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: 6.0-7.0 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: 8.0-9.0 mmDistribution
Phenology
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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)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Zarikian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Zarikian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Zarikian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zarikian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Bayram et al. 2007a)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Bayram et al. 2007a)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Zarikian et al. 2023b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1973)
Epigyne
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Epigyne
(Fedoriak et al. 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1973)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Fedoriak et al. 2023)
Habitus, lateral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
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
Bayram A, Danışman T, Bolu H, Özgen İ (2007a) Two records new for the Turkish araneofauna: Tmarus piochardi (Simon, 1866) and Monaeses israeliensis Levy, 1973 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Munis Entomology and Zoology 2: 129-136 
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
Buchholz S (2007) A first contribution to the arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Nestos Delta (NE Greece). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 59: 241-252
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
Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56
Fedoriak M M, Kovblyuk M M, Kastrygina Z A (2023) The first record from Ukraine of the spider Monaeses israeliensis (Aranei, Thomisidae), from the Crimea. Zoodiversity 57: 379-382
Helsdingen P J van (2013) A quick scan of the spider fauna of the European part of Turkey. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 33: 29-38
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
Nuruyeva T, Zamani A (2025) An annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Azerbaijan. Zootaxa 5680: 1-168
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Seropian A, Bulbulashvili N, Otto S, Krammer H-J, Kachlishvili N, Datunashvili A (2023b) Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus barcode of life project. Part II. Caucasiana 2: 231-297
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zarikian N A, Kosyan A, Marusik Y M (2023b) New records of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from Armenia. 1. Ten genera and 20 species of the families Araneidae, Theridiidae and Thomisidae. Euroasian Entomological Journal 22: 141-149
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