Bisetifer cephalotus Tanasevitch, 1987
Description
Male
Prosoma pale brown. Sternum greyish brown. Legs brownish yellow. Opisthosoma pale grey.
Body length male: 1.38 mmFemale
Prosoma pale brown. Sternum dark brown. Legs pale brown. Opisthosoma dark grey.
Body length female: 1.25 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Tanasevitch 1987a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Tip of pedipalp, dorso-retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Embolus and terminal apophysis
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Embolic division
(Tanasevitch 1987a)
Embolic division
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Embolic division
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Embolic division
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Suprategulum
(Tanasevitch 1987a)
Suprategular apophysis
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Suprategular apophysis
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Suprategular apophysis
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Suprategular apophysis
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Palpal tibia, meso-dorsal view
(Tanasevitch 1987a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Tanasevitch 1987a)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Tanasevitch 1987a)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Vulva
(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
Vulva, ventral view
(Nadolny & Turbanov 2025)
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(Tanasevitch et al. 2015)
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
Kovblyuk M M (2014) Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of Crimea: faunogenesis and hypothesis of Pontida. Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka 5(2): 29-53 
Nadolny A A, Turbanov I S (2025) A review of cave spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Crimean Mountains, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1230: 37-80
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.
Tanasevitch A V (1987a) The linyphiid spiders of the Caucasus, USSR (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 67: 297-383
Tanasevitch A V, Ponomarev A V, Chumachenko Y A (2015) Notes on the spider genus Bisetifer Tanasevitch, 1987 (Aranei: Linyphiidae), with the description of a new species. Arthropoda Selecta 24: 445-450
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2