Hoplopholcus forskali (Thorell, 1871)
Description
Male
Male palp with process. Prosoma 2 mm long. Femur I with a ventral series of 30 to 40 spines.
Female
Prosoma 1.5-2 mm long. Sternum dark. Opisthosoma whitish, with black pattern.
Additional information
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1969)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Brignoli 1976b)
Pedipalp
(Kovács & Szinetár 2016)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Huber 2020)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Huber 2020)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Huber 2020)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Milasowszky et al. 2025)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Huber 2020)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Huber 2020)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Huber 2020)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Huber 2020)
Procursus, prolateral view
(Huber 2020)
Procursus, retrolateral view
(Huber 2020)
Cymbial apophysis
(Brignoli 1976b)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Brignoli 1976b)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Loksa 1969)
Chelicera, lateral view
(Huber 2020)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Huber 2020)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Milasowszky et al. 2025)
Apophysis
(Brignoli 1976b)
Apophysis
(Brignoli 1978a)
Epigyne
(Kovács & Szinetár 2016)
Epigyne
(Huber 2020)
Epigyne
(Huber 2020)
Epigyne
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Epigyne
(Milasowszky et al. 2025)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1976b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber 2020)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber 2020)
Vulva, ventral view
(Huber 2020)
Habitus
(Loksa 1969)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Milasowszky et al. 2025)
Cheliceral apophysis
(Brignoli 1976b)
Distribution List
References
Blagoev G (2002) Check list of Macedonian spiders (Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 54: 9-34 
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
Brignoli P M (1976b) Ragni di Grecia IX. Specie nuove o interessanti delle famiglie Leptonetidae, Dysderidae, Pholcidae ed Agelenidae (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 83: 539-578
Brignoli P M (1978a) Ragni di Turchia V. Specie nuove o interesanti, cavernicole ed epigee, di varie famiglie (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 85: 461-541
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
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56
Geci, D., Ibrahimi, H., Bilalli, A. & Musliu, M (2025a) New records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Western Balkans. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11: 269-289
Huber B (2020) Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4726: 1-94
Kovács G, Szinetár C (2016) Adatok a mintás álkaszáspók [Hoplopholcus forskali (Thorell, 1871)] és a nagy álkaszáspók [Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)] biológiájához (Araneae: Pholcidae). A Nyme Savaria Egyetemi Központ Tudományos Közleményei XXI. Természettudományok 16: 171-190
Loksa I (1969) Pokok I-Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 1-133
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
Milasowszky N, Hacker P, Lind E, Timaeus L (2025) Validierter Erstnachweis von Hoplopholcus forskali (Thorell, 1871) (Arachnida: Araneae: Pholcidae) in Österreich. Biodiversität und Naturschutz in Ostösterreich - BCBEA 8: 124-127
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
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 (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
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