Neospintharus syriacus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Description
Male
Prosoma: cephalic part with 2 protuberances not bearing the median eyes. Colouration of body, shape of opisthosoma as in female.
Body length male: 2.4-4.6 mmFemale
Prosoma red-brown to black. Legs yellowish, with some brown bands. Opisthosoma brown to black, mottled with silver, or silvery with black lines. Opisthosoma triangular in profile, posteriorly with 4 short projections.
Body length female: 3.7-5.3 mmAdditional information
In Pinus forests, maquis, Cytisus on slope.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1998b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1998b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Vanuytven 2023)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1998b)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1998b)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Levy 1998b)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1998b)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1998b)
Habitus
(Levy 1998b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1998b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1998b)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1998b)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Levy 1998b)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1998b)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1998b)
Distribution List
References
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
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
Knoflach-Thaler B, Van Keer J, Askins M, Russell-Smith T (2008) Neospintharus syriacus – a widespread species in the Eastern Mediterranean? Newsletter of the British arachnological Society 113: 9
Levy G (1998b) Araneae: Theridiidae. In Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem. , 228 pp.
Vanuytven H (2023) A new species of the genus Deelemanella (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Papua New Guinea. Acta Arachnologica 72: 87-90
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2