Nomisia orientalis Dalmas, 1921
Description
Male
Prosoma reddish brown, upper parts slightly reticulated black, margins with thin black line. Prosoma length: 2.5-2.8 mm. Chelicerae darker than prosoma. Legs reddish brown. Opisthosoma grey to dark brown, dorsum with brown chevron and 6 brown oval spots.
Body length male: 5.5-6.5 mmFemale
Colouration as in males, but slightly lighter. Prosoma length: 2.8-3.1 mm.
Body length female: 6-7 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seyyar et al. 2009a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seyyar et al. 2009a)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Dalmas 1921)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Dalmas 1921)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Seyyar et al. 2009a)
Epigyne
(Lecigne 2021a)
Vulva
(Seyyar et al. 2009a)
Distribution List
References
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 
Dalmas R de (1921) Monographie des Araignées de la section des Pterotricha (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 89: 233-328
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
Hadjissarantos H (1940) Les araignées de l'Attique. Athens, 132 pp
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
Seyyar O, Ayyildiz N, Topçu A (2009a) Description of a new species of the genus Nomisia Dalmas, 1921 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Turkey with some faunistical remarks. Zootaxa 2006: 62-68
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2