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Araneidae  Clerck, 1757 / Neoscona  Simon, 1864   8 species

Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041612

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Description
Distribution
  Presence
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Global distribution (WSC 2026): Spain, France, Italy, Romania, Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Russia (Caucasus), Iran
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ledoux 2008a)

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male Pedipalp, apical view
(Geci & Naumova 2021a)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Geci & Naumova 2021a)

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male Tip of bulbus
(Ledoux 2008a)

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male Tip of bulbus
(Ledoux 2008a)

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male Tibia II, prolateral view
(Ledoux 2008a)

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male Tibia II, prolateral view
(Geci & Naumova 2021a)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Ledoux 2008a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Ledoux 2008a)

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female Epigyne, posterior view
(Mora-Rubio et al. 2019)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Geci & Naumova 2021a)

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female Epigyne, posterior view
(Geci & Naumova 2021a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Geci & Naumova 2021a)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Pintilioaie & Urák 2022a)

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female Epigyne, posterior view
(Pintilioaie & Urák 2022a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Pintilioaie & Urák 2022a)

Distribution List
Albania   (Geci & Naumova, 2021a) ||| Bulgaria   (Geci & Naumova, 2021a) ||| France   (Ledoux, 2008a) ||| Greece   (Simon, 1885b) ||| Italy   (Bolognin et al., 2021) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Bolognin et al., 2021) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Bolognin et al., 2021) ||| Kosovo   (Geci & Naumova, 2021a) ||| North Macedonia   (Geci & Naumova, 2021a) ||| Romania   (Pintilioaie & Urák, 2022a) ||| Russia, Southern   (Krasnov, unpubl.) ||| Spain   (Mora-Rubio et al., 2019) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Simon, 1885b) ||| Turkey (Europe)   (Simon, 1885b; Demircan Aksan & Topçu, 2022c) |||
References

Bolognin L, Moretto E, Devincenzo, U, Guariento L A (2021) First record of Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) (Arachnida Araneae) from Italy. Biodiversity Journal 12: 17-19 pdf

Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56 pdf

Geci D, Naumova M (2021a) The spotted orb-weaver Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) – an enigmatic but common species on the Balkans (Araneae: Araneidae). Ecologia Balkanica, Special Edition 4: 1-9 pdf

Krasnov B (unpubl.) Boris Krasnov, see photo gallery

Ledoux J-C (2008a) Réhabilitation de Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) espèce voisine de Neoscona adianta (Araneae, Araneidae). Revue Arachnologique 17: 49-53 pdf

Mora-Rubio C, Morano E, Pérez-Bote J L (2019) First record of Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) (Araneae, Araneidae) from the Iberian Peninsula. Graellsia 75(e092): 1-3 pdf

Pintilioaie A-M, Urák I (2022a) First record of Neoscona byzanthina (Araneae: Araneidae) in Romania. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 63: 1-3 pdf

Simon E (1885b) Etudes arachnologiques. 16e Mémoire. XXIII. Matériaux pour servir à la faune des arachnides de la Grèce. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 4: 305-356 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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