Dipoena galilaea Levy & Amitai, 1981
Description
Female
Epigynal plate with 2 shallow, sclerotized cups near the epigastric furrow. Vulva: one of the 2 pairs of seminal receptacles is rather large, elongated and constricted apically. Prosoma brown with black markings. Prosoma 0.75-0.8 mm long. Legs yellow, slightly darker at distal articulations. Opisthosoma black, with white pattern dorsally.
Body length female: 1.7-2.1 mmAdditional information
In Quercus forest on slope and moist places with dense vegetation.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Lissner unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lissner unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019c)
Pedipalp in detail, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019c)
Eyes
(Lissner unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Lissner unpubl.)
Spinnerets
(Lissner unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Lissner unpubl.)
Habitus, lateral view
(Lissner unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Epigyne
(Yağmur & Tutar 2023)
Epigyne
(Lecigne 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lecigne 2023)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Lecigne 2023)
Habitus, lateral view
(Lecigne 2023)
Distribution List
References
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 
Lecigne S (2023) New contribution to the spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of Kerkyra (Corfu) and update of the provisional checklist of species from the Ionian Island. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 38 (1, suppl.): 1-51
Levy G, Amitai P (1981a) Spiders of the genera Euryopis and Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Israel. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5: 177-188
Lissner J (unpubl.)
Van Keer J, Van Keer K, De Koninck H, Ramel G (2010) The arachnofauna (Araneae) of wetland Kerkini (Macedonia-Northern Central Greece). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 62: 141-160
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Yağmur E A, Tutar O (2023) First record of Dipoena galilaea Levy & Amitai, 1981 (Araneae: Theridiidae) for the spider fauna of Turkey. Acta Zoologica Cypria 1: 22-25