Typhochrestus bifurcatus Simon, 1884
Description
Male
Prosoma yellowish-orange, triangular spot before the fovea, margin greyish, sulci darkened. Legs and sternum yellowish orange, sternum suffused with grey. Opisthosoma grey to dark grey. Palp: sharp, laterally directed median tooth on the tibia, well-developed, nearly straight embolar apophysis.
Prosoma length: 0.6 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.
Female
Colour as in male. Vulva with strongly developed, narrow entrance ducts. Posteromedian plate triangular, anchoring cavity long and rounded.
Prosoma length: 0.7 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Oger 2014)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1990)
Embolus, antero-ventral view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1990)
Embolic division, ventral view
(Bosmans & Oger 2014)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Oger 2014)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1990)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1990)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1990)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1990)
Vulva
(Bosmans & Abrous 1990)
Distribution List
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, Abrous O (1990) The genus Typhochrestus Simon 1884 in North Africa (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Studies on North African Linyphiidae V. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 60: 19-37
Bosmans R, Jocqué R (1993) Five Linyphiidae new to Europe, with description of Pelecopsis pooti sp. n. (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology 123: 129-134
Bosmans R, Oger P (2014) Typhochrestus pekkai sp.n., a new erigonid spider from Corsica (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 23: 107-109
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2