Theotima minutissima (Petrunkevitch, 1929)
Description
Male
Male unknown.
Female
Palps darker apically, suffused with violet. Prosoma dirty white with violet pattern. Prosoma length: 0.47 mm. Chelicerae pale yellow. Sternum suffused with violet. Legs dirty white, suffused with violet.
Body length female: 0.96 mmAdditional information
Parthenogenetic species. Greenhouses in Berlin and Halle/Saale, Germany (Kielhorn 2008, 2009, 2011b) and tropical pavillon in Czechia (Růžička & Dolanský 2018).
This species is not native to Europe (alien species) and it originates probably in tropical Asia. It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.
Distribution
Figures
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Saaristo 1998)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Saaristo 1998)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Szinetár et al. 2024)
Epigastric region, ventral view
(Saaristo 1998)
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
Kielhorn K-H (2008) A glimpse of the tropics – spiders (Araneae) in the greenhouses of the Botanic Garden Berlin-Dahlem. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 36: 26-34 
Kielhorn K-H (2009) First records of Spermophora kerinci, Nesticella mogera and Pseudanapis aloha on the European Mainland (Araneae: Pholcidae, Nesticidae, Anapidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 37: 31-34
Kielhorn K-H (2011b) Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde aus Sachsen-Anhalt (Arachnida: Araneae) Entomologische Zeitschrift 121: 231-237
Řezáč M, Růžička V, Hula V, Dolanský J, Machač O, Roušar A (2021) Spiders newly observed in Czechia in recent years – overlooked or invasive species? BioInvasions Records 10: 555-566
Růžička V, Dolanský J (2018) Pavouci České republiky [Spiders of the Czech Republic]. Pavouk 45: 2-3
Saaristo M I (1998) Ochyroceratid spiders of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae). Phelsuma 6: 20-26
Szinetár S, Takács-Vágó H, Eichardt J (2024) [Occurrence of Theotima minutissima (Petrunkevitch, 1929) in Hungary (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae). Establishment in Europe of an introduced species from Southeast Asia]. Biológia Savaria Természettudományi és Sporttudományi Közlemények 21: 105-112
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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| 10-05-2024 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 10-05-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 04-01-2024 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 05-08-2021 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 09-02-2020 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 04-06-2019 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 23-11-2018 | Distribution update | Detail |
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