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Nesticidae  Simon, 1894 / Carpathonesticus  Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980   25 species

Carpathonesticus fodinarum (Kulczyński, 1894)

Description
Male

Prosoma 2.2-2.3 mm long.

Female

Prosoma yellowish, ocular area darker. Prosoma 2-2.2 mm long. Opisthosoma yellow-grey, with faint pattern.

Additional information

In caves.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Romania
Figures
Distribution List
Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) |||
References

Chyzer C, Kulczyński W (1894) Araneae Hungariae. Tomus II. Academia Scientarum Hungaricae, Budapest, pp. 1-151, pl. 1-5. pdf

Fage L (1931) Araneae, 5e série, précédée d'un essai sur l'évolution souterraine et son déterminisme. In Biospeologica, LV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 71: 99-291 pdf

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 pdf

Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107 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

Updates
22-09-2025 Distribution update Detail
08-07-2014 Image insert
17-06-2014 Image insert