Canariphantes ritae (Bosmans, 1985)
Description
Male
Prosoma pale yellow, eyes surrounded with black. Prosoma length: 0.64 mm. Chelicerae pale yellow, promargin with 3 teeth, retromargin with 5 smaller teeth. Sternum grey-brownish. Legs pale yellow. Opisthosoma dark grey, dorsum with some lighter spots in posterior half.
Body length male: 1.36 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 0.68 mm. Colouration as in males, except spots on dorsum of opisthosoma more distinct.
Body length female: 1.7 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 1985a)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Bosmans 1985a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolic division, ventral view
(Bosmans 1985a)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans 1985a)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Bosmans 1985a)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Bosmans 1985a)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Breitling 2020)
Vulva
(Bosmans 1985a)
Distribution List
References
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Bosmans R (1985a) Les genres Troglohyphantes Joseph et Lepthyphantes Menge en Afrique du Nord (Araneae, Linyphiidae): Etudes sur les Linyphiidae nord-africaines, III. Revue Arachnologique 6: 135-178
Bosmans R (2006b) Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part X. New data on Lepthyphantes Menge (sensu lato) species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology 136: 173-191
Bosmans R, Jocqué R (1993) Five Linyphiidae new to Europe, with description of Pelecopsis pooti sp. n. (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology 123: 129-134
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Breitling R (2020) South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18: 333-362
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2