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Nesticidae  Simon, 1894 / Typhlonesticus  Kulczyński, 1914   8 species

Typhlonesticus gocmeni Ribera, Elverici, Kunt & Özkütük, 2014

Description
Male

Prosoma whitish, somewhat yellowish. Legs and sternum slightly testaceous. Opisthosoma brownish, with numerous dark patches.

Body length male: 2.75 mm
Female

Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 3.24 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Turkey (Asia)   (Ribera et al., 2014; Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
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 pdf

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 pdf

Ribera C, Elverici M, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2014) Typhlonesticus gocmeni sp. n., a new cave-dwelling blind spider species from the Aegean region of Turkey (Araneae, Nesticidae). ZooKeys 419: 87-102 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
17-11-2024 Distribution update Detail
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05-08-2014 Datasheet update Detail
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