Apostenus humilis Simon, 1932
Description
Male
Prosoma pale yellow, fobea brown. Prosoma length: 0.97 mm, prosoma width: 0.79 mm. Chelicerae and sternum pale yellow. Promargin of chlelicerae with 3 very small teeth retromargin with 2 small teeth. Opisthosoma pale yellowish brown.
Body length male: 2.03 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 1.18 mm, prosoma width: 0.97 mm. Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 3.42 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Simon 1932)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosselaers 2009)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosselaers 2009)
Tibial apophysis
(Simon 1932)
Epigyne
(Simon 1932)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers 2009)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosselaers 2009)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Tarsus II
(Bosselaers 2009)
Distribution List
References
Barrientos J A, Moya J, García-Sarrión R, Uribarri I, Melic A, Prieto C E, Moraza M L, Zaragoza J A (2017) Arácnidos del Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar (Almería, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 30: 107-138 
Bosselaers J (2009) Studies in Liocranidae (Araneae): redescriptions and transfers in Apostenus Westring and Brachyanillus Simon, as well as description of a new genus. Zootaxa 2141: 37-55
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
Růžička V, Řezáč M, Dolanský J (2025) Spiders of the Czech Republic. Apostenus humilis Simon, 1932, Brommella hellenensis Wunderlich, 1995, Centromerus subcaecus Kulczyński, 1914 and Panamomops szinetari (Gallé-Szpisjak & Gallé, 2025) represent new records for the Czech Republic. Pavouk 59: 2
Seropian A, Bulbulashvili N, Krammer H-J, Thormann J, Hein N, Karalashvili L, Karalashvili N, Datunashvili A (2024a) Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBoL) project. Part III. Caucasiana 3: 89-118
Simon E (1932) Les arachnides de France 6 (4). Paris (Roret): 773-978
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2