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 mmBody length female: 10-15 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jocqué 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2004a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2004a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jocqué 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Özkütük et al. 2020)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Özkütük et al. 2020)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Labium
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2004a)
Chelicerae, anterior view
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Chelicerae, posterior view
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Özkütük et al. 2020)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Jocqué 1991)
Epigyne
(Özkütük et al. 2020)
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
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 
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
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
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
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
Jocqué R (1991) A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 201: 1-160
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
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
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
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
| 03-02-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 03-02-2024 | Image insert | |
| 02-10-2020 | Image insert |