Cepheia longiseta (Simon, 1881)
Description
Male
Bulbus large. Embolus long. Metatarsus I without spines.
Body length male: 0.78 mmFemale
Epigyne without scapus, posterior margin not stronger sclerotised. Prosoma olive-brown, with a large median blackish blotch, and very thin lines. Prosoma 0.32 mm long. Legs brownish. Opisthosoma globular, blackish. Colulus large, fleshy, triangular.
Body length female: 1-1.2 mmAdditional information
West Mediterranean species. This species probably constructs a sheet web.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1980d)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Domènech et al. 2021)
Cymbium, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1980d)
Cymbium and tibia, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2021)
Prosoma
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Domènech et al. 2021)
Epigyne/vulva
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Epigyne
(Wunderlich 2021)
Vulva
(Wunderlich 1980d)
Vulva, ventral view
(Domènech et al. 2021)
Patella I, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 2021)
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
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Caria M, Pantini P, Alamanni F, Ancona C, Cillo D, Bazzato E (2021) New records and interesting data for the Sardinian spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 53: 321-331
Domènech M, Bellvert A, Closa L, Maceda-Veiga A, Pons P (2021) New record of Attulus saltator for Spain, with further 16 new regional spider records for Catalonia and Galicia (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 75-81
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
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Thaler K (1994b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 2. Orthognathe, cribellate und haplogyne Familien, Phocidae, Zodariidae, Mimetidae sowie Argiopiformia (ohne Linyphiidae s.l.) (Arachnida: Araneida). Mit Bemerkungen zur Spinnenfauna der Ostalpen. Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 73(1993): 69-119
Thaler K, Noflatscher M-T (1990) Neue und bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Südtirol (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 69: 169-190
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 (1980d) Über europäische Symphytognathidae (Arach.: Araneae). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 23: 259-273
Wunderlich J (2021) Few new, rare or special species of spiders from the Algarve, Portugal (Arachnida: Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 14: 3-24