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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Sintula  Simon, 1884   16 species

Sintula karineae Lecigne, 2021

Description
Female

Colour: prosoma brown, margin blackish; legs yellowish brown, a black mark under articulations (femora, patellae and tibiae); opisthosoma uniformly dark grey.

Epigyne/vulva : scape visibly longer than wide, undivided, rather broad at the base, obviously narrowed in its distal part; its anterior part does not extend over the entire width of the epigyne. Copulatory ducts associated with the dorso-median process and consisting of a circular coil forming one loop and a quarter, spermathecae elongated, slightly oblique.

Body length female: 1.9-2.0 mm mm
Additional information

Habitat: grasslands, in an ancient orange grove.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Turkey (Asia)   (Lecigne, 2021a; 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

Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
16-11-2024 Distribution update Detail
10-07-2021 Datasheet update Detail
02-07-2021 Image insert
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