1912)
Description
Male
Prosoma pale red-brown, with grey triangular spot anterior to fovea, striae and margins grey. Prosoma length: 1.09-1.17 mm, Prosoma width: 0.93-0.98 mm. Chelicerae red-brown. Sternum greyish brown. Legs pale red-brown, distal parts of tibiae greyish. Opisthosoma blackish.
Body length male: 1.90-2.29 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 0.82-0.95 mm, prosoma width: 0.72-0.78 mm. Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 1.83-2.39 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 1991a)
Pedipalp, expanded, retrolateral view
(Guerbaa et al. 2024)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Guerbaa et al. 2024)
Embolic division, antero-ventral view
(Bosmans 1991a)
Cymbium, dorsal view
(Bosmans 1991a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans 1991a)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Bosmans 1991a)
Epigyne, postero-ventral view
(Bosmans 1991a)
Epigynal plate, postero-ventral view
(Guerbaa et al. 2024)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Guerbaa et al. 2024)
Epigyne
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Vulva
(Bosmans 1991a)
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 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Bosmans R (1991a) Le genre Sintula Simon en Afrique du Nord (Araneae, Linyphiidae): Etudes sur les Linyphiidae nord-africaines, VI. Revue Arachnologique 9: 103-117
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Guerbaa K, Oger P, Revers F, Acloque A (2024) Sintula furcifer (Simon, 1912) (Araneae, Linyphiidae) nouveau pour la faune de France. Revue Arachnologique (2) 10: 9-11
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2