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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Sintula  Simon, 1884   16 species

Sintula cretaensis  Wunderlich, 1995

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012643

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Description
Male

Cymbium long and strongly bent. Paracymbium short, with large tooth. Prosoma yellow- to medium brown, with more or less distinct dark spot,  margin black. Sternum dark brown. Legs yellow-brown, trichobothrium on metatarsus I at 0.23-0.26. Opisthosoma dark grey. Spinnerets. light grey.

Body length male: 1.6-1.9 mm
Female

Epigynal scapus long, tongue-shaped. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 1.6-1.9 mm
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece (Crete)
Figures
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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male Embolic division, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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male Cymbium, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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.

Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J (1995c) Beschreibung bisher unbekannter Arten der Baldachinspinnen aus der östlichen Mediterraneis (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 655-686 pdf

Updates
05-12-2024 Distribution update Detail