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Oonopidae  Simon, 1890 / Diblemma  O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908   1 species

Diblemma donisthorpei  O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1909

Description
Male

Body colouration pale orange-brown. Prosoma low in profile, slightly darker, sides with some granulation, 2 eyes. Sternum smooth, shiny, with radial furrows. Legs pale yellow. Opisthosoma with yellowish-brown scutum.

Body length male: 1.37-1.44 mm
Female

Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 1.37-1.44 mm
Additional information

In hothouses.

This species of Seychallan origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and could establish.

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Seychelles. Introduced to Switzerland
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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.

Switzerland   (Hänggi et al., 2021) ||| United Kingdom   (Wilson, 2012) |||
References

Hänggi A, Bobbitt I, Kranz-Baltensperger Y, Bolzern A, Gilgado J D (2021) Spiders (Araneae) from Swiss hothouses, with records of four species new for Switzerland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 67-74 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F (1951) British spiders. Vol. I. Ray Society, London, 310 pp. pdf

Saaristo M I (2001) Dwarf hunting spiders or Oonopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Seychelles. Insect Systematics & Evolution 32: 307-358 pdf

Wilson R (2012) An American jumper in Leeds, west Yorkshire and an update on non-native taxa recorded in the UK. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 123: 10-15 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
13-10-2021 Image insert
13-10-2021 Distribution insert Detail
13-02-2021 Datasheet update Detail
13-02-2021 Distribution update Detail
06-01-2016 Image insert
26-02-2015 Distribution update Detail