Zodariidae  Thorell, 1881 / Lachesana  Strand, 1932   6 species

Lachesana blackwalli  (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Description

Terminal part of tibial apophysis perpendicular to its base. Chelicerae covered with thin long hairs. Gnathocoxae conical. Prosoma yellow. Legs yellow. Opisthosoma yellow in females, in males marked with black-brown spots.

Body length male: 10-15 mm
Body length female: 10-15 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon
Phenology
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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.

Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024) |||
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 pdf

Bosmans R, Gavalas I (2023) The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 1-91 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

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

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Jocqué R (1991) A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 201: 1-160 pdf

Özkütük R S, Yağmur E A, Gücel S, Shafaie S, Özden Ö, Kunt K B (2020) New records of the East Mediterranean Lachesana (Aranei: Zodariidae), with description of a new species. Arthropoda Selecta 29: 334-338 pdf

Russell-Smith A, Allison R, Askins M, Blumsom W, Snazell R, Spilling C (2011) A provisional checklist and gazetteer of the spiders of Chios, Greece (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 133-167 pdf

Thaler K, Knoflach B (2004a) A new Lachesana species from Greece and additional records from the Near East (Arachnida, Araneae, Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13: 41-46 pdf

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 pdf

Updates
03-02-2024 Distribution update Detail
03-02-2024 Image insert
02-10-2020 Image insert