Histopona laeta (Kulczyński, 1897)
Description
Male palp with blunt patellar apophysis. Epigyne covered by heart-shaped plate. Prosoma dark brown, with 2 black radial stripes, in females with bright lateral margin. Labium black. Sternum dark. Legs ochre-brown, coxae bright, terminally with dark rings. Femur ventrally 4 dark semicircles. Tibia annulated. Opisthosoma dorsally with dense long hairs, dark median band, anteriorly with longish oval, light yellow spot, larger than the following 4 chevrons, ventrally grey. Spinnerets with long hairs, dorsally black, ventrally brighter.
Body length male: 6 mmBody length female: <6 mm
Additional information
in forest and forest edges respectively
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Weiss & Rusdea 1998)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Weiss & Rusdea 1998)
Pedipalp
(Weiss & Rusdea 1998)
Epigyne
(Weiss & Rusdea 1998)
Epigyne
(Grapci-Kotori et al. 2022)
Vulva
(Weiss & Rusdea 1998)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Grapci-Kotori 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
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) 
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Grapci-Kotori L, Geci D, Naumova M, Ibrahimi H, Bilalli A, Musliu M, Gashi A, Kasumaj E (2022) Spiders from Sharr Mountain – new faunistic data (Arachnida: Araneae). Natura Croatica 31: 335-350
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Stanković B (2025) Checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Serbia. In: Proceedings, 1st International Nature & Environment Conservation and Protected Areas Congress, Antalya. pp. 649-679. [note: Kosovo is included]
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
Weiss I, Rusdea E (1998) Validierung der endemischen Trichterspinne Histopona laeta (Kulczynski, 1897) mit Erstbescheibung des Männchens (Arachnida: Araneae: Agelenidae. Mauritania (Altenburg) 16: 515-520
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2