Monaeses israeliensis Levy, 1973
Description
Male
Ventral tibial apophysis slightly bent, tip a rounded knob. Retrolateral tibial apophysis star-shaped apically. Prosoma length: 2.1 mm, prosoma width: 1.4 mm. Body colouration yellow-grey or white-grey. Opisthosoma somewhat darker than prosoma, venter with dark longitudinal band along its entire length.
Body length male: 6-7 mmFemale
Epigyne with slightly protruding anterior part, hood-shaped. Prosoma length: 1.9-2.5 mm, Prosoma width: 1.4-1.9 mm.
Body length female: 8-9 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bayram et al. 2007a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bayram et al. 2007a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1973)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1973)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Bayram et al. 2007a)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Bayram et al. 2007a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1973)
Epigyne
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1973)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Habitus, lateral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Distribution List
References
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Levy G (1973) Crab-spiders of six genera from Israel (Araneae: Thomisidae). Israel Journal of Zoology 22: 107-141
Naumova M, Blagoev G, Deltshev D (2021) Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 4984: 228-257
Otto S (2020) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 03.2020. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
WSC (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 22.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (29.05.2021) doi: 10.24436/2