Synema globosum (Fabricius, 1775)
Description
Prosoma black, shiny. Legs black, shining, annulated with brown. Opisthosoma circular, lenticularly bulged, dorsally light yellow-orange with broad, foliaceous, black pattern.
Body length male: 4 mmBody length female: 6.8-8 mm
Additional information
mainly on yellow and red blossoms or leaves
Frequency: more frequent in the south
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Ono 1988)
Pedipalp
(Ono 1988)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ono 1988)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ono 1988)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Urfer et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Urfer et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Urfer et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Urfer et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Urfer et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Urfer et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Urfer et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Urfer et al. 2021)
Epigyne
(Ono 1988)
Epigyne
(Ono 1988)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Vulva
(Ono 1988)
Vulva
(Ono 1988)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Urfer et al. 2021)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Urfer et al. 2021)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Urfer et al. 2021)
Eyes, frontal view
(Ono 1988)
Habitus
(Ono 1988)
Habitus
(Roberts 1995)
Distribution List
References
Allen D, Taylor P (2017) A record of Synema globosum imported to the UK in fresh produce. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 139: 20-21 
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
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. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2021a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2021 [last updated 1 January 2021], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Kreuels M, Staudt A, Christian S (2019) Die Spinnenfauna von Luxemburg – eine Zusammenstellung der Nachweise aus den Jahren 1906-2018 (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois 121: 203-230
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Ono H (1988) A revisional study of the spider family Thomisidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Japan. National Science Museum, Tokyo, 252 pp.
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Stanković M, Ćurĉić M (2020) New species in the arachnofauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the protected habitat of Gromiţelj, Velino Selo. Archives for Technical Sciences 22: 67-78
Urfer K, Spasojevic T, Klopfstein S, Baur H, Lasut L, Kropf C (2021) Incongruent molecular and morphological variation in the crab spider Synema globosum (Araneae, Thomisidae) in Europe. ZooKeys 1078: 107-134
Vrenozi B, Jäger P (2013) Spiders (Araneae) from Albania and Kosovo in the collection of Carl Friedrich Roewer. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 46: 17-26
WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.07.2022) doi: 10.24436/2