Carpathonesticus zaitzevi (Charitonov, 1939)
Description
Male
Colouration as in females, except opisthosomal markings more pronounced. Prosoma length: 1.8-2.3 mm.
Female
Prosoma orange-yellow, cephalic part shining. Prosoma length: 1.9-2.55 mm. Sternum orange-yellow, sparsely covered with short and long setae. Opisthosoma covered with grey setae, dorsum with 2 triangular marks, sometimes with 5 pairs of marks, or marks completely absent.
Additional information
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Mcheidze 1997)
Epigyne/vulva
(Charitonov 1947)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Zamani & Marusik 2021a)
Distribution List
References
Charitonov D E (1947) Spiders and harvestspiders from the caves of the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody (N.S., Biol.) 52: 15-28 
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
Mcheidze T S (1997) Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review. Tbilisi Univ, 390 pp
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zamani A, Marusik Y M (2021a) New taxa of six families of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 67: 81-91
Updates
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