araneae - Neoscona byzanthina

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Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041612

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Description

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Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2026): Spain, France, Italy, Romania, Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Russia (Caucasus), Iran

Phenology



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Figures

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ledoux 2008a)

Pedipalp, apical view
(Geci & Naumova 2021a)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Geci & Naumova 2021a)

Tip of bulbus
(Ledoux 2008a)

Tibia II, prolateral view
(Ledoux 2008a)

Tibia II, prolateral view
(Geci & Naumova 2021a)

Epigyne, lateral view
(Ledoux 2008a)

Epigyne, ventral view
(Ledoux 2008a)

Epigyne, posterior view
(Mora-Rubio et al. 2019)

Epigyne, lateral view
(Geci & Naumova 2021a)

Epigyne, posterior view
(Geci & Naumova 2021a)

Epigyne, ventral view
(Geci & Naumova 2021a)

Epigyne, lateral view
(Pintilioaie & Urák 2022a)

Epigyne, posterior view
(Pintilioaie & Urák 2022a)

Epigyne, ventral view
(Pintilioaie & Urák 2022a)

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.

Albania (Geci & Naumova, 2021a) ||| Bulgaria (Geci & Naumova, 2021a) ||| France (Ledoux, 2008a) ||| Greece (Simon, 1885b) ||| Italy (Bolognin et al., 2021) ||| Italy / Sardinia (Bolognin et al., 2021) ||| Italy / Sicily (Bolognin et al., 2021) ||| Kosovo (Geci & Naumova, 2021a) ||| North Macedonia (Geci & Naumova, 2021a) ||| Romania (Pintilioaie & Urák, 2022a) ||| Russia, Southern (Krasnov, unpubl.) ||| Spain (Mora-Rubio et al., 2019) ||| Turkey (Asia) (Simon, 1885b) ||| Turkey (Europe) (Simon, 1885b; Demircan Aksan & Topçu, 2022c) |||

References

Bolognin L, Moretto E, Devincenzo, U, Guariento L A (2021) First record of Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) (Arachnida Araneae) from Italy. Biodiversity Journal 12: 17-19

Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56

Geci D, Naumova M (2021a) The spotted orb-weaver Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) – an enigmatic but common species on the Balkans (Araneae: Araneidae). Ecologia Balkanica, Special Edition 4: 1-9

Krasnov B (unpubl.) Boris Krasnov, see photo gallery

Ledoux J-C (2008a) Réhabilitation de Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) espèce voisine de Neoscona adianta (Araneae, Araneidae). Revue Arachnologique 17: 49-53

Mora-Rubio C, Morano E, Pérez-Bote J L (2019) First record of Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) (Araneae, Araneidae) from the Iberian Peninsula. Graellsia 75(e092): 1-3

Pintilioaie A-M, Urák I (2022a) First record of Neoscona byzanthina (Araneae: Araneidae) in Romania. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 63: 1-3

Simon E (1885b) Etudes arachnologiques. 16e Mémoire. XXIII. Matériaux pour servir à la faune des arachnides de la Grèce. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 4: 305-356

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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16-02-2016	Distribution update	Detail
10-06-2014	Distribution update	Detail
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