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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Sintula  Simon, 1884   16 species

Sintula cretaensis Wunderlich, 1995

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012643

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Description
Male

Cymbium long and strongly bent. Paracymbium short, with large tooth. Prosoma yellow- to medium brown, with more or less distinct dark spot,  margin black. Sternum dark brown. Legs yellow-brown, trichobothrium on metatarsus I at 0.23-0.26. Opisthosoma dark grey. Spinnerets. light grey.

Body length male: 1.6-1.9 mm
Female

Epigynal scapus long, tongue-shaped. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 1.6-1.9 mm
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Crete)
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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male Embolic division, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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male Cymbium, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

Distribution List
Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J (1995c) Beschreibung bisher unbekannter Arten der Baldachinspinnen aus der östlichen Mediterraneis (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 655-686 pdf

Updates
05-12-2024 Distribution update Detail