Carpathonesticus ionescui (Dumitrescu, 1979)
Description
Male
Prosoma 2.2 mm long. Characters as in female, but pattern on prosoma and opisthosoma more distinct.
Female
Prosoma and appendages light reddish yellow. Prosoma 1.9 mm long. Prosoma and opisthosoma with very faint pattern, sometimes pattern absent. Eyes well developed, ringed with reddish brown, PME 1.2 diameters apart. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on promargin, and behind with a row of serrated bristles.
Additional information
In caves.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Dumitrescu 1979)
Embolic division
(Dumitrescu 1979)
Paracymbium
(Dumitrescu 1979)
Bulbal apophysis
(Dumitrescu 1979)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Dumitrescu 1979)
Chelicera, frontal view
(Dumitrescu 1979)
Tarsal claw of leg IV
(Dumitrescu 1979)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Dumitrescu 1979)
Vulva
(Dumitrescu 1979)
Vulva
(Dumitrescu 1979)
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.
References
Dumitrescu M (1979) La monographie des représentants du genre Nesticus des grottes de Roumania. I note. Travaux de l’Institut de Spéologie “Émile Racovitza” 18: 53-84 
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
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 22-09-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 29-05-2015 | Image insert |