Plesiophantes joosti Heimer, 1981
Description
Male
Chelicerae with 3 teeth. Legs yellow, very long, all tibiae with two dorsal bristles.
Prosoma length: 1.3 mm, prosoma width: 1.1 mm.
Female
Prosoma yellow, margin greyish-brown. Base of opisthosoma light brownish-green, the base with a dark brownish green and bright white pattern. Legs yellow, long. Epigyne: copulatory duct located in the genitalia of female forming a spiral (3 times) outwards, vulva simple and spermatheca located down from epigyne.
Prosoma length: 1.1 mm, prosoma width: 0.9 mm.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch 1990)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Karabulut & Türkeş 2012)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch 2025b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch 2025b)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Karabulut & Türkeş 2012)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Karabulut & Türkeş 2012)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Karabulut & Türkeş 2012)
Distribution List
References
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 
Karabulut H, Türkeş T (2012) Description of the females of the spiders Plesiophantes joosti Heimer, 1981 and Araeoncus clavatus Tanasevitch, 1987 from Turkey (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zoology in the Middle East 55: 89-94
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
Tanasevitch A V (1990) The spider family Linyphiidae in the fauna of the Caucasus (Arachnida, Aranei). In: Striganova B R (ed.), Fauna nazemnykh bespozvonochnykh Kavkaza. Moscow, Akaedemia Nauk, pp. 5-114
Tanasevitch A V (2025b) Notes on the spider genus Plesiophantes Heimer, 1981, with the first description of the female of P. tanasevitchi Wunderlich, 2011 (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Invertebrate Zoology 22: 718-726
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2