araneae - Protoleptoneta beroni

Description

Male

Very similar to P. bulgarica. Differs from P. bulgarica by the palpal tarsus more depressed. Palp: tarsus with a deep depression in the middle, and a protuberance bearing a strong spine. Prosoma pale yellow, 0.47 mm long. Legs yellowish, with spines.

Body length male: 2.2 mm

Female

Unknown.

Additional information

In caves.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2024): Bulgaria

Phenology


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Figures

Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deltshev 1977a)

Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Deltshev 1977a)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev 1977a)

Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deltshev 1977a)

Eyes, frontal view
(Deltshev 1977a)

Chelicera, anterior view
(Deltshev 1977a)

Cheliceral teeth, posterior view
(Deltshev 1977a)

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)

Deltshev C (1977a) A new Protoleptoneta from Bulgarian caves (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 7: 3-7

Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, 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

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2

Protoleptoneta beroni Deltshev, 1977