Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Berinda  Roewer, 1928   7 species

Berinda ensigera  (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)

Description
Male

Resembles B. cypria and B. hakani. Palp: Tibial apophysis straight and almost as long as cymbium. Conductor strongly developed with 3 elements: membranous anterior sac, sickle-shaped guiding structure and posterior hook.

Body length male: 6.2-7.0 mm
Female

Resembles B. cypria and B. hakani. Epigyne: Scape with anterior hood. Lateral margins parallel and open at posterior part, leading to copulatory openings.

Body length female: 6.4-9.0 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece (incl. Crete), Cyprus, Turkey
Phenology
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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.

Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Greece   (no references) ||| Greece / Crete   (no references) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024a) |||
References

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 pdf

Caporiacco L di (1948) L'arachnofauna di Rodi. Redia 33: 27-75 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Kovblyuk M M, Seyyar O, Demir H, Topçu A (2009) New taxonomic and faunistic data on the gnaphosid spiders of Turkey (Aranei: Gnaphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 18: 169-187 pdf

Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34 pdf

Tutar O, Yağmur E A (2023) Spider (Araneae) fauna of İzmir Peninsula (Çeşme, Karaburun, Urla), Türkiye. Serket 19: 197-222 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
08-05-2023 Image insert
02-07-2021 Image insert
13-06-2016 Datasheet update Detail