Histopona thaleri Gasparo, 2005
Description
Male
Pedipalp with very long cymbium. Bulbus with laminar conductor, translucent, semicircular at base. Embolus broadened at base, whip-like distally, length: more than 2 times the length of conductor. Prosoma light brown with fine striae and a weak median line reaching from fovea to eye region. Chelicerae light brown, strong. Sternum yellow-brown, darker at margin, heart-shaped. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma whitish with black hairs, without markings
Body length male: 6.4-6.8 mmFemale
Epigyne with 2 sclerotised, oval plates and a small median plate; Vulva complex, with spiral ducts (5 coils)
Body length female: 6.4-6.8 mmAdditional information
Troglophile species (Mammola et al. 2018)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Gasparo 2005b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gasparo 2005b)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Gasparo 2005b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Gasparo 2005b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Gasparo 2005b)
Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Gasparo 2005b)
Distribution List
References
Gasparo F (2005b) Note sulle Histopona Thorell, 1869, del gruppo Myops di Grecia, con descrizione di una nuova specie cavernicola (Araneae, Agelenidae). Atti e Memorie, Commissione Grotte "Eugenio Boegan" 40: 17-35 
Mammola S, Cardoso P, Ribera C, Pavlek M, Isaia M (2018b) A synthesis on cave-dwelling spiders in Europe. Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56: 301-316
WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.07.2022) doi: 10.24436/2