Scotophaeus insularis Berland, 1936
Description
Male
Prosoma and legs pale yellow. Prosoma length: 3 mm. Chelicerae pale yellow, retromargin with a very small tooth. Opisthosoma grey, with a yellow-reddish scutum, covering 1/4 of opisthosomal length.
Body length male: 7.5 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 3 mm.
Body length female: 10.5 mmAdditional information
Under a stone on an eroded beach area (Chios, Greece)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Berland 1936)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Berland 1936)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Berland 1936)
Epigyne
(Schmidt et al. 1994)
Distribution List
References
Berland L (1936) Mission de M. A. Chevalier aux iles du Cap Vert (1934). 1. Araignées. Revue Française d'Entomologie 3: 67-88 
Russell-Smith A, Allison R, Askins M, Blumsom W, Snazell R, Spilling C (2011) A provisional checklist and gazetteer of the spiders of Chios, Greece (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 133-167
Schmidt G, Geisthardt M, Piepho F (1994) Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna der Kapverdischen Inseln (Arachnida: Araneida). Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins 19: 81-126
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 07-10-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 04-09-2015 | Image insert |