Nemesia bristowei Decae, 2005
Description
Male palp light yellow. Embolus long, thin, slightly bent. Vulva with bipartite, thin, mushroom-shaped spermatheca. Prosoma light yellow-brown, without hairs, anterior lateral eyes directed anteriorly. Sternum light yellow, with black hairs. Chelicerae brown, with 6 teeth laterally on cheliceral furrow, fang uniformly toothed. Legs light yellow. Tibia I slightly bent inwardly. Opisthosoma bright grey-brown with darker spots. Spinnerets creamy yellow.
Body length male: 9.0-10.5 mmBody length female: 12.0-17.0 mm
Additional information
Often in strongly sloped to overhanging clay grounds, also in buildings
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Decae 2005)
Pedipalp
(Decae 2005)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Decae 2012)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Decae 2005)
Leg I, prolateral view
(Decae 2005)
Habitus
(Decae 2005)
Habitus, ventral view
(Decae 2005)
Vulva
(Decae 2005)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Decae 2005)
Habitus
(Decae 2005)
Habitus, ventral view
(Decae 2005)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Decae 2005)
Fang
(Decae 2005)
Patella and tibia III
(Decae 2005)
Patella and tibia III
(Decae 2005)
Spinnerets
(Decae 2005)
Distribution List
References
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Decae A E (2005) Trapdood spiders of the genus Nemesia Audouin, 1826 on Majorca and Ibiza: taxonomy, distribution and behaviour (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13: 145-168
Decae A E (2012) Geography-related sub-generic diversity within the Mediterranean trapdoor spider genus Nemesia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 43: 24-28
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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