Resources:
Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Lepthyphantes  Menge, 1866   57 species

Lepthyphantes rossitsae  Dimitrov, 2018

Description
Male

Measurements: prosoma length 1.48, width 1.25; sternum length 0.68, width 0.45; chelicera length 0.72, width 0.30; opisthosoma length 2.35, width 1.45-

Eyes: Both eye rows straight; AME smaller than other eyes, touching each other. Other eyes approximately equal in size. Chelicerae with 2 large distal and 2 small apical teeth on promargin and with 1 large distal tooth on retromargin. Colouration: prosoma, sternum, chelicerae and legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma grey, with white pattern.

Palps: Cymbium with one big and one small tubercle in its basal part, visible in dorsal view. Lamella characteristica broad, incised and bifid. Its narrow distal branch gradually widening to a fan shaped apical part. Embolus bent, sickle-shaped, bearing small teeth near its base.

Body length male: 3.85 mm
Female

Measurements: prosoma length 1.60, width 1.25; sternum length 0.85, width 0.75; chelicera length 0.72, width 0.30; opisthosoma length 2.66, width 1.70.

Eye arrangement and colouration as in male. Chelicerae with 4 large teeth on promargin and 4 small apical teeth on retromargin.

Epigyne: Lateral wall without teeth. Scape long and narrow, widening at the end. Two lateral lobes on each side of scape.

Body length female: 4.05 mm
Additional information

Cave living, only known from locus typicus: Çamlik village, Beyşehir district, Maǧarasi cave

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Turkey
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Figures
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.

Turkey (Asia)   (Dimitrov, 2018a; Danışman et al., 2024a) |||
References

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Dimitrov D (2018a) Description of Lepthyphantes rossitsae sp. n. from Turkey (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 125: 277-281 pdf

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 pdf

Updates
16-11-2024 Distribution update Detail
10-03-2019 Datasheet update Detail
04-10-2018 Image insert
04-10-2018 Distribution update Detail