Conductor ± circular. Palp: tibia as long as bulb. Prosoma 1-1.6 mm long. Characters as in female, but epigastric area markedly bulging.
Body length male: 2.5-4.5 mmEpigyne with posteriorly indented groove. Vulva with double-looped entrance ducts. Prosoma dark brown, suffused with black, margin black. Prosoma 1-1.6 mm long. Sternum dark brown. Legs light brown, with thin black annulations. Opisthosoma colour very variable, dorsally with bright longitudinal band.
Body length female: 2.5-4.6 mmIn crevices and mural chinks (but not together with T. betteni), in the mountains up to 1500 m.
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"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.
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