Trachelas minor O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872
Description
Male
Prosoma yellowish to reddish brown, densely covered with granules. Prosoma length: 1.00 mm. Chelicerae reddish brown, pro- and retromargin each with 2 small teeth. Sternum minutely granulated, light yellow-brown, margin darker. Legs light yellowish brown, distal segments somewhat darker than femora. Opisthosoma pale yellowish grey, posterior quarter chocolate brown with thin white chevrons; dorsal scutum narrow, orange-yellow, shining.
Body length male: 1.8-2.1 mmFemale
Prosoma, chelicerae, sternum and legs as in males. Prosoma length: 1.09 mm. Opisthosoma pale yellowish grey, with chocolate brown, lancet-shaped median band, posterior quarter dark with white chevrons, scutum absent.
Body length female: 1.8-3.5 mmAdditional information
In grassland and on trees (Spain: Citrus trees).
Distribution
Phenology
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
 |  |
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Marusik & Kovblyuk 2010)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Marusik & Kovblyuk 2010)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Jin et al. 2017b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Jin et al. 2017b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jin et al. 2017b)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, prolateral view
(Jin et al. 2017b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jin et al. 2017b)
Palpal femur, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Habitus
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Marusik & Kovblyuk 2010)
Epigyne
(Jin et al. 2017b)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Marusik & Kovblyuk 2010)
Vulva, ventral view
(Marusik & Kovblyuk 2010)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Jin et al. 2017b)
Habitus
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Distribution List
References
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
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
Bosselaers J, Urones C, Barrientos J A, Alberdi J M (2009) On the Mediterranean species of Trachelinae (Araneae, Corinnidae) with a revision of Trachelas L. Koch 1872 on the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Arachnology 37: 15-38
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Haddad, C. R. & Lyle, R (2025) A revision of the genus Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae: Trachelidae) in the continental Afrotropical Region. Zootaxa 5673: 451-493
Hänggi A, Stäubli A, Heer X, Trivellone V, Pollini Paltrinieri L, Moretti M (2014) Eleven new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) for Switzerland discovered in vineyards in Ticino - What are possible reasons? Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 87: 215-228
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
Jin C, Yin X C, Zhang F (2017b) Four new species of the genus Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 and the first record of T. vulcani Simon, 1896 from south-west China (Araneae: Trachelidae). Zootaxa 4324: 23-49
Kovblyuk M M, Kastrygina Z A (2015b) Updated catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Crimea. Ukainska Entomofaunistyka 6(2): 1-81
Kůrka A, Naumova M, Indzhov S, Deltshev C (2020) New faunistic and taxonomic data on the spider fauna of Albania (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 8-21
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Marusik Y M, Kovblyuk M M (2010) The spider genus Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 (Aranei: Corinnidae) in Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 19: 21-27
Naumova M, Blagoev G, Deltshev D (2021) Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 4984: 228-257
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2