Kryptonesticus arenstorffi (Kulczyński, 1914)
Description
Male
Characters as in female.
Female
Epigyne a little wider than long. Prosoma 2.1 mm long. Colouration pale reddish brown. Eyes well developed, median ocular quadrangle. Chelicerae: promargin with 3 teeth, behind with 5 teeth.
Additional information
In caves.
Locus typicus in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Kulczyński, 1914), but the exact location is unknown (see Pavlek & Ribera 2017).
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Chelicera, frontal view
(Kratochvíl 1933)
Pedipalp
(Kratochvíl 1933)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Pedipalp, apical view
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Paracymbium, retrolateral view
(Kratochvíl 1933)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kulczyński 1914)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kratochvíl 1933)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Epigyne
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Epigyne
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Vulva
(Pavlek & Ribera 2017)
Distribution List
References
Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1974) The cave spider fauna of Montenegro (Araneae). Glasnik Republickog Zavoda za Zastitu Prirode i Prirodnjackog Muzeja Titogradu 6: 9-33 
Komnenov M (2010) Checklist of spiders (Araneae) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Uzizaž i Biospeld 5(2009): 52-69
Kratochvíl J (1933) Evropské druhy celedi Nesticidae Dahl [Les espèces européenes de la famille Nesticidae Dahl]. Práce Moravské Přírodovědecké Společnosti 8 (10): 1-69
Kulczyński W (1914) Aranearum species novae minusve cognitae, in montibus Kras dictis a Dre C. Absolon aliisque collectae. Bulletin International de l'Academie des Sciences de Cracovie 1914: 353-387
Mammola S, Cardoso P, Ribera C, Pavlek M, Isaia M (2018b) A synthesis on cave-dwelling spiders in Europe. Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56: 301-316
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
Naumova M, Lazarov S, Deltshev C (2019a) Faunistic diversity of the spiders in Montenegro (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 22: 50-89
Pavlek M, Ribera C (2017) Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae, Nesticidae), with notes on the Mediterranean cave species. European Journal of Taxonomy 262: 1-27
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2