Kryptonesticus henderickxi (Bosselaers, 1998)
Description
Male
Prosoma 1 mm long. Characters as in female.
Body length male: 2.1 mmFemale
Prosoma whitish, cephalic part with some dark grey hairs. Prosoma 1.2 mm long. Sternum white, covered with sparse, dark grey hairs. Eyes absent. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on promargin, 3 comb-shaped setae on a bulge near base of fang. Opisthosoma pale yellowish grey, covered with sparse, greyish hairs.
Body length female: 3 mmAdditional information
In limestone cave.
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosselaers 1998)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosselaers 1998)
Habitus
(Bosselaers 1998)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers 1998)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Bosselaers 1998)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Bosselaers 1998)
Distribution List
References
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 
Bosselaers J (1998) Nesticus henderickxi (Araneae, Nesticidae), a new blind troglobitic spider from Crete. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 9-14
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
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
| 19-09-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |