Aculepeira talishia (Zawadsky, 1902)
Description
Male
Strongly resembles A. carbonaria, slightly different conductor and terminal Apophysis.
prosoma length: 4.6 mm, prosoma width: 4.2 mm.
Female
Resembles A. carbonaria. Epigyne with yellowish hook, which is undulated, long and pointed. Scape with laterally enlarged wings.
prosoma length: 4.8 mm, prosoma width: 4.0 mm.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levi 1977b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levi 1977b)
Embolic division
(Thaler 1991b)
Conductor, frontal view
(Thaler 1991b)
Tibia II, dorsal view
(Levi 1977b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levi 1977b)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Levi 1977b)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Levi 1977b)
Epigyne, caudal view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
Epigyne, caudal view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Levi 1977b)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Levi 1977b)
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
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Levi H W (1977b) The orb-weaver genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 148: 185-238
Martynovchenko F A, Mikhailov K G (2014) Spiders (Aranei) of Teberda State Reserve: fauna and biotopic distribution. Euroasian Entomological Journal 13: 355-371
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, Otto S, Bulbulashvili N (2023a) Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arthropoda, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the CaBOL project. Part I. Caucasiana 2: 143-159
Thaler K (1991b) Pachygnatha terilis n.sp. aus den Südalpen, mit Bemerkungen zu einigen Araneidae der Alpenländer (Arachnida: Aranei, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 78: 47-57
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) 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
Zarikian N, Dilbaryan K, Khachatryan A, Harutyunova L (2023a) Species composition and diversity of spider (Arachnida: Araneae) in the northern forests of Armenia. Biodiversity 24: 66-75