Tuberta maerens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863)
Description
Male
Conductor with massive and twisted terminal part. Embolus long, bent, reaching tibia. Prosoma yellowish-brown, with dark radial stripes. Sternum yellow-brown, with fine, dark spots. Legs bright yellowish brown. Opisthosoma blackish brown with bright chevrons.
Body length male: 1.5-2.0 mmFemale
Epigyne posteriorly with 2 small, dark structures. Vulva with relatively thick and convoluted entrance ducts.
Body length female: 1.5-2.0 mmAdditional information
under bark
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1969)
Pedipalp
(Tyschchenko 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Noordijk 2022)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wunderlich & Hansen 1995)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wunderlich & Hansen 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich & Hansen 1995)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Roberts 1985a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lehtinen 1967)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Wunderlich & Hansen 1995)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1985a)
Epigyne
(Lehtinen 1967)
Vulva
(Loksa 1969)
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) 
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Hänggi A, Stäubli A (2012) Nachträge zum „Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen“: 4. Neunachweise von 2002 bis 2011. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 59-76
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lehtinen P T (1967) Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Loksa I (1969) Pokok I-Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 1-133
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].
Noordijk J (2022) Twee voor Nederland nieuwe spinnensoorten, Porrhoclubiona leucaspis en Tuberta maerens, gevangen in boomkronen (Araneae: Clubionidae, Cybaeidae). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 59: 49-56
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Roberts M J (1985a) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England, 229 pp.
Sancak Z, Koç H, Etirli E (2020) Three new records of spider genera from Turkey (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Cybaeidae). Serket 17: 216-220
Tyschchenko V P (1971) Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, 281 pp.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J, Hansen H (1995) Revision der Gattung Tuberta Simon 1884 (Arachnida: Araneae: Dictynoidea: ?Dictynidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 315-318