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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Dipoenoides  Chamberlin, 1925   3 species

Dipoenoides emiliae (Lecigne, 2023)

Description

Colour: prosoma dark olive brown, postero-medial area lighter, fovea outlined in black, extended forward by a dark line triply divided at the back of the ocular area, the outer lines touching the posterior lateral eyes, sternum dark olive brown; opisthosoma dorsally black with three white spots.

Eyes: posterior eyes row recurved.

Legs: position of trichobothrium on Mt I 0.83.

Opisthosoma evenly covered with long setae.

Pedipalp: cymbium distally without any projection. Visible part of the embolus short, originating at 1 o'clock position, circumventing the base of the theridiid tegular apophysis, its apical part evenly pointed. Theridiid tegular apophysis with its apical part overall pale, partially translucent, tower-shaped, the retrolateral part ending in a sclerotized point. Median apophysis occupying the prolateral side and circumvents in its terminal part the theridiid tegular apophysis.

Body length male: 1.9-2.1 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Only known from Corfu
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Greece   (Lecigne, 2023) |||
References

Lecigne S (2023) New contribution to the spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of Kerkyra (Corfu) and update of the provisional checklist of species from the Ionian Island. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 38 (1, suppl.): 1-51 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
23-09-2023 Datasheet update Detail
21-09-2023 Image insert
21-09-2023 Distribution insert Detail