Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775)
Description
Male
Male palp very long and slender. Tibia at least 4 times as long as bulb. Large, brown to dark brown species.
Body length male: 7-9 mmFemale
Females: no epigynal structures visible from outside. Prosoma light brown, with thin dark borderline, cephalic part with triangular brown patch. Body with light pubescence. Legs brown, with blotches on femur. Opisthosoma uniform light brown.
Body length female: 9-14 mmAdditional information
In cork oak forests, scrubland, dry-stone walls, under stones, in crevices or in entrances of caves, Mediterranean area, ranging to South Tyrol in the north. Build irregular webs with retreat tube.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1982)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Crespo et al. 2009a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Naumova & Deltshev 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Naumova & Deltshev 2021)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Magalhaes et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Szűts 2024)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Magalhaes et al. 2022)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Magalhaes et al. 2022)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Szűts 2024)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Szűts 2024)
Pedicel, prolateral view
(Szűts 2024)
Epigyne
(Naumova & Deltshev 2021)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1982)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1982)
Vulva
(Zonstein et al. 2018b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Naumova & Deltshev 2021)
Endogyne
(Magalhaes et al. 2022)
Endogyne
(Magalhaes et al. 2022)
Tarsus I, lateral view
(Magalhaes et al. 2022)
Calamistrum
(Brignoli 1982)
Calamistrum
(Magalhaes et al. 2022)
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
Bauer T, Wendt I (2022) La araña toro, Macrothele calpeiana, repeatedly imported to Germany (Araneae: Macrothelidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 54: 69-72 
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Blagoev G (2002) Check list of Macedonian spiders (Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 54: 9-34
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
Brignoli P M (1982) Contribution à la connaissance des Filistatidae paléarctiques (Araneae). Revue Arachnologique 4: 65-75
Chyzer C, Kulczyński W (1897) Araneae Hungariae. Tomus II. Academia Scientarum Hungaricae, Budapest, pp. 147-366, pl. 6-10.
Crespo L, Cardoso P, Silva I, Menezes D (2009a) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Selvagens Islands (Portugal): additions to the current knowledge. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 45: 343-348
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 21 February 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Magalhaes I L F, Aharon S, Ganem Z, Gavish-Regev E (2022) A new semi-cryptic Filistata from caves in the Levant with comments on the limits of Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (Arachnida: Araneae: Filistatidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 831: 149-174
Marusik Y M, Zonstein S L (2014) A synopsis of Middle East Filistata (Aranei: Filistatidae), with description of new species from Azerbaijan. Arthropoda Selecta 23: 199-205
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Naumova M, Deltshev C (2021) New faunistic and taxonomic notes on the haplogyne and cribellate spiders (Araneae: Dictynidae, Dysderidae, Eresidae, Filistatidae, Sicariidae) from three Balkan countries. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 67: 63-76
Naumova M, Lazarov S, Deltshev C (2019a) Faunistic diversity of the spiders in Montenegro (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 22: 50-89
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
Szűts T (2024) A hasadékpókok második előfordulása Magyarországon [The second occurence of the crevice weaver spiders in Hungary] (Araneae: Haplogynae, Filistatidae). Állattani Közlemények 109: 121-128
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2
Zonstein S L, Marusik A M, Grabolle A (2018b) A remarkably small new species of Filistata (Aranei: Filistatidae) from Portugal. Arthropoda Selecta 27: 49-52
Zonstein S, Marusik Y M (2019) A revision of the spider genus Filistata (Araneae: Filistatidae). Arachnology 18: 53-93
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