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
References
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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