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
References
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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
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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